My piano search

[Daniel]

I found Piano World because I wanted to window shop pianos. Of course, I also wanted to learn about them.

I knew I couldn't afford a piano, and even if I could have, I was renting apartments and houses, and moving every few years, including moving between islands.

Plenty of people, of course, own pianos in Hawaii. But it's also true that the tropical climate is brutal.

There are authorized dealers in Hawaii. There are tuners. But, of course, nobody can change the fact that the climate makes remote islands in the Pacific a difficult place to own a piano.

I knew people over the years who did own pianos.

The best piano I saw was a Steinway grand in Hana, Maui that belonged to a woman who had brought it to Hawaii from California.

She didn't play it. Nobody played it. She didn't take the time and spend the money to take care for it.

I can understand why. It would have been like Sisyphus rolling his ball up a hill without end.

The humidity in Hana is brutal. It would and did turn any part of a house that wasn't exposed to constant air flow into a situation of complete mold infestation.

So, fast forward. I'm living in a sub-tropical climate. The climate isn't a disqualification.

I'd like to buy a new piano. It doesn't have to be a grand piano but I want an instrument of excellent, extraordinary quality.

I plan to settle when I move. My plan is to own real estate. I've moved around North America and the Pacific my entire life. I'm not interested in moving.

I still can't afford a piano just now but what money I will have and what money I will have in trust will all be in investment accounts except small amounts I will keep in a checking account and my primary trustee will keep in one.

So, it's not our of the realm of possibility that I could afford a piano in a few years.

It's been a dream of mine since forever.

Are their any brands and models that anyone would like to recommend for me to consider?

I plan to look at the brands' official sites and get a look at what's available how much different pianos cost.

I want to get specific figures to replace what I'm thinking- "a lot."

[Bernard]

I would not exclude Yamaha from your search. I've been told humidity is an issue in much of Japan, and that Yamaha considers humidity when building their pianos (maybe all piano manufacturers do, I don't know).

[Daniel]

I certainly won't exclude Yamaha. I won't exclude American made pianos. I won't lie though. I'm very interested in German piano brands.

[Daniel]

I looked at the Sauter site. I looked at the uprights. I looked at the Grotian site. The Grotrian site was more interesting especially the 118, the model above the lowest one. I wish they had videos of the pianos being played so you could hear them- and wish they listed prices.