This has to do with the bridge and the soundboard combined. Interestingly on the Bosendorfer 170 which is similar in length, is also 124cm, Seiler has managed to get a wonderful tone from a wonderful string. So for a 5′ piano, the Seiler the strings are 116cm long, on the Bluthner they are 124cm long. The semi-circular shape allows for longer bass stringsīack to the Seiler. I can’t compare this with a Bosendorfer at the moment as we are changing the bass strings on that piano. Listen to the bass strings as we compare them to a longer piano. We have done a lot of regulation already but the dampening we have got to do as the last thing. In the middle area, slightly echoey at the moment as the bass dampers are quite not working yet. The semi-circular shape allows for longer bass strings So as I say we are really grateful to get this piano. Beautifully made, no cracks on the soundboard and the tuning pins are very tight. Uprights have the same type of logo, although you never see it unless you open up the front piano and work on the inside of the piano. Look at the way they put their logo underneath the strings.

Seiler badge underneath the strings, is hidden under the lid on most uprights And there aren’t enough of them in the UK. If you are in the trade, then Seiler, you will know, are a wonderful make of piano. And indeed it does have a wonderful tone throughout the whole piano.īefore we listen to that just see how beautiful the whole piano is. And that’s so they can get the bass strings longer. Whereas the Seiler goes like a semi-circle all the way. You can see it curves in, as most pianos do. We’ll have a look at a slightly longer piano. If you take a look it’s almost semi-circular. I’m not surprised, I’ve never seen one myself. We had a technician from Seiler come in yesterday who said this was the case. There were very few Seiler grands less than 180cm made. We are grateful to have got this piano into stock. A unique semi-circular 1929 Seiler baby grand piano (150cm long) with a semi-circular case.

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