Help! Please! (from venezuela)

Juancho · Post by **Juancho** » 11 Feb 2005, 06:10

Hello I´m Juan Carlos from venezuela and new in this forum, I´m here because i want to buy a piano for my dad, and i like 3 different brands; yamaha, wurlitzer and danemann, which i heard was an english one, Anyway, I´d really apreciate if anyone can tell me general features of them and which one is better, any information would help me because I know nothing about pianos brands nor features nothing.

Thanks for reading this and if you have any comment or advice please let me know...

Yours Faithfully
Juan Carlos

Post by **Barrie Heaton** » 12 Feb 2005, 22:09

I assume we are taking new. I have never tuned a new Wurlitzer piano so I can’t say what they are like the new Danemanns are not made in the UK the one I have seen was fine quite a nice bass for the size, as to Yamahas they run form good to very good but a big jump in price to get to the very good

Barrie,

Frank Renfrow Tuner · Post by **Frank Renfrow Tuner** » 13 Feb 2005, 06:00

As I am from Rudolph Wurlitzer's American hometown, Cincinnati, Ohio, I think I can answer that part of the question. I originally apprenticed with a Steinway and Wurltizer dealer back in the 1970s. Back then Wurlitzer was a low to medium priced piano, okay but nothing to write home about. Around 1990 the Baldwin Piano Company acquired Wurlitzer and they upgraded the verticals quite a bit, and I think the Wurlitzers from that period were about on a par with Yamahas, only I would say the tone was actually a bit richer in the Wurlitzer. Since Gibson acquired Baldwin, I think most of the verticals are still being made in the USA and are probably still pretty good pianos. However, there is one Wurlitzer console model that is made in China and the all low-end Wurlitzer Grands are made by Samick in Korea for Baldwin. I am not sure where the Yamahas in Venezuela are coming from but I find that those made in the USA (thomaston, Georgia) are not yet up to par with those from Japan. They probably will get better as the Georgia factory workers gain more experience in piano production.

Juancho · Post by **Juancho** » 14 Feb 2005, 05:38

Oh thank you very much for that important information I really apreciate it. The yamaha Piano that i saw has been brought from Musiyama Japan and he says it had been bought 12 years ago and he hasn´t used it very much it looks really good and clean, the piano wood looks very bright like a mirror the price is 2500$ is that a good price for a used yamaha piano brought from musiyama japan? it´s a M108 model. The danemann was made in 1978 and it looks quite good the serial is 95137 and it´s also 2500$, are they good prices how much are they now brand new? I can afford both, but what can you people suggest me?

Frank Renfrow Tuner · Post by **Frank Renfrow Tuner** » 14 Feb 2005, 05:50

If I am not mistaken the Yamaha M108 a 44" console. I have found these to be good pianos for the home and very stable tuning-wise. That price is probably about the same as what one would expect for a 12 year old piano from a dealer here, although one might be available for about 10-20% less from a private individual.

Juancho · Post by **Juancho** » 04 Mar 2005, 00:56

I saw also a piano yamaha M1A And another M1J, what can you tell me about those pianos? are they good?