KAWAI BABY GRAND MODELS SERIES

Roslau strings? Only found on the most expensive Yamaha available, the YUS5. The cheapest pianos will have very small backposts or no center backposts at all. A cross sectional surface area ofВ 400cmВ or more provides massive support year after year for the the soundboard's crown and the nearly 40,000lbsВ of tension from the strings.В The CSA is calculated by multiplying the width and depth of a post, times the number of posts, and it is a good indicator of an upright piano's structural integrity. However, the thickness of the individual back posts matters. The Yamaha B2 is certainly affordable, but has 25% of the backframeВ CSA of the Essex EUP116В and NONE of the premium features! About BackframeВ Cross Sectional AreaДЄ 5-post backframe is the first indicator that a manufacturer has taken the design of a piano seriously. At the same price, Yamaha's P22 is 4' shorter! Is it any wonder schools are switching to Essex? We came to the conclusion that Steinway simply delivers a better value with the Essex brand pianos. About Maple Rim MaterialДЄt nearly 2X the price of the Essex EUP-123SВ the Yamaha U1 is one inch shorter and has HALF THE BACKFRAMEВ cross sectional area (CSA). But this chart shows clearly the components left out altogether. We decided to give them the benefit of the doubt.ДЄs experts in the field, we cannot imagine the difficulty aВ shopper might have in trying to compare pianos with Steinway's competitors leaving so many major components unspecified.

KAWAI BABY GRAND MODELS SERIES

We dug deeply enough in our research to find a European brochure that listed Roslau strings on the CX series grands and up, butВ we cannot be certain that Roslau strings are used in theВ YamahasВ sent to the USA.В Roslau strings are not listed anywhere on the Yamaha USA website. The Yamaha GB1KВ has none of the premium features found in the higher-priced Yamaha grands, yet the ESSEX EGP-155В has ALL of them!ДЄt nearly 3X the price, the Yamaha C1X almost delivers all the premium features, but why isВ soundboard quality and rim material left unspecified? The rim material on the SX series pianos is specifiedВ (it ought to be, for the price), which seems to acknowledge maple as a superior wood for rim construction,В but rim material is not specified for any other pianos.

Kawai baby grand models