Not another one on buying pianos....

Richard Brekne richardb@c2i.net
Tue, 04 Apr 2000 08:45:40 +0200


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Both these pianos are good makes. I personally like the Sauter and have
more experience with them. But we have one Bluthner grand at the UiB and
its nice enough. I'd have to say go with your gut on this one.

Low Sye Yuan wrote:

>  Hi guys, I didn't know that this list allows for the discussion of
> piano purchasing until I saw the previous post. Anyway, I was looking
> around for an upright and have narrowed down the search to 3Bs( C.
> Bechstein, Bluthner, Bosendorfer) and 1S( Sauter). I was told by one
> dealer to go with my feelings and not pay attention to the sales talk,
> readily dispensed by the piano retailers.In particular, I love the
> Bluthner a lot. It really has a honey-sweet tone and is fantastic for
> the romantic pieces. However, when I played baroque or classical
> pieces on it, it sounded weird. Later, I tried a Sauter M-Line series
> and was truly impressed with the tone. Now, the Sauter dealer whom I
> spoke to had great things to say about Bluthner. Ironically, the only
> thing he found displeasing and pleasing at the same time was with the
> sweet tone( i feel the same too). Sauter has never made it to the
> stage arena, but the sophisticated cabintry and the high-grade
> material they use for the building of the piano is legendary, or so he
> says.So, you see, I am in some sort of a dilemma here. If I'm buying
> the Bluthner upright, I will pray and hope that my mozarts be better
> sounding in a couple of years.Conversely, if I buy the Sauter, I will
> be praying hard that whatever the anti-Sauter dealers say would not
> manifest on my M-line series.  Any help, opinionated or not is greatly
> appreciated. ...Zeng

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Richard Brekne
Associate PTG, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway


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