<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hi guys, </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>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. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> Any help, opinionated or not is greatly appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>...Zeng</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>