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Good Bluthner, Bosendorfer Lipp and Steinway, or Wendl and Lung (for inexpensive new ones) are undoubtedly better than good uprights for the reasons previously stated. Come and try some!

From my experience the truth is that it's the make of piano that counts. A baby grand made by Bluthner, Richard Lipp, Bosendorfer and some Broadwoods are really fine pianos. Some Yamahas are also excellent. Our favourite uprights are old restored ones by Grotrian Steinweg or Richard Lipp. The action...

That's true, there will be less coils but from my experience that doesn't matter at all. It there are, say, 4 or more that break, then it probably would be best to restring.

Marcus

Normally you can use the same string rather than replace it, as it breaks at the tuning pin allowing it to be unwound at the other pin (your tuner will know what I mean!). This saves a mismatch with a new string.

I've tuned and sold many Bechstein 10s and like them very much. Their strings very commonly break on pitch raising, though usually only one or two in the mid to top treble. However I discovered that lubricating the strings at the pressure bar and turning all pins down before raising them to pitch us...