I have owned a lot of grand pianos built between 1915-1935 and found
nearly all of them to be high quality.  But as you all know, for
the first time in my life I have been shopping postwar pianos.  It has
been a disappointment.  It seems that, starting around 1955, the pianos
after that made in the US were extremely poor, including Steinway until
around 1985 when they started getting tolerable.

Of the oriental pianos, I found the cheaper ones made in the last ten
years seem better than the more expensive ones of any year.  I find the
Y's and K's, the two biggies, to be universally unacceptable to my
standards after trying about 20 of them.  But the Samicks and Young
Changs are better regulated and have better keyboards.

I would like a straight piano to have something around here and I tend
to feel that if I can find a very long (over 7') 1930's piano in Orlando
I will buy it and restore it.  Or I might just buy a small Young Chang
baby grand if it's cheap and less than 10 years old.  But the solenoid
players just do not seem like something I would enjoy having.

Don Winter