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I would love to support American manufacturing and buy a Steinway or M&H piano, but it's hard to imagine ever being in that position financially. Who knows, may
by aczerepinski 4y ago
I would love to support American manufacturing and buy a Steinway or M&H piano, but it's hard to imagine ever being in that position financially. Who knows, maybe in 10 or 20 more years. My other instruments (trumpet and bass guitar) are from small American makers, but a 6'4" M&H costs $80k and a Steinway more than that.
In the price range that I was comfortable with (a bit less than half of American made), the options were Japanese or Eastern European. Still very fine pianos. The next step down in price from there would be Chinese/Indonesian.
- j7ake 4y agoAlso in some cities space is limited. Having space for a 6 foot piano in NYC should account for the increased rent that would cause.
- aczerepinski 4y agoIn my last house I couldn't fit even a baby grand piano and got a quote to add a modest addition to the house just for that. The cost was so high (this was Boston area) that it prompted us to immediately put our house on the market and move back home to the Midwest. It's fair to say that buying a Steinway concert grand in the midwest would be cheaper than the world's cheapest piano plus a room to house it in tough housing markets :)