Hi Richard.. just thought I'd through my two cents in again on this one. Grotrians are pretty well made pianos, no doubt about it. One can argue about sound and duplexs and all that but these are solid built pianos with very decent actions. What I hear from many pianists, and the feeling I get my self is that they simply dont have any charachteristic sound that reaches out to you and says.. "play me !!".. Nothing special or exciting about them. That being said I like them as well. The grands do have a lot of very active non speaking length string segments, and I think that kinda clouds the sound a bit, but I am not sure yet what silencing these would do to the over all sound effect. I have one at the UiB that makes just too much of this kinda resound that I am going to fool with a bit when I get the time.. grin.. I really have too many "plans".. but I'll get around to it soon enough tho. Uprights are a little sensitive to climatic changes so damp chasers are a real plus. Nice clean (few false beats) sound on almost everyone of the uprights I service. Richard Moody wrote: > Any comments on the quality of the various germany made uprights is greatly > appreciated? > > ..Zeng > > Greetings Zeng > > What an experience to have a conversation all around the world. I am > wondering about the opinions of others about Grotrian. I have seen a > Grotrian upright here in the US (California) and was impressed. Likewise > with the grands the six and seven footers. Meeting Herr Grotrian himself > at the show room boosted my regard. ---ric -- Richard Brekne Associate PTG, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway
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