I wasn't sure whether to reply to your post or David Renaud's post so I picked this one. I guess my family was unfortunate to get a small YC Prammy. It's a PG-150 (4'11") -- too short and too tubby in the bass IMO. We were looking at 6-foot grands but they were a little too expensive (we paid about $6k for our PG-150). What do you guys think of the smaller models? --- Paul McCloud <pmc333@earthlink.net> wrote: > Phil, Listers: > I guess since I work at a dealer that sells > them, and having also > formerly had the Steinway franchise, I will take a > stab at the > comparison. > Mr. Pramberger's philosophy regarding the > redesigned Young Chang > piano is that he isn't going to start from scratch. > He gave the > presentation Phil mentioned at our store and said > he's just changing the > old YC design as needed to improve it. It is not > that they are just > like the S&S. It is my experience that they are > much better than the > "Gold Series" Y.C. in the overall quality and scale > design. The > crossover at the break is very smooth. The tone is > very clear, and the > bass is much improved. I have seen some quality > variance, especially in > the action. I don't much care for the hammers, > which tend to be a bit > lopsided. They seem to have a lot of tension in > them and look crooked > rather than straight on the sides. Shanks in early > models were prone to > twisting. Damper wires are typically too much > leaning to the left and > so friction causes them to hang up, mostly in the > upper section where > there aren't any weights in the underlevers. The > quality and > consistency is no where near that of say, Yamaha. > For the price, they are very good, but are no > where close to > (surprise?) a Steinway. FWIW, > Paul McCloud > San Diego > > -- > mailto:pmc333@earthlink.net > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com
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