Piano Rating Guide
Best ******
Excellent *****
Very Good ****
Good ***
Fair **
Poor *
GRAND PIANOS
GROUP #1
Highest quality instruments. Pianos of utmost quality, built to the highest
standards in the industry. Many of these piano manufacturers have a very
limited production, and are hand crafted by Artisans. Truly the best of
the best.
Price Ranges $30,000- $183,200.
Bechstein ******
Fazioli ******
Sauter ******
Seiler (ES, SE) ******
Bosendorfer ******
Bluthner ******
Schulze Pollmann ******
Steinway & Sons ******
Charles R. Walter *****1/2
Grotrian *****1/2
Mason & Hamlin *****1/2
Group #2
High performance pianos. Pianos built to a higher standard than pianos
in the lower categories. These pianos are more durable and built for institutional,
professional and artistic uses. Most pianos in this category are European
and American made.
Price Ranges $18,900- $70,000.
Seiler (ED) *****
Schimmel *****
Haessler *****
Yamaha (S Series Only) *****
Knabe *****
Kawai Shigeru ****
Albert Weber ****
W. Hoffmann ****
Group #3
Upper Quality Consumer-Grade pianos. These instruments are mostly mass-produced
and are more economical than those in the above mentioned categories.
Price Ranges $12,000-39,000
J. Strauss & Son ****
Yamaha (C Series) ****
Weber (Del Fandrich Design) ****
Hallet,Davis & Co (Boston) ****
Boston****
Kawai: RX ****
Falcone ***1/2
Taylor ***1/2
Hailun ***1/2
Group #4
Consumer grade pianos. These pianos are designed in favor of being more
economical and have less weight on high performance features.
Price Ranges $10,000-20,000.
Yamaha GA1 ***
Young Chang (Chinese) **1/2
Samick ( Indonesian) **1/2
Yamaha GP1, GH1, GC1 **1/2
Kawai GM-10 , GE-20**
Strauss *
Krakauer *
J. Becker *
VERTICAL PIANOS
GROUP #1
Highest quality instruments. Pianos of utmost quality, built to the
highest standards in the industry. Many of these piano manufacturers have
a very limited production, and are hand crafted by Artisans. Truly the
best of the best.
Price Ranges: $15,000-and up !!!
C. Bechstein ******
Sauter ******
Seiler (ES, SE) ******
Bosendorfer ******
Bluthner ******
Schulze Pollmann ******
Steinway & Sons ******
Charles Walter *****
Mason & Hamlin *****1/2
W. Hoffmann *****1/2
Grotrian *****1/2
Group #2
High performance pianos. Pianos built to a higher standard than pianos
in the lower categories. These pianos are more durable and built for institutional,
professional and artistic uses. Most pianos in this category are European
and American made.
Price Ranges: $7,500- $30,000.
Seiler (ED) *****
Schimmel *****
Haessler *****
Sauter *****
Knabe *****
Albert Weber*****
Astin-Weight ****1/2
Group #3
Upper Quality Consumer-Grade pianos. These instruments are mostly mass-produced
and are more economical than those in the above mentioned categories.
Price Ranges $3,500-12,000.
Weber (DelFandrich Design) ****
Boston (Japanese) ****
Hallet, Davis & Co Boston ****
J. Strauss & Son ****
Yamaha (Japanese) ***1/2
Falcone ***1/2
Taylor ***1/2
Kawai (K5 , K6 , K8)<) ***1/2
Group #4
Consumer grade pianos. These pianos are designed in favor of being more
economical and have less weight on high performance features.
Price Ranges $2,400-7,000.
Young Chang ***
Hailun***
Kawai (K2, K3, UST) ***
Samick (Indonesian) **1/2
Yamaha P, T and M series **1/2
Kawai (k15, 500, 600, 900)
Strauss *
J. Becker *
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