Ritmuller UP120RE Upright Piano

Product Overview

Ritmuller is a piano brand with a very long history, dating all the way back to 1795 in Germany. In 2007, with the help of master European piano makers, the Pearl River Piano Group in Guangzhou, China revived the Ritmuller name and brought the newly designed piano line to the global market. For those that don’t know, Pearl River is the world’s largest piano maker and puts out around 150,000 pianos annually out of their 1.2 million square foot state of the art piano factory

The purpose of the Ritmuller pianos by Pearl River is to provide players with instruments that possess all of the features and design elements of highly sought after European handmade pianos at a far more accessible price point

The Ritmuller UP120RE Institutional Studio upright is a wonderful instrument and can be found in teaching studios, churches, schools, and homes throughout over 100 countries. It’s 47.5” in height, and therefore a great size for players of all levels. The UP120RE offers many high-end design and material features such as: solid spruce soundboards from Strunz, German Renner Hammers, Dehonit pinblocks, Laukhuff keyboards, hornbeam actions, and even real ebony sharps on the piano’s black keys. Features like these can be found in some of the world’s finest pianos

The cabinet of this model comes in a gorgeous Satin Mahogany finish with brass hardware detailing on the logo and pedals. Because this piano is designed for institutional purposes, it also has two key locks (one for the fallboard and one for the top lid), rubber double caster wheels for easy transport, a soft close fallboard as well as an XXL music desk

If you’re someone looking for an affordable studio piano to teach, practice, or record on, which has a European influenced sound and touch and also looks great, then you’ll likely be investigating the Ritmuller UP120RE model

Action

The Ritmuller UP120RE model receives an action that is very effortless to play and is consistent through the whole piano’s range. The action is made entirely of wood and more specifically out of European Hornbeam. Pearl River also uses high quality felt in their dampers, which makes these actions easier to service

Tone

For those who have never played on a Ritmuller upright, and specifically, the UP120R model, the tone of this piano is the first thing you’ll be impressed by. The UP120R has a really nice overtone balance and clarity in all of its registers and is a sound that inspires

Hammers

The Ritmuller UP120R, like the other Ritmuller pianos, has the highest quality, Renner Hammers, from Germany. Renner is the world’s ‘go to’ maker of high-end piano hammers, and these hammers can be found on some of the best pianos there are

Soundboard

On the Ritmuller UP120R, there is a solid spruce soundboard made in Germany by Strunz. Strunz soundboards are also present in high-quality German pianos such as Steingreaber and Grotrian

Cabinet

The Ritmuller UP120R is built in a beautiful Satin Mahogany cabinet which looks as good as this piano sounds. The casing also has institutional features such as double caster rubber wheels, an XXL music desk and two key locks for both the top lid and the fallboard.