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"Thank you so much for the incredible piano you graciously provided for our concert production of 'Anyone Can Whistle' . . . The show was a great success . . . the lucky person who played your piano, Scott Warrender, was delighted with the intrument and was raving about it. He is a widely respected musical theatre composer, whose works have been performed around the Seattle area and also off-Broadway. I thought you would like to know how pleased he was with your wonderful piano."

-- Margaret Stenson Pehrson
Producing Artistic Director, Showtunes! Theatre, commenting on the Fandrich & Sons Model 213HGS.



"Yours are the best pianos you can play on except maybe a Steinway--I could easily play either one. No one can come close for the price, evenness of tone, and action performance. Your Steinberg grand did everything I wanted it to. It has clarity and transparency in the upper register with no loss of warmth."

-- Reuel Lubag
Pacific NW regional jazz artist, Glen Miller band alumnus.



"The piano I'm playing tonight is a Fandrich & Sons built by Darrell Fandrich. He's been kind enough to lend his piano to this and several other jazz venues recently. As a piano player this is a great thing! We need to encourage Darrell to keep doing this, and if you're in the market for a piano, if you buy this one maybe I'll come over to your house and play it!"

-- Dave Peck
Seattle jazz recording and performing artist, on the occasion of his CD release party at Jazz Alley, Seattle.



"This is just a gorgeous instrument....I'd like to thank the Fandrichs and also thank the piano!."

-- Lynne Ariale
At Tula's (Seattle jazz club).



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"When I started looking for a vertical piano I set out to get a good one. First, I read Larry Fine's book cover to cover. Then I went to 15 piano shops in the San Francisco Bay Area and played about 50 pianos from 14 different piano manufacturers. I also used the Internet to ask questions of registered piano technicians on their opinions of the tuning stability, manufacturing quality, serviceability and general opinions of the pianos I had played. Finally, I retained a consultant, the president of the local piano technician's guild, to supplement my musician's-ear approach to evaluating pianos. He told me not to make a decision before going to see Darrell Fandrich's pianos. By far the single most important factor, however, was my own ears. I played many vertical pianos that were over $20,000 that were uneven across the scale. I played many others that, despite the illustrious name on the fallboard, had part but not all of the tonal qualities I was seeking. Basically, at a premium price I could find brightness and tonal clarity or I could find warmth and richness. But I couldn't find both these qualities in one instrument. Until I visited Darrell Fandrich. I chose the 49" Wilhelm Steinberg vertical piano outfitted with the Fandrich & Sons action. I found this piano to have a superb action, very smooth scale and a sound that integrated the best of the European clarity and American warmth that I had been seeking. I didn't make this decision on price, but I was pleased that the piano that really made my heart sing was less than half the price of what the instruments I was comparing it to sell for. I was also very impressed with the 6'11" Fandrich & Sons grand. I have played many, many Steinway B series grands over the years. (In fact, it has also been 20+ years since I played a really good New York Steinway.) But the Fandrich & Sons grand had it. It had the same kind of singing lyricism as a really good New York Steinway prepped right. I was thrilled. And to think that this piano sells for $26,000! If I had the room in my house for a grand I would have taken the piano home with me right then. My advice to other piano shoppers is that Fandrich & Sons pianos are targeted at a particular segment of piano buying population; Those that:

1. Have good enough ears to recognize a really good instrument when they see it
2. Are driven more by musical considerations than those of status aka 'fallboard fixation'
3. Are not sufficiently wealthy to eliminate price from being an issue to which they pay attention

If you find yourself in the same category as I then you owe it to yourself to try out Fandrich & Sons pianos and let your ears be the judge. I flew all the way from San Francisco and am delighted I did."


-- Terry Tippie
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