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S-Series

2010 NAMM part 3 Yamaha CFX

January 24, 2010 by Eric

Yamaha has had a high end “craft built” line for a number of years and has been a very serious builder of concert pianos for decades. The concert grand, the CFIII (CF3) has undergone a number of iterations and experiments, resulting in the model CFIIIS that has been the flagship for the last 8 years […]

Filed Under: HEP Guy, The piano world Tagged With: CFIIIS, CFX, NAMM, S-Series, Yamaha

What is the Yamaha S Series?

February 7, 2009 by Eric

In a nutshell, the S series are Yamaha’s concert level, hand made pianos. Made in a separate factory, these 3 models, the S4 (191 cn, 6’3″)  , S6 (212m, 6’11”) and CFIIIS  (275cm, 9′) (pronounced C F three S)  are made using techniques that would be familiar in any high end piano factory. Lots of […]

Filed Under: Bosendorfer, HEP Guy, The piano world Tagged With: CFIIIS, S-Series, Yamaha

Maybe I’ll say one more thing…

December 5, 2007 by Eric

I worked for for Bosendorfer during the Kimball years.  That, in my opinion, was a much less logical combination than Bosendorfer and Yamaha and there were plenty of jokes (Kimball-dorfers, Bosen-balls). But, in fact, Kimball was a wonderful steward for Bosendorfer, probably a better steward of Bosendorfer than of their own brand. I believe that […]

Filed Under: Bosendorfer, Fixing my piano, HEP Guy, The piano world Tagged With: Bosendorfer, Kimball, S-Series, Yamaha

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