Steinway VS Baldwin: Listening Test!

Hi, this is Robert Estrin here at livingpianos.com, your online piano resource with a piano test drive of two of the great American semi-concert grands, Steinway and Baldwin. In the day, concert artists had a choice because Baldwin supported concert pianists around the world with their concert instruments. Of course, Steinway won the marketing war, and it is really the only de facto choice for touring artists because putting concert grands in every major city in the world is a very daunting task.

But in the day, Baldwin was making amazing pianos. So I'm going to play a brief excerpt of the Chopin G-minor Ballade on first the Steinway Model B from 1981, and then this Baldwin SF 7-foot semi-concert grand from 1967.

Oh.

Beautiful fluid action. Let's hear how the Baldwin compares now with the same musical excerpt.

Also a beautifully refined action. I'm really interested in your opinions here at livingpianos.com and YouTube. Leave your comments and your impressions of these two magnificent American semi-concert grands. Again, I'm Robert Estrin. This is livingpianos.com. Thanks so much for joining me.

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