Stand Up Vs Grand Piano

A sound comparison video of my thurmer upright piano and my bechstein grand.

Stand up vs grand piano.

Over the past 20 years kawai has received over 50 major international awards for product and service excellence. Each piano is crafted with a touch tone and beauty that s meant to be passed down from one generation to the next. Our famed acoustic upright pianos are an integral part of that legacy having won four mmr magazine acoustic piano line of the year awards over the years. The casio cgp 700 digital grand piano is a top contender for best overall digital upright piano.

New grand pianos can cost from 10 000 to 150 000 while upright pianos have a smaller price range at 2 000 to 8 500. The reasons for the preference which most people show for a grand to an upright piano are probably aesthetic and psychological. It has the same keyboard as the 5 8 grand ensuring a great touch despite the instrument s small size. Without going into too great technical detail this is where the difference lies.

If you like this idea be. A grand looks better in a room and the pianist is more favorably impressed by the view when he sits down to play a grand compared with an upright which usually stands with its back to a wall. The action in a grand piano allows the player much more control. This means that a grand action gives the player more control and can be played faster.

In a grand a note can be repeated after the key has only come up about 1 3 of the way to the top. Prices of grand vs. Used piano prices stay about the same for horizontal pianos but good vertical pianos are sometimes seen on sale for 500 to 2 500. The 5 1 grand new in 2012 and unusually small for a bösendorfer piano is considered one of the best baby grand pianos.

It features casio s tri sensor scaled hammer action ii weighted 88 key keyboard and offers true grand piano sound. The only difference is that they re built in the vertical department where those same processes are vertically oriented. I chose the 1st movement of beethoven moonlight sonata.