Ultimate Baby Grand Piano Buyer's Guide - Kawai GL10 - Yamaha GB1K - Ritmüller R8 - Essex EGP155C

[@patrickmarr4670]

00:31 Skip intro 3:20 Kawai GL10 - Features 5:14 Kawai GL10 - Performance 7:23 Yamaha GB1K - Features 9:50 Yamaha GB1K - Performance 13:50 Ritmüller R8 - Features 15:14 Ritmüller R8 - Performance 21:38 Essex EGP155C - Features 22:00 Essex EGP155C - Performance 24:05 Wrap Up Discussion

[@nicefish10]

I own a commercial recording studio and have been in the market for pianos for a while. I’m torn between a really nice upright and a baby grand, Mostly due to space. I have to figure out what to do with the piano when it’s not in use by my clients. Your videos have been extremely helpful and I think I’ve watched nearly all of them at this point. I want to say thank you from Washington state. You guys have given me an incredible education!

[@swanoflove6833]

I absolutely Love the sound of the Essex, it has such a wonderful bass for a baby grand,! And I love a lot of bass in a song!

[@lilianlovesviolin6436]

I m planning to buy a Yamaha baby grand for my daughter. But after watching this video, I feel like that the Ritmüller R8 is the best, Just to my ears.

[@lilianlovesviolin6436]

@@gustavopaulette3496 At least you care, otherwise why bother leaving such a comment? Time is the most precious.

[@gustavopaulette3496]

@@lilianlovesviolin6436 fine I care 😊

[@benjaminsmith2287]

Absolutely not. Go to dealers and try the pianos and listen to different examples of them. Never judge from a youtube video.

[@pennycameron1003]

Love Essex definitely!

[@cabotcat1]

Essex was a big surprise, especially due to its size 👍👍

[@mwerensteijn]

Thank you, awesome comparison video. Very helpful

[@table_tennis_fever]

thanks this is tremendously useful. if i had watched this earlier, I may change my decision, but mine is the GB1K which can't go wrong for me

[@emaldonadog]

Pues, la verdad será dicha, para ser todos pianos de nivel de entrada, suenan todos maravillosamente.

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

The Yamaha is nice and bright. It's not possible to tell how it feels from this video, but the sound is nice. The Ritmuller and Essex are mellower. A high quality upright, depending on brand, would sound very similar to these baby grands.

[@davidjames-maddaford4531]

Ah.... Thank you for performing the HANNONS. The main form (other than the SCLAES) for tuning ones’ ligaments for classical and jazz performance. For persons’ who do not know this was the first tune played on the K.KAWAI.

[@waltervanderboor]

great comparison. For me size, weight and whether they have a silent system determine 80% then ther's action and personal preference. Sound wise I liked the Essex and Kawai the best. The action material choice make kawai the winner for on our boat. For a home? a large platform would still be better. The fact that they are build in Indonesia (where we happen to stay a lot) is actuallly a negative. And I do not understand it. because price is really not anything I'd compare a piano on. Why not make a japanese piano in Japan. (even if thats slightly higher in price)Having said that. I consider to buy a product in indonesia only after seeing the factory.

[@frankoptis]

Wow, the Essex was unexpected for me. So nice balanced. We own a Kawai piano and love the sound, but the Essex is beautiful. I wonder how the key action is.

[@ryanmoye9189]

I'm currently shopping for a piano and have played on all but the R8. I have to say the Kawai has the best action for sure. I'd suggest y'all going to a Steinway store and playing an Essex to get a feel for it, but I felt the Kawai GL series was better to me.

[@frankoptis]

@@ryanmoye9189 We also love the key action on the Kawai

[@stephenmcgarry9039]

Perfect presentation. Thank you.

[@DavenH]

The Essex sounds great but I wonder how much of that is just down to it being tuned.

[@Nenitakimu]

Muy bonito cover! Buen trabajo! 💕💕💚

[@reddon1969]

Thanks for the good review, I thought the kawai sounded out of tune though

[@randykern1842]

The Ritmuller wins hands down. Those pianos have the most gorgeous tone for the price. Feels and sounds like a Steinway

[@Paul-lm5gv]

Love your videos. Always informative. Unless someone is a serious student at a music school or a very accomplished professional musician, I don't see the average family spending $20,000 on a new instrument when they can probably find a similar used 'low mileage' model for a lot less. And a good piano tech is worth every penny!

[@hattersonchannel3352]

Would love to know what track Ted is playing …

[@chloeren2345]

I think it is the transcription of "Flying" by The Beatles.

[@cldavis33]

Ritmuller immediately jumps out at me, as more tinny, less roundness and full tambre. Is it the audio? Is it just me, is it the placement of it against the front window of the store?

[@christianbauer2910]

Interesting how smooth the hammers of Yamaha and Kawai were tuned here. I had one on the harder side and the mids and above were more brilliant like the ritemüller here. So it totally breaks down to your technician, if he wants to tune the sound to your taste and not how it entered the dealer's house. I found the soundboard of the GX-10 better on the dynamics and nuances I can do with the Millenium 3 action. However, there are some dollars more to pay for that. The action of a baby grand is different from a real grand (280cm class) and also different from an upright. However the sound of a large upright (130 and up like a K-500), is not so much different, as it uses a squared soundboard and delivers a lot of energy in the room, however beyond the key action also the dynamics I feel are a bit different, so for large rooms, I would use a little larger baby grand. (212 size or B-Class in Steinway speak) but that is again some thousand dollars more and not suitable for a personal room.

[@crystalyang6709]

Love the Essex

[@Michael-fp5vm]

The selection of music played didn’t give enough variance to distinguish the difference in the sounds and tones of each piano. Thanks for the comparisons.

[@DavenH]

This is always the case 😢. I need some octaved FFFs in there or how will we know...

[@froy771]

I’m in Repentigny close to Montréal QI Canada. First of all pardon me I speak french but I love to hear you about all kind of piano. I personnally own a Young Chang G150 but I want to upgrade in a final way with a use grand piano can you propose to me a particular model to Target (7 feet)

[@Falkite]

whats the name of the piece at 6:31?

[@morgangianni8923]

The Essex 155 is, in my humble opinion as a piano enthusiast is by far the best in sound quality and crispness and the tonal quality that I find most appealing when compared to other manufacturers and models. I'm stoll a huge fan of an older harder to fund Yamaha from the 1970s which I'm sure you can easily guess which one! But I won't name it since I'm looking to buy one myself. Thank you fir educating me further whuch really helps me in determining the most suitable piano. I really apprecuate hearing the pianos in comparison as thar's pretty much how most of us cystomers make our decision as you well know. I thoyght your presentation was very thorough and like I said previously it was very helpfil. If I can't fund what I'm looking fir in Dallas you might be hearing from me! Thanks guys. I just subscribed and I look forward to future reviews. In the meantime, I'm going to watching your past reviews.

[@munkeepilot]

Nice comparison and chat but goodness, that Kawai was almost painful to listen to because it is in desperate need of tuning! It’s unfortunate because it’s actually a very nice instrument that just doesn’t sound good here due to lack of tuning.

[@NN-rn1oz]

Love the Essex. In comparison, the Yamaha sounds like an upright piano.

[@1976gerbel]

Labour costs are cheaper but still sell for the same expensive price as 10 years ago. The only point is to increase the margin for yamaha or Kawai. I remember wanting to have an A1. Now I can only buy a cheaper GB1 from indonesia for the same price 😂.

[@emaldonadog]

(In Spanish, from Spain 😊) ¿Que tamaño tienes esos pianos, cinco pies?

[@dharmilsoni00]

What’s the name of this piece playing on piano after hannon excercise?

[@amcdonal86VT]

I'm not really a connoisseur of pianos, but to me most of the baby grands if you close your eyes could just as easily be an upright piano. The bass/lower keys just don't sound like a grand piano to me.

[@fanrath7252]

4:38 they cut labour costs? But the workers still get a fair living wage, right? Or how are working conditions there?

[@ironmatic1]

"fair living wage" and third world countries are mutually exclusive, sweetie.

[@JohnLee-db9zt]

Slave labor costs

[@rominaperalta00]

10:57 11:21 16:19 16:43

[@szbxa]

5:37 6:00 23:07 23:31

[@williammason7100]

I still love a wooden action piano. Wood is alive it gets better tone with age. Plastic is Plastic.

[@almur88]

everybody loves Essex because it's the only one that's tuned half way properly among all four.

[@gabithemagyar]

How do these pianos stack up against similarly priced uprights (Yamaha U3, Kawai K500 , W.Hoffmann T122 etc) in terms of touch and tone? Are you paying a premium for the grand piano shape and visual furniture impact or is the musical quality similar or better than the uprights ?

[@bababoi9078]

Yamaha uprights have a great feel to them. Their response feels alot like a grand and sure the sound isnt as rich but when it comes to playability its the same. For the price of a nice upright you could get a cheaper grand so i think its up to your preference.

[@ecoRfan]

Also wonder the difference between Yamaha uprights made in Japan vs Indonesia (besides price).

[@Pianoconnoisseur29]

Essex was truthfully better than I thought it would be

[@dangalentine6745]

what song is Ted playing?

[@JohnLee-db9zt]

WAP

[@1976paloma]

Which one is the best for a small room? around 10ft * 14ft, thanks

[@jl1848]

Looks like the same mic set-up, yet the recordings sound different...the Yamaha sounds more centered, for example, as compared to the Kawai. So...based on these recordings, the Yamaha sounds best overall, the Essex has a very classic sound, and sounds just as good really...the Kawai sounds okay, but "smaller", and the Ritmuller sounds sort of out of tune, so maybe it should sound better than it does?

[@LarryLobo]

Mic setup does not do justice. It’s different for all pianos.

[@omergur4570]

Essex is the best

[@ejeoifoiae99823-eoji]

Essex is the best among these

[@maxking3]

No German brand… no ultimate guide!

[@alexeykulikov2739]

Seriously? “Ultimate” without Faziolis, Bechsteins, Bosendorfers…

[@JohnLee-db9zt]

If I were to buy a grand, a Chinese manufactured piano regardless of brand is on the bottom of my list.

[@thomasreedy4751]

I suppose you might be stuck buying a piano in the 25k+ range then.

[@JohnLee-db9zt]

Nope my budget is $50k. The Shigeru Kawai SK-2 is made in Japan and is within my budget.

[@ashjainchd]

I wish the video wasn't agenda driven pushing specific brand. Why even bother putting them together with the other brands!

[@ejeoifoiae99823-eoji]

Yamaha sounds cheap and awful.