Is a $16,000 piano cheap? (Well, we could argue that one all day.) It will be cheapER than a Yamaha, but hardly cheap. If you get one of their best grands, I would imagine that you would be getting a pretty good piano. Some of these are made under contract by "God knows who" at "God knows where." Samick has been around a long time, is well known, and has a pretty good track record. Even so, there are "weird" brands on the market today (Chinese, Indonesian ? ) that are a lot cheaper (and cheesier) than Samicks. Is is much cheaper than premier brands like Baldwin or Steinway - or in recent years, even Yamaha, which is really a rather expensive piano.
It is an oversimplification to say that Samick is an "economy" line of piano. Larry Fine rated the Samick-made Howard as "recommended for purchase" and said, as I recall, that it was "a somewhat successful effort to imitate the tonal qualities of a Yamaha." If that's correct, bear in mind that Samick is considerably cheaper than an equivalent size Yamaha. However, Samick does manufacture quite a few pianos under contract with various western companies, as well as their own line of pianos. My piano was built about 1990 and these "offshore Baldwins" are no longer made or sold. This was manufactured by Samick under contract with Baldwin, using at least some Baldwin parts. I have a "Howard by Baldwin" grand - 5'8".
I wouldn't summarize Samick on the basis of playing one used upright, which appears to be what the other respondent did. While generally Kawai is good, I have seen a couple of postings where members of the forum are very unhappy with a particular Kawai.
SAMICK PIANO REVIEWS PLUS
In one edition of Larry Fine's book, one or another of these brands gets "pinged," and in a later edition, he gives that same brand a plus up. Samick, Kawai, Yamaha, Young Chang, Pearl River, and others - the asian pianos - seem to vary up and down somewhat. I am not sure about the one reply you have received to your question.
0 kommentar(er)
