Well done Mama !
You did a really great job !
There is so much BS and almost religious attachment to this or that brand or kind of instrument ... and in reality its all about your daughter having fun and possibly learning a bit about music and life in the process ... almost anything else is misplaced dreaming ..... or worse !
You may find the following words reassuring ... not that you need any reinforcement ... as your daughter seems to have a very wise mom ! ... they were posted in another forum ... concerning which was the "best" Chinese upright:
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"I had no really firm preconceived notions about the quality of Chinese vs. other "brands" of piano .... being neither a dealer nor a piano techie... I am not a pianist either... though I am music lover! But what I have to post may be relevant anyway.
My sons girlfriend who is a multi first prize (6X) winning Classical pianist from Germany (I say that not to brag but to put things in an appropriate frame of reference) just bought a used Pearl River upright {for 3000$ Canadian ... about 2700$ USD } ... (UP 115E ...very recent with no discernable wear at all) after trying out about 30 other used instruments in the same price range ... various companies ... at three or four different dealers here in Montreal.
I don't mean to intimate at all that this piano has the sound or touch of a concert grand ... and I was actually a bit surprised that she bought a "Chinese" piano given her background... but I am old enough to remember when we used to laugh about "Made in Japan" stamped on any product.
She is in grad school here and does not have the financial resources others may have ... but she certainly knows a bit about playing piano and what she wanted in an instrument ... again of course, within a certain frame of reference. It seems this piano was well tuned and "regulated" by the dealer and "does the job." ... not very poetic but in this case very true.
So I suppose while one can generalize about the different piano "lines" and companies it really does come down to playing the exact instrument in question before making a judgment ... "
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Again ... Bravo Mama !
[thumbsup] BTW she also was very seriously considering some digital instruments ... you don't need a 9' concert grand to make beautiful music and have a lot of fun to in the process...