Table of Contents
- 1 Is Beale a good piano brand?
- 2 Are Chinese pianos any good?
- 3 What is the best quality piano brand?
- 4 Where are Beale digital pianos made?
- 5 What is the best Chinese piano brand?
- 6 Where are Beale pianos manufactured?
- 7 How much is a restored Beale Piano worth?
- 8 What kind of tuning system does a Beale Piano have?
- 9 When did the Beale Bijou piano come out?
Is Beale a good piano brand?
Most older style Beale pianos are worth restoring. The relatively low value of some older styles in a way does the quality of these pianos an injustice as most had a full iron frame, were overstrung and had a quality underdamper playing mechanism.
Are Chinese pianos any good?
Chinese pianos represent the next generation of accessible, high quality instruments. They feature mostly German parts and have a tone that is better than many Japanese and Korean pianos. Plus, these instruments cost a third of the price of comparable Kawai or Yamaha Japanese pianos.
What is the best quality piano brand?
These best piano brands are lauded as Top Tier performance brands, infinitely higher quality than the mass-manufactured pianos with perhaps the more familiar sounding names.
- Bösendorfer.
- FAZIOLI.
- Grotrian.
- Sauter.
- Shigeru Kawai.
- Steinway & Sons (Hamburg)
- Steingraeber & Söhne.
- YAMAHA.
Are Beale pianos still made?
The Beale Piano Factory was located at 47 Trafalgar Street in Annandale, Sydney. Beale is no longer manufactured in Australia but the factory still stand today, a testament to its strength and longevity.
How heavy is a Beale piano?
315 kg
Additional information
| Weight | 315 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 150 × 150 × 100 cm |
Where are Beale digital pianos made?
Beale pianos today The Beale brand is now applied to pianos which are manufactured in China.
What is the best Chinese piano brand?
Pearl River, Hangzhou Yamaha, Yichang Jinbao, Xinhai, and Hailun are the top five manufacturers with a total production of 292,000 units, consisting of 77.86% of piano production in China.
Where are Beale pianos manufactured?
there is probably no piano factory in the world so completely self-contained as the Beale factory at Annandale, NSW.
Where is the serial number on a Beale piano?
1) On the piano’s cast iron plate. After lifting up the lid, look along the top front area of the plate. The serial number may be to the right or the left, or in the middle.
Which pianos are made in China?
How much is a restored Beale Piano worth?
Fully restored these pianos can fetch up to $5,000. Most older style Beale pianos are worth restoring. The relatively low value of some older styles in a way does the quality of these pianos an injustice as most had a full iron frame, were overstrung and had a quality underdamper playing mechanism.
What kind of tuning system does a Beale Piano have?
It had a different, very robust, tuning system, which was actually called the Beale Tuning System. Most pianos have a timber tuning frame, with metal tuning pins going into it. Beale pianos had an all-steel tuning system, the frame was metal, as were the pins.
When did the Beale Bijou piano come out?
It’s a Beale (Bijou model) and according to the serial number it was made in 1951. It’s a small piano, but with a big enough sound for my purpose. When Gerard said it’s a hardy piano which just needs some TLC, I bought it. ATS brought it out to the Scenic Rim.
Can a Chinese piano be sold in the west?
Many of the brands sold in the Chinese domestic market are still primitive by Western standards. Primarily, the quality has markedly improved where foreign technical assistance or investment has been involved; only those pianos are good enough to be sold in the West.