Grand Piano Concerto Vs Grand Piano Home
 

Hello SF enthusiasts.

I have an opportunity to purchase the grand piano home version but curious if the concertos are better? Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks

From the internet: "Today, a baby grand refers to a small horizontal piano, around 5 feet long. A grand is usually around 6 or 7 and a concert grand is anything above 7." My answer would be that it depends on how you intend to use it. A nine foot concert grand will be richer tonally but may not be a good fit for your room (or your pocketbook).....

If you are a real musician and have the space, get a seven foot grand. (I think my mother's Steinway B was 6'11". We sold it after she died since no one else played it.) The tonality is incredible. The attacks and resonance is just gorgeous.

Grand Piano Concerto Vs Grand Piano Home
 

I’m assuming you’re asking about speakers, not pianos: the Sonus Faber Grand Piano Home vs the Concerto Domus, right? The Grand Piano was the top of the Concerto line at the time, so I think it might have been a step up from the Concerto Domus. In any case these are fairly old models so I would check them out carefully. I don’t know if the difference was huge, so it may be that you go for the ones in the best shape.

I have a pair off an MC275. They do OK on that, but more responsive on the MC452 of course.

Their treble is high. My taste has changed and I don’t like that as much any longer and find it fatiguing (have the tweeter pointed up and behind). But if you like that for brass...

Are we talking about Sonus Faber speakers or 🎹? :thought:

- Buck

thanks..!

well that was the intention but people seemed to refer to grand pianos. Perhaps Steinway bought Sonus Faber ...:scratch2::sigh:

do you have the original version or the home version?

Original, I’ve not heard the home.

I've had Grand Piano Home for a while. They were the only floor standing speakers in the Home line. While I liked them on Jazz and more smaller scale music, I traded them in because of weak, to my ears, midrange. You can find my review on the other AA forum.

Concerto were basically top portion of the Grand Piano, I would get them with a sub for a full range sound or by themselves for a small office system. Definitely amazing finish and a delicate sound. i.e. a proper Sonus Faber. :)

I currently own a pair of the Grand Piano Home, and the Concerto Home speakers, and have for almost 20 years. I have not heard the Concerto Grand Pianos, which I believe were an earlier model to the GP Home.
I have traveled up the SF line to the Amati Homage, and I'm currently the proud owner of a pair of Stradivaris. That being said, I still own my monitor Concertos, and my GP Homes, and have no intention of ever selling them. I find them to very enjoyable to listen to. No matter what I play through them, or how poorly some tracks may be recorded, they always bring a smile to my face.
My apologies if you were looking for a more technical review, or a direct comparison of the 2 models, but I have a deep emotional attachment to the GP Home speakers, and if I were looking for a used pair of speakers in the $1,500 range,(I'm guessing) they would be at the top of my list. Best of luck.

I had a used pair of the SF Grand Piano Domus which I believe we’re one step up from the Home. I really enjoyed them. I only sold them because I made a pretty significant move up in speakers.