best brand pa rin ang yamaha. i'm not sure , pero hindi bababa ng 500T , baby grand pa lang yon. there are other brands na cheaper. ang comparison niyan, upright model pa lang ng yamaha, baby grand na sa iba. ( sa price and may be pati sa sound )
parang guitar din yan. initially, a lumanog may sound better than a yamaha guitar. but after a year to several years, yung yamaha pareho pa rin ang tunog but the other iba na. it's in the materials they use, specially the wood.
sa local, i think lyric is the leading brand. dati sa buendia ang showroom ng yamaha, tabi ng toyota. i don't know kung nandun pa.
grabe , ang mamahal pala ng mga grand pianos! ok na kaya ang LYRIC? for school use pala ito, school ang bibili, hindi ko po idodonate ibibili ko nalang ng kotse kesa i-donate ko ang pera
kung walang problema sa budget, steinway and sons piano.
wife ko kasi nagpi-piano dati naalala ko nun gusto nya bumili ng piano sabi niya pinaka-OK daw yun.
sabihin mo dun sa school binabagay naman yan dun sa piano player. e baka di naman gifted yung mag-piano e sayang naman hehehe! grand piano man o hindi pag yung artist (daw) e di naman magaling parehas lang tunog nun, ordinary.
hindi ko rin alam kung magaling yung gagamit ng piano, pero nung sinabi ko yung price (P500T and up), maghahanap nalang daw sila ng donor meron silang nililigawan ngayon na member ng school board, meron piano na hindi ginagamit.
A grand piano is one of my dream items to put in the house.
You can get good second hand ones for 300,000 or less.
Now, as to the quality, that's another matter. I found this website before that says a grand piano that's less than 5'8" in length is more a show-off furniture than a serious musical instrument. Those so-called baby grands sound like regular uprights, and some uprights sound better than baby grands.
Parlor grands are the best bet for the home and small recital areas - something like 6' to 7' and can be had for 300 to 500 thou depending on the condition.
Steinway and sons make the best pianos. The local Lyric company imports S&S, as well as other brands, new and 2nd hand. After Steinway, there's Mason and Hamlin, Grotrian Steinweg, Bosendorfer, Bluthner, and Bechstein.
Further down the pecking order are, alphabetically: August Foerster, Feurich, Hardman, Kaps, Kawai, Knabe, Schimmel, Stickel, and Yamaha.
The Clavinova is a fraction of the size, sometimes a quarter of the price, but sounds just as good as a concert grand.