🎹Schimmel Konzert K230 Tradition Grand Piano Review & Demo🎹

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Hello again, and welcome to another piano review at the Merriam Pianos RUclips channel. Today, we’ll be coming at you from the Robert Lowrey piano showroom in downtown Toronto, and reviewing the Schimmel Konzert K230 grand piano.
The K230 is a 7’6”, semi-concert grand piano that is fully hand-crafted in Braunschweig Germany.
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Piano Overview:
The K230 is part of Schimmel’s Konzert line of pianos, which is the top quality line that they manufacture. The entire Konzert series underwent extensive redesigns over the last several years, incorporating several new design techniques and upgrades to improve sustain, projection and overall tonal colour.
Piano Tone:
As you play this piano, one of the very interesting sonic effects you’ll notice is the impression of distinct layers of tone from each region that you play. There’s almost a three dimensional aspect with how the sound constructs itself here, which is a super unique feature.
There’s not as much upper colour as you might get out another German grand, such as the C. Bechstein C232 where there’s more colour, whereas the Schimmel has a washier, ethereal sort of tone.
The bass on the K230 is absolutely stunning, and it’s not hyperbole for me to say that it beats out many 9ft concert grands that I’ve played. The clarity, projection and overall energy is truly amazing.
Piano Features:
What are some of the design aspects that contribute to the overall tonal profile of this piano? One of the things that all of the pianos from the Konzert series have in common are extra large soundboards. My impression is that for the length of the instrument, the Konzert series pianos must have some of the largest soundboard areas in the entire industry. The wide-tail design of course contributes to this, but the front of the instrument is also angled out to the side to accommodate the larger soundboard.
Another aspect that contributes to the excellent clarity in the bass register is the approach to how the bass strings are bridged. The bridges are vertically laminated, except for the bass register which is a solid piece of wood that is not connected to the mid range bridge like in most pianos, which allows the soundboard to vibrate more freely.
As we move up to the mid-range and treble, another design feature worth highlighting is the presence of tunable front and rear duplex scales. Tunable duplex is quite rare within the industry, and the Konzert series pianos are some of the only pianos with tunable front and rear duplex. This feature gives the tone more precision, and almost a sense of air surrounding the tone.
One last thing worth noting; the left side rim on this piano is probably the thickest rim I’ve ever seen, even thicker than the Mason & Hamlin rims which are well known in the industry for their incredibly thick rims.
Piano Action:
Moving onto the action, another great feature of the Konzert series instrument is the presence of a full concert length key-action in every single grand of the series, regardless of the size. For high level players focused on control, a concert grand action is going to deliver this in spades.
The action is also of course very well regulated out of the box, and a concert grand action is just so fun to play. For anyone focused on touch who doesn’t have the space or budget to consider a 9 foot, I’d highly recommend trying something from the Schimmel Konzert series.
Conclusion:
Considering the price, the Schimmel Konzert series pianos along with Shigeru Kawai, are without a doubt some of the highest value instruments available. The total package of what you’re getting for the price is staggering.
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