Kemble Oxford

[Gill the Piano]

The Yamaha U1 is generally thought to be one of the best upright pianos around, and an awful lot of professional musos like them, as do many tuners; I was talking about this only the other day with an ex Steinway tuner and he said he thought they were excellent. He was sober at the time, too...seriously, they ARE good instruments, and whilst the Kemble is perfectly good, you wouldn't be able to achieve the depth of sound and tone that you could on a U1. I had a little Kemble which got me to Grade VIII, but I found it frustrating to play big stuff (Rachmaninov and other noisy bits) on as the power required simply wasn't there. If you've only just begun to play then Grade VIII is at least 8 years away, but in the end you have to buy what YOU like the sound of; it's you who's paying and playing!
Good luck with it all!