Can you hear the difference between a $600 and a $360,000 piano?

Here’s a video where this guy compares acoustic pianos of different prices. He starts with a $600 upright and then plays a few more, including a $360,000 Yamaha CFX grand piano. Lets see if you can hear the difference.

Brazilian pianist Fabricio Vinheteiro begins his test by playing Debussy’s Clair de Lune on a $600 (used) upright Barthol & Berlin piano, then he moves on to the $6.4k (used) Beuthner piano, then to the $15,000 (restored) Playel Piano, then to the $47,000 Yamaha C7X (new piano) and finally to the $363,000 Yamaha CFX (new piano).

Here’s the video.

Well, the only problem with this comparison is that the $600 piano (cheapest of the them all) is an used acoustic piano (and not an electronic keyboard) and it sounds a lot better for the price. It sounds bright and has a nice sustain to it.

Moving on to the more expensive pianos, the sounds have greater depth and feel more fluid…especially the Yamaha Pianos (although they do not sound a lot better, I won’t mind taking home the $600 piano at all).

Besides, as one Youtuber points out in the video comments, “Vinheteiro could play a cheap keyboard and make it sound like a $10,000 piano”.

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So what’s your take on this? What do you have to say about the difference in the quality of the sound of these acoustic pianos?