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1982 Yamaha G2 Sound Sample (Improvisation)
Sound of the Yamaha G2
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Try Our Pianos
Schedule your appointment to explore our pianos at robertspianoshouston.com/
Our Preparation Process
Before acquiring any piano, we subject it to rigorous scrutiny to ensure its working condition. We tune each piano to A440-442 and fine-tune the action to meet quality specifications.
Seamless DeliveryPiano
Delivery services can vary in cost, typically ranging from $400 to $700. We offer local ground floor delivery within the Houston for between $250-350 for upright pianos and between $300-$550 for grand pianos. If you require delivery to a more distant location, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us for a personalized quote.
For further details:
Website: www.robertspianoshouston.com
Email: info@robertspianoshouston.com
Phone: 832-930-0469
Thank you for your business!
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Yamaha G2 | 1982
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Yamaha G2 | 1982 - Try Our Pianos Schedule your appointment to explore our pianos at robertspianoshouston.com/ Our Preparation Process Before acquiring any piano, we subject it to rigorous scrutiny to ensure its working condition. We tune each piano to A440-442 and fine-tune the action to meet quality specifications. Seamless DeliveryPiano Delivery services can vary in cost, typically ranging f...
Kawai GS-40 grand piano | 1986
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Man...I love your improvisation...what key is that?
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Great playing
Thank you 🙏🏻
You make great enjoyable piano overviews. Quick question: I'm considering buying a Samick height of 44 inches high... Do you think there will be gigantic difference in richness of sound from a 46-48 inch high Samick (like the one in this video), Or will they be close enough to where I will be happy and not wishing I went with a taller Samick (46-48 inch tall) Thanks for any input, I know that's a wildly subjective question. :)
With a difference of 4 inches I would say the taller as long as the touch is as good as what is making you sway towards the shorter one? Is it the touch. Sometimes the woods are better on one piano from the other or the craftsmanship can vary
@@RobertsPianosHouston Thank you for your reply.. To be honest it's only because a customer of mine happens to have a pristine 44-46 inch Samick that she is trying to gift to someone, and I'm happy to take it off her hands, however I don't want to end up with a piano that I am not satisfied with because I already out grew my current piano which is 47 inch high (Baldwin Hamilton)
Hamilton pianos when in good shape (hammer alignment and no hard leathers and checked) can have a richer tone from my experience than some or most samicks. However it’s a condition question tone and touch best to ask a local tuner for a quick check mechanically etc
Tapered soundboard means the edges are thinner than the center, allowing more free movement, supposedly at least (grain of salt as with all piano technical claims). Steinway calls it diaphragmatic sound board. In this recording I do feel like I can recognize a particular aspect of this sound from my Steinway with diaphragmatic sound board, a certain delicateness and sensitivity in the attack. Still I don’t know whether it’s proven, because some designers just talk about stiffness being the important thing, which presumably can be adjusted by other means than tapering.
Very interesting Charles thanks again for great insights
I bought a GS-50 in January 1983. I loved it, and regret having sold it years ago. The GS series was Kawai's premium piano at that time, and is very difficult to find now.
Sad to hear about loosing your GS-50, this piano is very special, a concert pianist is currently interested, trying to find a way to but this or a black ebony G2 we have in stock, it has been interesting to watch him compare both the G2 much more mellow. Evan
What piece is that?
It’s an improvisation I believe in Gm 🎹
Magia.. solamente magia...👏👏👏👏👏💐
Muchas gracias amigo de todos!
It does sound refined!
I really like it😊
Feurich is the old Wendl & Lung. WL bought Feurich and then changed their name. Most current Feurich pianos are now made by Hailun in China. Your Schimmel Feurich seems to be a one-off partnership before becoming part of WL. Nice piano.
Feurich with a Serial Number 75820 would have been built in 1996. I believe the Langlau factory had closed by then. It would seem that Feurich then contracted out to Schimmel for their larger grands. Schimmel is know for European handcrafted quality. This decision assured for German craftsmanship in their upper echelon models. I just became the proud owner of a 1983 Feurich F227 crafted in Langlau while the factory was still in operation. It has to be one of the most gorgeous pianos I have ever seen. Pristine like right off the showroom floor. Materials and sound quality are excellent. This was after an exhaustive search for the perfect Steinway B or C. A complete diversion from my forever dedicated Steinway devotion lol. This F227 was love at first sight.
Thank you for the information this Schimmel model is rather special and thank you for the date it makes sense with the information that has been commented thank you for confirming. Now I am curious as to the sound and touch of a Feurich made model.
Schimmel is one of the rare company to uses its own action. That's why you don't have a name of another manufacturer.
Thank you Michel that’s very interesting indeed
Schimmel uses Renner actions and the piano in the video had a Renner action. The Hammers did not have a manufacturers mark on them. Usually manufacturers are using Renner actions with Renner hammers as the actions usually come from Renner with hammers on them.
@@jacobneal5388 Thanks for the clarification. On Schimmel website only the Classic and Konzert series have Schimmel action made by Renner. For the Fridolin and the Wihlem they are Schimmel action, no mention of Renner. My guess is that they have their own spec but uses Renner reputation. There's some magical words in the piano industry: Handcraft, Renner action, solid spruce soundboard, Abel hammer, Roslau string. If you come with something different, it's harder to sell...
@@jacobneal5388 Thanks for the clarification. I don't know how you were able to recognize it from the video. I'm not a technician, more a fan of acoustic piano. By the way, the high hand Schimmel piano (Konzert and Classic series) are using Schimmel Action made by Renner. The Wilhem and Fridolin have Schimmel actions. I guess Schimmel have their own spec and rides on Renner reputation and craftmanship. There are some magical words in the piano industry: German, handcraft, solid spruce soundboard, Renner action, Abel hammer, Roslau string...
@@michelprimeau4531 Renner actions always have a decal in the center of the action. Yes Schimmel has Renner build the action to their specs and the actions are regulated in the Schimmel factory.
Cool!
Piano snobbery is real and techs should not turn their nose up at a customers instrument if it is of reputable make and fixable. I would recommend that Acro-sonic console be fixed over recommending any number of cheaply made new pianos. Gluing a bridge cap back on is no big deal, nor is removing an Acro-sonic action.
The acrosonic does sound better than most spinets however as a pianist the leverage and lack of tonal color and clarity I have seen people pay $500-700 for a spinet then $300-500 for delivery add a full regulation of strings and grommets etc a few hundred more you can buy a young Chang upright or similar quality. I made this video after seeing a family buy a spinet for a total of close to a thousand dollars. The pins were loose they could have bought a Baldwin console or similar. Hopefully it helps people avoid buying. I tuned an acrosonic last week I wouldn’t say it was a good piano for the teacher teaching with it but I served her explained options for upgrading. It’s all about guiding people something that will be more enjoyable to play mechanically and tonally rather than looking down on a spinet a young pianist cut their teeth on
Thank you for this. I may do this on one of the pair of E3 strings on the outdoor public piano I maintain. Seems doable. Not sure why turning the inside wire would cease the buzz, physically. I am guessing the inside wire makes some uniform bulging when turned, just enough to snug up the copper wrapping wire, thus stopping the potential for rattling/buzzing.
This will do it in many cases I have roughly 70% success sometimes the coil won’t tighten and the string needs replacing. Good luck! The pin can sometimes be loose after replacing having some lo-torque to replace is a good idea a size up. If loose
Nowadays, the Feurichs are designed in Vienna, manufactured in China by Hailun and are finished in Germany. Hailun Pianos are designed in Vienna and are manufactured from start to finish in China. Both brands use German parts: Roslau strings, Abel hammers and European spruce.
Thank you for your information Matthew much appreciated and very insightful
Imagine two 48" pianos being 48" tall. I'm not sayiing it isn't but I'm not convinced The U-1 is a direct copy. Styling cues and font/logo similarities are just that. Can we talk about scale design, bracing and ribs, bridges, key lengths and action components? At least we didn't go down the rabbit hole of they both have 88 keys.
Those are good points I wills bear the internal bridge and key length measurements as for scaling I will check this too. Thank you for the message. Not structural but sound wise the tone of the U1 was clearer with a more responsive touch. More refined. Evan
Never heard of a Feurich made by Schimmel before. They were made in the Euterpe factory in Langlau Germany after the second world war until the early '90s when Bechstein bought out Euterpe. They started on their own again at some point later in the '90s so perhaps the Schimmel Feurichs came inbetween. Would be interesting to know if you find out any more about the piano.
Thank you Hoffmann it is interesting information I appreciate your sharing. I have seen the new ones from china I do believe they aren’t making them currently in Germany? This is a unique piano for me being Schimmel with the feurich name an interesting collaboration
Do the longer key levers have any downside, like a heavier touch...? thx
I’m not sure of this question I believe that it won’t if the touch is weighted at the factory if anything it would improve the touch leverage and control
I'm surprised how new it appears to be. Thanks for the review.
Thanks for the idea changing the hammer butts.
Well nice improv there. 😯. Shows versatility of the piano to go to the more assertive sounds, and shows that bass is a matter of mindset not just string length.
Thank you Charles hope all is well for you Evan
Ecstatically blooming lower mid range; beautiful. I always think that Baldwins are very good. These seem to be special, too.
Very pleasant tone for the price range better than older 60’s70s other consoles. It seems like there was an overall improvement in the quality of us pianos from the 80’s on as competition with Japan and Korea ramped up
Can I ask about Piano problem Sir?
There is no problem with the piano it is in excellent condition. Some of the comments are overall impression. The piano is very nice tone is mellow and even touch.
@@RobertsPianosHouston I m so sorry problem about my piano Sir. Im from Indonesia
@@MyAbe24 Ah yes of course !
@@RobertsPianosHouston Thank you sir
@@RobertsPianosHouston Sir , where I can post my video piano here ?
Charles Frederick Stein was a legendary piano scale designer who eventually had his own company. Very few CFS pianos were made(I’ve heard less than 2500 total)from the late-1920s through WW2. These were special
That’s great to learn thank you for sharing this knowledge. Greetings from houston. Evan
ua-cam.com/video/Mf6egu9HnWU/v-deo.htmlsi=TM2ZkV_GO4Ufh6go Here is a small CFS with a Welte-Mignon reproducing player mechanism from the late 1920s. These were very expensive plaything of the rich in the ‘20s that actually played the dynamics of the musician, not just a notes like a traditional foot pumper player piano. Although it’s not a big 6’ or larger grand…. It’s a very nice and balanced sound for a small instrument
The Hamilton was often used as a school piano, and had a decent sound for a budget priced instrument. Perhaps the lower price meant less robust materials and thus things got out of alignment and wore out a bit more easily than with more deluxe instruments. But fix this up right, and it will be a very respectable instrument for someone, or even a group of someones. I couldn't even hear much wrong with the bass, whose string length is limited by the short-upright configuration, but up at the top, the dampers (not hammers?) seem to have an alignment problem. In general, if you can get lower-end instruments which were respectable when new to sound well again, you'll get a lot of practice. (Don't torture yourself with challenges right out of the crate from China. Seasoned wood counts for something.)
Thank you this is great information
I don’t see why “lower middle range” type categories have much meaning. The tone is obviously very beautiful. Action and hammers fitting to the size and tone surely. Tuning stability probably as good as any. My Steinway has capstans that aren’t tight enough and so require adjustment more than they should, and key bushings which didn’t last as long as I would think they should. So even on issues like that the “top tier” doesn’t seem superior. The one thing might be voicing, because as you say those hammers seem a little hard in the upper range. But I’d think it is a very very nice piano after some voicing. It seems to have a European type tone. It’s glassy/silky and has immediate appeal to many but the more percussive American sound can be favored by some I think if they are totally confident of a bold musical statement. I think Kimball has a largely “unflavored” type American sound, with Steinway a bit colder yet and Baldwin and Weber both being “flavored” toward some kind of implicit sentimentality.
The piano is a very solid low to mid range instrument I agree it’s subjective. The tone, woods, touch geometry and hammer choice can be very good on these but there’s an underlying material and professional skill also smaller size that is hard to categorize. I understand what you mean with this point. I’m trying to help people simplify the buying process but it is hard to provide an easy objective guide. It’s better than almost all older consoles and definitely spinets
Very interesting life. Very inspiring to me. Thanks
You make this piano sound so beautiful
Excited to see what happens with this, just picked one up in better tune than this one.
Very nice....what key do you normally use to improvise?
Thank you Roadguide123 I like to improvise in different keys to keep my mind active today F# otherwise I default to the home keys!
Wow interesting that you say the Baldwin tone changed from the 70s 80s to a later era. I know I tried some older Baldwins ‘40s to ‘60s maybe, that I thought had superior tone but so much has to do with prep it would be interesting to do a kind of shootout. Baldwin has such a different tone than Yamaha in the uprights generally. I have found Steinway small upright had very difficult tone to like for me, not glassy like Yamaha, but I’ve learned that for certain assertiveness rather than kind of dwelly glassy sounds, it is really the right tone. But glassy seems easier to record and just ‘sound good’.
I do feel Baldwin can be more interesting tone wise there is something about yamaha however the consistency which makes it stand out
@@RobertsPianosHouston I read someone said higher tension creates consistent sound. I’m not sure whether that means consistent from piano to piano or whether it’s more about a consistent sound regardless of hammer condition and voicing. Also I think maybe the Yamaha sound is good on mid size or small uprights because the glassy tone seems to have more body to it than the American in that context for some reason. (Still, after many years I’ve finally figured out how to like my Steinway 45 which I’d thought was harsh and thin for a long time)
It may well be a preference for brightness in the US I’ve heard that before in Europe that the US market is brighter that I’ve heard not sure when
What do you think about this piano?
Some Samick pianos are better than others the WG7 model we have is lovely. The SS3 in this case has a rich tone the touch is a little on the light side and we are working on removing a slight zing on the dampers once fixed or if the client likes us to rewriting it will be a nice piano.
Where are you located out of curiosity
@@RobertsPianosHouston I'm in Ghana
@@RobertsPianosHouston Cool. One of my personal pianos is a Samick console. Very bright. I need to do some voicing. Recently reconditioned and regulated.
@@ElikemTheTuner How awesome, and you tune pianos in Ghana? that sounds unique!
fantasying about reclaiming the one i had... btw - what is the name of the music piece you're playing in this vid? sounds Great!
That sounds like a tricky situation hope it goes smoothly! As for the piece it’s an improvisation spare of the moment idea. 🎹 ER
Man…I really enjoy your videos…Thank you very much for sharing
Thank you for sharing happy playing! Evan
Very nice sir
This piano is too new to be a 1948 Hamilton. I can tell by the style of logos and the oval decal under the lid. It appears to an early 80s model. I’ve never seen a Hamilton finished in with a furniture style cabinet like this.
Thank you for this I was doubting the age. Double checked and you’re right! It’s 1984 my apologies for the mistake
@@RobertsPianosHouston there’s no need to apologize. It was just something I noticed and I thought I would let you know.
To clarify no water is needed ? How do you avoid the hammer bending back? That happens to me...
No water needed. Water will warp the wood in unknown ways
To clarify no water is needed ? How do you avoid the hammer bending back? That happens to me...
It should stay in shape it may be the grain of the wood
I wonder if they bend back more if I use water. I think they need to soak for 3 hours impossible for this situation, or no water lome you do.
@@dappawap I wouldn't recommend soaking wood as it's difficult to control the results, much better to use controlled heat
I really like the convenience of the long neck on the lighter much easier than my mini torch
I don’t recommend using a small one as it will be too hard to control
What makes the Japanese versions better than the ones built in Georgia?
It’s hard to place an exacting measured response to this. In most cases it’s difficult to tell what changes between a high quality piano and a low quality mass produced one. Usually it comes down to experienced labor, quality materials, and consistency of craftsmanship. There is something about the precision and tone difference I would find hard to explain. American made ones can be pleasant but in most cases Japanese ones stand out for me ever time. Although Japan did equip and design the pianos made in the US there are limitations as to experience in craft especially at the beginning. And then there are some questions as to when a factory sets up another factory or production line in a different country as to whether they share each detail without holding back on some things. For instance a Pearl river produced Essex, Steinway are likely to hold onto some pieces of information. Sometimes entire components such as mason and Hamlin building some pianos in Asia but installing the action in the US.
Superb!
How about their grands? Do you like them
I would love to try one, I haven’t tried their grand pianos yet. Only the uprights.
@@RobertsPianosHouston makes sense. I teach on my CW upright but i never played their grands yet
Thank you! Great video.
Glad it helped!
Evan, hope you & yours are safe from the storm.
All well thanks for asking Michael we’ve got a lot of tidying up to do in the garden but grateful no damage at the shop or home.
Amazing how well that can work. I've heard so many different recommendations for twist amount. E.g., 1 at the bottom, to 2-3 at the top. Or sometimes a constant # throughout. Also, some say to never do half turns, others say it's ok. What do you typically do?
That’s right try and follow a pattern the very bass can resist two turns but the main aim is the tone result
Getting the client to be the cameraman? Priceless. ;-)
Beautiful. What is the name of the piece?
Thanks! It’s an improvisation
Also available from China Inc...
We buy ours from Schaff supply company. They do wear much quicker a than the traditional plastic ones but have some interesting functions such as muting the middle string
Irrelevant, but interesting accent :-) South African?
British from Oxford UK.
@@RobertsPianosHouston Cool. I figured I was wrong after watching another vid or two :-}
Very well recorded, congrats.
Thank you Phillip a very simple H2N recording device used here it’s the simplest setup I’ve found for quick recording as of yet open to new suggestions I hear the Sony recorders are very good