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It was like being let loose in 3 sweet shops. Thank you for your tips. As for my choice, I love my Bosendorfer upright best of all, and hope they will continue to be able to produce beautiful instruments with a little more security now - the posts about Yamaha/Bosendorfer were quite alarming but pos...

The Hoffman is out of the equation. I didn't like the sound and the touch was odd - a lot of key depth before anything happened (don't know the technical term!) It didn't do quiet. £9,000 seemed a very high price. The front-runner in the extreme top range for them is now a Boston 132 we all tried an...

Thank you, Joe. I've played a couple of Kawais (one grand) and not been over-fond of sound/touch but it could have been the instruments. What would you expect a new Hoffman V131 to cost? That does seem to be the parents' favourite, but I've never met one to date.

..and they're new. Sorry, I'm new to this sort of thing and find it all a bit tricky to navigate..

The budget was around £6,500, although the Hoffman is £2,500 more than that.

A dear pupil 's family are buying an upright piano and have narrowed their favourites down to three: W Hoffman V131, Yamaha U3 and Essex 123. I am going with to try them out on Saturday. I can give my opinion as a pianist on sound and touch but not manufacture and anything much to do with their insi...