It’s probably need some regulation and voicing

Yes I agree ..GL is so so.. GC wouldn't be better. Kayserburg artist series has Renner action and hammers I think..it's more expensive in India too

@ I ended up getting a brand new Kawai GL40 for the warmer time and better bass. Now I’m looking at Kawai CA901 for silent play

How are you liking it?

@@gustavogo2915I’ve had it for about 6-7 months, it took a month or two to “play in” as it was brand new but it’s playing well now - for the price it’s extremely good, obviously it’s not a Yamaha or Steinway as it’s a fraction of the cost and if you can afford one of those they would be better (I mean the Japanese Yamahas, not the ones made outside of Japan). I bought the Kayserburg as a second piano for practising while I’m abroad and it does everything I want it to.

@@tompianohotmail very nice. Thank you for answering. I have a deposit on a brand new Kawai GL30 but been also looking at new Yamaha GC1s and happened to play a Kayserburg KA160. I really enjoyed the sound and wondering if I should just go with the Yamaha GC1 instead as it is much cheaper and built in Japan. The Kayserburg KA160 had a fuller tone

@@gustavogo2915if you have access to a good technician then it doesn’t really matter whether you go with the Kawai or the Yamaha from a “keyboard feel” as they can set it up for you and get the best out of either piano. Voicing can also be adjusted to tailor the sound for the room. I have a Steinway and a Yamaha in the UK, and at the moment the Yamaha sounds and feels better than the Steinway as it has just had a complete mechanical service, so the technician can make worlds of difference. The only thing is the Kawai GL30 is a bit longer than the Yamaha so the overall sound quality and depth will be greater, so that’s something to bear in mind (remember an extra few cm of length means quite an increase in the overall soundboard area and total sting length). But if you want to save money the GC1 is a good piano…

I think this is a new German one as opposed to the old Petrof-built ones from the 70s and 80s.

@@josephfleetwood3882 Ok, thank you! I bought an August Förster Piano similar to this one in Brazil, and I would like to know the country of origin.

@@claudiasouza3104 Ah, I don't know. It's sometimes hard to tell. Do you know roughly how old the piano is? They haven't been made in the Czech Republic for several decades now, and in fact the Czech version has nothing to do with the German version they're completely different.

Mariage D'amour

Happy owner of a Kayserburg uh132. It’s an amazing piano that sounds better with age as far as I can tell. I think mine is turning ten soon. I guess in 30 years if I’m still around I can reply to this lol

ok show me a 40 year old kayserburg with the same kind of maintenance as you would a 40 year old steinway. you can't right? so you're comment is based on...assumptions with zero evidence what so ever, if you can claim something without evidence it can be refuted without evidence. soooooooo.....you're wrong.

@@OkitaNamikaze You discount the 22 years i spent being a piano technician. I've seen what can go wrong from the inside. FWIW I'm no fan of Steinway, either.

@@studentjohn35 ok then how many kayserburgs have you tuned and cleaned and repaired or even done proper research on to make such a claim ? If you haven't any then you're just using your status as pianotechnician to spread misinformation.

@@OkitaNamikaze Well give my greetings to Lothar Thomma when you see him, since you're such an apologist for his work. We chatted at Music Messe Frankfurt, February 1987.