@@winterheat indeed! This was for my son to practice along

@@winterheat I love that little girl, she’s amazing

I've had it for over 2 years now, and I still really like the bell-like tone and the amount of expressions you can get out of it. The only drawback is that it is rather powerful for my small room and as a result, does not record so well in a small room. It would record much nicer in a bigger room. I also wish for a slightly brighter upper treble, but I guess it is a limitations of most upright pianos. Grand pianos seem to be much brighter in the top 1/3 of the keyboard.

@@kylow9550 Thanks for your answer. I have 15m2 room for this piano. Do you think it’s enough? 😉 What size is your smaller room?

@@jakubbukowski5667 I would say it’s 3m by 3m

@@kylow9550Understand, but I also think your recordings sound very good and you play many good and versatile pieces. I try to compare T122 and T128 but I hear (thanks your channel) that Hoffmann T128 is a bit closer to a grand piano. Have a great day 🙂

@@jakubbukowski5667 You can listen to my recent recordings, they don’t have the same clarity or dynamic range, due to the room size. This piano sounds better in person. Anyway I tried the shorter T122, which was a second hand. The action is remarkably similar and the tone was also pleasantly bright without being overly bright. But I was not able to achieve an acceptable dynamic range with a shorter piano, so decided to buy the T128

Yes

I have same but white one 😊

When the kids were young, I used these post it pieces to remind them about scale fingerings

@@kylow9550 oh i see... how come the second one from the left is tilted? would that make it confusing?

yeah, it's much louder than others. There are many schools of thoughts about this though. Buy what suits your purpose. I only have a small room regretfully and the T128 needs to be draped in a cover so it sounds more balanced

Thank you. This piano is really good for the amount I paid for it. It costs slightly more than the Yamaha U3 and less than the Yamaha YU5. I would say it's comparable to the YU5 in terms of playability

He could express very complex emotions in just a simple melodic line

Hi, sometimes things happen when you move a piano or when it's put in a different environment. If it isn't getting better, worth getting the technician to take a look? I'm sure it isn't a major issue

@@kylow9550 ah i see thanks for the information

@@dronesaddict1737 If it isn't responsive it just needs full action regulation. But if you live in a very humid environment your action will get sticky no matter what you do. Buy a dehumidifier or Dampp chaser rod.

@@Pilosoposporo i see. thank you for the tips

IMO, I think someone who actually considers a Concert 8 is not buying a Nord Piano for similar reasons. I’ve played both and how can I say. If you want (and can afford) such a piano, I think the Nord is not even close. Nor is a Roland FP90. Great digital pianos. But not analog.

@@DC-do3qj how often are you supposed to tune the piano? Is it about every 6 months? And then, does it matter if it is in Singapore (hot and is it humud) vs Hong Kong (hot and humid in summer) vs Florida (warm and humid all year round) vs Silicon Valley (warm during the day (20°C), cold during the night (5 - 9°C), and dry all year round (about 35% to 45% humidity))

This is the Hoffmann. The Bechstein academy 124 is very beautiful but costs 2x as much in my country

@@kylow9550 yeah I saw them about 10 days ago... Hoffmann is designed by Bechstein but made in Czech... iPhone is designed by Apple and made in China too...

@@winterheat the two pianos are different in quality but not very remarkably so. That's the thing about pianos, the expensive ones are not always good for value. For us, the Hoffmann satisfies all the criteria we need which would be a responsive keyboard, a clear singing tone and sufficient dynamic range. The Bechstein 124 is better in every aspect but we don't need such a great ( expensive) piano 😀

@@kylow9550 The Bechstein A124 Vario I saw was about US$38000... quite expensive... if we consider a Kawai upright can be $4000 to $5000, and the CA701 is about $4800. The store salesperson was saying Bechstein and Hoffman upright gives a grand piano sound though. Do you use VSTs? I like the Pianoteq K2 and Bechstein, and the one that can compete with them is the Ravenscroft 275: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKHaf5eqqNWijc0 and kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKPbkIifasikpdU

@@winterheat right... that's more expensive than here. Not sure about the Vario ones, as I was not looking for the silencing systems. But the Bechstein A124 costs above SGD $28000 here. Much less that the USD$ 38000 you mention

Will get there one day. It is one of the pieces I would love to learn

Thanks for your kind comments. I'm not familiar with these social media platforms so I'll have to kindly decline

Thank you so much for your kind comment. There is room to be better, and I hope one day I can manage it too

Try Steinway K-132

@Milo Prager I feel the Bechstein tone is Sharp on audio. Steinway K-132 is the only tier 1 upright I have tried and it blows everything else I’ve seen, including antique instruments of course. Have you tried Sauter and Steingraeber?

@Milo Prager the impression from youtube videos is pretty accurate to the real thing. The great thing about Steinways are they are “recordgenic” even if you use a cellphone it will sound good, even the old recordings with watery sounds. What year and model is your Grotrian? There’s a video of a Concertino here that sounds great! Crisp and clear with colorful projection.

@Milo Prager 45inches. A smaller piano. But its age means its tone has ripen and loose, it must be on its prime.

No. The store was in Singapore

Probably the way the microphone is placed and the quality of the microphone

Because the microphkne is the fucking phone Hahahhahahahhaha

I remember sitting on a chair lift with a lady, and we saw people jumping on a bump for free style skiing. She said, "this guy sucked", "his jump was bad", "it is not good", and then, we got off the chair, and I looked at how she skied. She could not even ski 20 feet well. But she could complain, because she had a mouth.

Calm down bud it’s not that deep

Dear Gustav, it's all about personal preference. So what if you've got Kawai K800? Try playing some songs on your Kawai K800 and show it to us if you think your choice is so special. I have met some people who are loyal supporters of Kawai but constantly criticize other people who choose W Hoffmann, Yamaha, Seiler, Kayserburg or other piano brands without offering a simple, convincing explanation of why they think other brands are bad. Ridiculously childish. Oh and just to let you know, I own a Kohler and Campbell piano that others considered as "junk". I came from a poor family and this is the budget piano I could afford so far. It has served me well for 25 years and still going strong.

so where's your video?