MY NEW PIANO or KEYBOARD! - Share Your Story! Such a history would give me little confidence in their products, regardless of the date of manufacture, particularly if there might be warranty issues with an individual instrument.Ī medium-grade, decent sized vertical (upright) would undoubtedly be a much better purchase.ĭigital Pianos - Electronic Pianos - Synths &a.

Hyundai Development took over YC in 2006 and claims quality control is improving the overall desirability of their pianos. but Samick was ordered to sell its interests in the company, - but manipulations forced YC into bankruptcy, Samick, their Korean rival, acquired controlling interest of YC in 2004, first aided by Yamaha when YC assembled their pianos in South Korea, Young Chang has had a pretty varied history, which may affect quality which, in turn, could certainly affect condition A used G-150 4' 11' surely is worthy of even less consideration, in my opinion, whatever the price.ģ) As with any used piano, condition is of prime importance and condition can only be determined by a technician examining the piano, no matter what the owner might say. There are just too many design compromises in that size piano for them to be much more than a piece of furniture. Note : I was too lazy to type up the whole list for each category, but gave some representative pianos for points of reference.Ģ) : In my opinion any grand piano - and even more so when you get down to consumer level - as small as 4' 11' is not worth looking at. Tier 4 : Upper Level Consumer Grade Pianos (including, but not limited to Brodman, Wm, Knabe, Young Chang, Yamaha C) Tier 3 : Good Quality Performance Pianos : (including, but not limited to Walter, Petrof, Schimmel) Tier 2 : High Quality Performance Pianos : (including, but not limited to Grotrian, Mason & Hamlin, Estonia, New York Steinway) Tier 1 : Highest Quality Performance Pianos (including, but not limited to Bosendorfer, Bechstein, Hamburg Steinway) 1) Larry Fine rates the Young Chang as an Upper Level Tier 4 Piano after

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