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I recently bought a Yamaha C7. It plays beautifully! Thanks to all the posts that I have read on Piano world, I have finally found MY Piano! Thanks to everyone here who posted on all the threads I read, They have all been really helpful. It will be delivered in a week's time, so don't ask for photos THAT soon...
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Congratulations on your new piano! I've owned two C7's in the past and they're wonderful pianos. Looking forward to seeing the pictures.
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Wow... congratulations, Tom!!
I bought an older C7 back in September and I really love it! It is bold and powerful and bright and mellow and rich sounding all at the same time! And, the action is smooth and free-flowing. I get a thrill every time I play it.
Thanks for sharing your excitement with us!
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Rickster, How you described it it as bold and powerful and bright and mellow and rich sounding all at the same time! " is exactly right! What models were the ones you owned previously (just out of curiosity, as mine is a model D and was made in the 1980's (don't get confused with steinway concert grand!)) Tom
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Hi Tom, I’ve owned a few pianos since I have become interested in learning to play the piano. My first decent upright was a 1960’s Cable console. I played it about a year and gave it to my 6 year old granddaughter and bought a 46†Kohler & Campbell studio upright from the late 1960’s. That was actually a pretty nice sounding and playing piano. I sold it for about what I paid for it and bought a Petrof 46†studio from the early 2000’s; now that was a nice sounding and playing piano; I sold the Petrof last year and bought an old 1904 Schiller upright; the Schiller is not much of a musical instrument, but I love the oak cabinet as a piece of furniture. My first grand piano was a Japanese made Tokai G180 (5’10â€) from the late 1980’s that I had for about 4 years. It was a fairly nice piano for what I paid for it and it introduced me to the joys of owning a grand piano. I found myself playing the grand most of the time, even though the Petrof was a nice sounding upright piano. The action and feel of the grand was just better to me. The Tokai was a little bright and the bass was a little thin, but not bad. As my interest in learning to play the piano grew, and my taste for a nice sounding piano tone developed, I had a desire for a bigger, better grand, especially after having the opportunity to play a 9 foot Kawai concert grand on a few occasions. (That spoiled me!). I came across the vintage Yamaha C7 last September and got it at a price I could afford, though it needed some work. I absolutely love it!! Okay, I didn’t mean to be so wordy… but that is pretty much the history of my piano ownership. Congratulations again on your C7! Rick
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Congratulations on the C7 series D! I have a 1984 C7D and it is excellent IMHO. The action is great, the volume and power are amazing. I posted a link to John Arpin's book excerpts a while back on the C7D series, check it out on Google Books (Google "Arpin Yamaha C7D" and start reading from page 27)if you haven't read it. He was a big fan of this particular series. I have found a few pianos I preferred to mine, unfortunately they all cost quite a bit more. They are great instruments and great values.
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Congratulations on your new piano! I've owned two C7's in the past and they're wonderful pianos. Looking forward to seeing the pictures. I remember when you were C7 Player...
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Quick question: how do you put photos onto the post? (i mention this because I found some photos of my piano sitting in the shop on the shop's website...)
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Congratulations on your new C7, Tom! If the photos already exist on another website, it's very easy to embed them in a post here. Simply click on "Switch to full reply screen" if you're not already in it, then click on the fourth little icon from the left (the one with a square with little geometric shapes in it); click on "Insert a non-floating image", then copy and paste the image URL (which you can get by right-clicking on the photo in the dealer website and selecting "copy image location"). Voila, picture should show up.
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Thanks Monica! Here are the photos of the piano sitting in the shop before I bought it...
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here is another photo...
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Congrats. The C6 and C7 are my favorite pianos for home use out of any piano I've ever played. Exquisite action, excellent base, brilliant treble that all comes together like a symphony.
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Congrats on a great piano!
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Congrats!
The C7 is a great piano!
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I know you will enjoy your new C7. They are wonderful pianos. In the picture ,I notice that the piano is on a rug in the shop. I had a C7, and putting a rug under it made quite a difference in the sound. This was one thing that I learned from reading posts on PW. Now comes the practice!!! terrell
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Nice pictures, Tom!!! Congratulations again! Your new piano actually looks very familiar! Best regards, Rick
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such a great story and a great pic - congrats!
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Superb instrument in my opinion. Sometimes I think it's my favourite instrument of all the ones I play (which include a couple of Bosies, two Steinways and recently a Bechstein, but also several C3s).
Congratulations on your C7!
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Congrats! She's a beaut.
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