I’ve only ever owned two pianos in my life. The first piano I ever owned was the old second hand piano my parents bought when I was a young child. It wasn’t the greatest piano because it was very old and had not always been cared for properly, but it was the best my parents could afford at the time.
My second and current piano is a Yamaha Piano and even though I have had it for a few decades, I love my piano just as much as the day I bought it. When I got married, my husband also had his own piano and I basically told him that my piano was much better than his, so we would be keeping mine!
As you can imagine, over the many years I have played many pianos – some really expensive pianos and some utterly terrible, totally neglected pianos. Apart from the ultra expensive ones, of all the pianos I’ve played, I like my own piano the best.
This is why I really like my own piano: I like it because it only requires a soft touch to get the full range of volume and quality of sound. This means that I don’t ever need a lot of force to produce the sound I am looking for. Why does this matter to me? It’s because I have had injuries to my hands and wrists over the years and therefore having a piano with a light touch is less likely to cause pain in my hands or wrists.
There are other reasons why I love my piano – it is the quality of sound that I can produce. Let’s face it, most decent pianos will have a good quality of sound where the notes neither sound tinny or thick and somewhat muffled.
The one thing that sets my Yamaha piano apart for all other brands of pianos that I have tried is that I don’t need to use a lot of pressure in my hands and fingers to produce the sound I am after. Over the years, I have met other piano players that are the complete opposite to me – they enjoy playing a piano where they need to be heavy handed.
The point I am trying to make is that everyone has different preferences and styles of playing and therefore different piano brands suit different individuals. So if you are like me and prefer not having to use a lot of force while playing the piano, then I would thoroughly recommend that you consider buying a Yamaha piano. If you are the opposite to me and enjoy being heavy handed then maybe a Yamaha might not be the best brand of piano for you.
So if you are in the market for a new piano, go and play several different brands of piano and make up your own mind as to which brand of piano is best for you for the budget you have. Meanwhile, I will continue to thoroughly enjoy my Yamaha piano…