My mother's 1947 Everett 40 console held tune very well, but the tone was really understated.įor superior bass and a dull tone, at the $50 to $100 price, look for a 1910-1938 upright piano, the 44 to 48" tall ones. Before Yamaha, there were Everetts, that tended to have a good action but a dull and boring tone. The 2007 Yamaha 44 studio piano at church is dull and insipid enough for you, but the bass is puke sounding also. A fifties baldwin hamilton, I can tune it effectively in octaves by ear from the pitch stable bass notes. You hear the fundamental over 61 keys and 24 pedals, I can tune to it accurately. I tuned the bargain Wurlitzer in the fellowship hall downtown, to an extension speaker off the Allen organ. The short string scales are harder to tune by ear in octaves, the overtones don't match up like the longer string units. Cheap console pianos have more missing dampers on the treble and the strings don't go above the hammers on treble much. some of the cheap Wurlitzers are a little dull sounding but the scales are not all that good. You won't like any of these, they are bright pianos. I like Baldwin Acrosonic, Baldwin Hamilton, Sohmer, Mason & Hamlin, Steinway, Wurlitzer, Cable Nelson, Grinnell Bros. There are dozens of brands from the fifties and sixties that can be had for $1000 or less, but the quality brands tend to be bright. I've bought a piano from a home (steinway 40) and a $50 spinette from Salvation Army resale, I do the inspection myself.
You could also look at Pearl River models in that price range, used Kawai, etc - they'd make much better pianos and you'd be much happier than if you were to buy a so-so piano for $1000. My U1 would equate to around $4000 but it's grey market so you'd probably find them much cheaper in the US. However they were from private homes and if I were you, looking to spend $1000, (which is a lot of money but probably won't buy you a whole lot of piano) I'd save up until I could buy something from a dealer that was warrantied. When I was searching for pianos I did see used Baldwin uprights for around £500 which could suit your purpose.
I paid roughly £3000 for my (used) Yamaha U1. Quote from: schubert960 on July 14, 2015, 09:57:28 PM I'm not in the US so a lot of this probably won't apply but here it's very difficult to get a quality upright for anything less than £2000 (around $3100.) What you will find at that price point are Yamaha B1s, Chinese makes like Steinmayer, Waldstein, Weber, maybe Kemble.
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