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  • 1.  Recommendations for 7' grand

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-27-2017 13:55
    The Music Dept here at UMass Amherst has recently been given access to a small performance space in a newly renovated chapel on campus. We're thinking that a 7' grand would be appropriate for this space. They are thinking that a new Steinway B will be out of reach financially. Anyone have any experience with a non-Steinway 7' grand in a performance space?
     
    thanks,
    Aaron
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    Aaron Bousel, Registered Piano Technician
    413-253-3846

     

     



  • 2.  RE: Recommendations for 7' grand

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-27-2017 14:09
    Does it have to be a new piano? Consider rebuilt? Plenty of good rebuilt pianos out there at a considerable cost savings.

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  • 3.  RE: Recommendations for 7' grand

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-27-2017 14:10
    Hi Aaron. I've had good luck with the Yamaha C-7 in this type of space. I will admit it is not used for anything classical, but it's a workhorse for the space and the applications it's used for here..pop and jazz.

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  • 4.  RE: Recommendations for 7' grand

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-27-2017 14:48
    brand new again I'm on C7 or C6 would be really hard to be for the money in my humble opinion.  Have observed these in performance venues for quite a few years in central Texas   Well C7s anyway.  I just learned about the C6 as one of our professors at Texas Tech school of music has one at his house and he just absolutely loves it.  Their hammers are super resilient-- you can voice them to almost any taste and they last a really long time.  I will mention that Yamaha has changed the name of these now and of course gone up on the price some I believe the new name  like CX7  now. 

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    [Kevin] [Fortenberry] [RPT]
    [Staff Techician]
    [Texas Tech Univ]
    [Lubbock] [TX]
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  • 5.  RE: Recommendations for 7' grand

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-27-2017 14:55
    I’d give serious consideration to Shigeru Kawai. Probably higher than a Yamaha, but significantly lower than a Steinway.
    Fred Sturm
    fssturm@comcast.net
    www.artoftuning.com
    http://fredsturm.net
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  • 6.  RE: Recommendations for 7' grand

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-27-2017 16:25
    Please forgive my sloppiness on that last post. 
    Although I love a hood Stein B even better, here are some prices on the C7X & C6X pianos. This is NOT an actual quote but these should be very close as I just made an informal inquiry at a local Yamaha dealer: (the C6X is easy to over look as it is still longer than the Stein B at 7 ft. It's only 6" shorter than the C7s. Stein B is only 6'11" if not mistaken). 

    C7X 7'6" polished ebony retails at $82,999.00. Institution price $54,999.99
    C6X 7'0" " " $71,199.00. " " $46,999.99

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    [Kevin] [Fortenberry] [RPT]
    [Staff Techician]
    [Texas Tech Univ]
    [Lubbock] [TX]
    [8067783962]
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  • 7.  RE: Recommendations for 7' grand

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-27-2017 17:40
    If you can afford the C7X, I would not consider the C6X for your application. The C7X has a significantly better bass and is one of the best mass-produced pianos I have ever seen. In addition to the Shigeru Kawai that Fred suggested, you should also look at Yamaha's hand-made S7X (7' 6"). It is a hand-made humdinger, more costly than a C7X, of course, but still less than a Steinway B.

    Alan

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    Alan Eder, RPT
    Herb Alpert School of Music
    California Institute of the Arts
    Valencia, CA
    661.904.6483
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  • 8.  RE: Recommendations for 7' grand

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-27-2017 20:43
    How about a Mason & Hamlin BB. They are local to MA. Perhaps there's a deal to be had.

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    Karl Roeder
    Pompano Beach FL
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  • 9.  RE: Recommendations for 7' grand

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-28-2017 00:37
    If you are looking at prices between a C7X and a Steinway B, I would also recommend looking at a S7X. I haven't serviced one of the new SX pianos yet, but the one that was in St. Louis seemed quite nice. It is also worth looking at a CF6. More expensive than an S7X but the quality of a CFX in a smaller piano.

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    Peter Stevenson RPT
    P.S. Piano Service
    Prince George BC
    250-562-5358
    ps@pspianos.com
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