How Does Wood Quality Affect Pianos? Old Growth vs. New Growth Wood Sound Comparison & Discussion

❗️🎹 Max and Tim from Family Piano discuss and explain the use of old growth wood and new growth wood on pianos 🎹🪵

00:00 Improv intro on a #Steinway Model O
01:14 Improv intro
01:42 What is old growth wood? (and why does it matter?)
02:35 What difference does that make?
03:53 When use of old growth wood faded out
05:00 Example of old growth wood piano - Mason & Hamlin Model A from 1922
06:13 Old growth wood piano sound demo
06:45 Mason & Hamlin Model A grand piano from 1979
07:20 How does this piano from 1979 compare?
08:15 #Kawai GL-10 Baby Grand Piano
08:56 Is new growth wood going to be better than old wood?
09:41 New growth wood piano sound demo
10:15 Some words on sound quality
11:35 Wood used in the action
12:29 Mechanical function inside the piano
14:58 Kawai GX-6 grand piano
16:35 Differences between old and new
17:27 Kawai GX-6 sound demo
18:17 Recap + what to look for
21:18 Outro

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