Searching online I found a retailer just across the line in the U.S. It is a good "used" piano from what I can tell and I don't really expect it to be perfect but I feel her price may be a bit high in today's 'recession-esque' market. (little missing tabs that used to cover screws etc) and a few small marks, one where the lamp on top of the piano fell and struck the area over the keyboard leaving a scratch etc.) the korean 'fit and finish' problems exist. It plays well and sounds great but is not in perfect condition. Seller has little knowledge of the piano as she bought it several years back to get her kids to play but they never got into it so it seems to have had very little use. However today I came across an Ivory Young Chang G157 and it impressed me in both areas. a Bell, some obscure brand from Halifax, an old used Steinway, and none have come close to impressing me in either sound or appearance. To spark my interest I have been looking at several used baby grand pianos recently. Pramberger, J.P.I'm a new member here and this is my first post so please bear with me.Īfter 44 years playing piano, the past 5 or 10 only playing 3 or 4 times a year I have decided I'd like to start playing again for fun, not to be involved in the music business any longer. Warranty: 10 years, parts and labor, transferable to future owners within the warranty period. (The Remington brand is no longer a regular part of the Pramberger lineup, but is available to dealers on special order.)
These models were formerly sold under the Remington label. The Pramberger Legacy, the newest addition to the Pramberger line, has a veneer-laminated “surface tension” soundboard, and provides a reasonably priced option for the budget-minded consumer.
The institutional verticals in this line have all-wood cabinet construction and agraffes in the bass section, and the decorator versions include Renner hammers and a slow-close fallboard. This line uses Samick’s Pratt-Reed Premium action, Renner or Abel hammers, and a Bolduc (Canadian) solid spruce soundboard. Pramberger) is a more modestly priced instrument from Indonesia whose design is based on the former Korean-built Young Chang version. The Pramberger Signature (formerly known as J. One of the technicians told me that the group feels its design is an advancement of Pramberger’s work that he would have approved of. Benefiting by work previously done by Bechstein engineers at the Samick factory, they began with a modified Bechstein scale, then added several features found on current or older Steinways, such as an all-maple (or beech) rim, an asymmetrically tapered white spruce soundboard, vertically laminated and tunneled maple and mahogany bridges with maple cap, duplex scaling, a Renner/Pramberger action, and Renner or Abel hammers. Several American technicians who had known and worked with Joe Pramberger went to Korea at Samick’s request to design this piano. for inspection, tuning, regulating, and voicing before being shipped to dealers. Pramberger Platinum piano is a higher-end instrument, formerly made in Korea, and now made in Indonesia under Korean supervision using the CNC equipment acquired by Samick during its partnership with Bechstein. However, since Young Chang still holds the rights to its piano designs, Samick has designed new pianos to go with the name. When Pramberger died, in 2003, his estate terminated its relationship with Young Chang and signed up with Samick.
The Pramberger name was used by Young Chang for its premium-level pianos under license from the late piano engineer Joseph Pramberger, who at one time was head of manufacturing at Steinway & Sons. Pianos made by: Samick Musical Instrument Mfg.