Introduction
Value for money. High quality new pianos start from about £6000 for uprights and £13,000 for grands. However, to compete with the quality of a good reconditioned traditional Bluthner or Bechstein, you need to pay over £8000 for an new upright and £20,000 for a new grand.

The top makes of new piano are principally German and Austrian. These include Steinway, Bechstein, Bluthner, Bosendorfer, Grotrian Steinweg Seiler, Sauter, Schimmel, Ibach, Wilh-Steinberg, Steingraeber, Wendl and Lung and some other smaller factories.

The Japanese also produce good pianos, but avoid the cheap ones as they are usually not made in Japan though having a Japanese name.

Tone and touch on new pianos . The tone of new pianos is very thin on cheap ones and unfortunately can also be disappointing on mid range Japanese pianos too. Tone is very rarely as full and rich as with the top traditional pianos, simply because they are nowhere near as expensively made. The factories listed above have a good tradition of piano making and their top range pianos generally have a fine full tone.

Touch on cheap new pianos can be disastrous, being uneven and often on the heavy side. They don't wear well either, and often develop problems. There's really a great deal more variety than you'd expect, so try out the pianos before buying.

Wendl and Lung
This traditional Austrian firm produces upright and grand pianos with a rich tone and smooth touch. Wendl and Lung pianos are put together in China under the eagle eyes of serious Austrian piano technicians, and then finished off in Vienna. They are very fastidiously made and in our opinion the best new grand pianos under £8000 and uprights pianos under £3000. We stock the 161 and 178 grand pianos and the 122 upright piano.

For top makes of pianos, please see other pages in the Top makes section.

Below are photos of new pianos in stock:
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Wendl and Lung Grand

Wendl and Lung Upright