Model ladders: what steps up to what

Every maker sells not one piano but a ladder of lines, and the names rarely explain the order. This page lays each maker’s lines out from the entry rung upwards, built from the database: what each rung is for, the years and prices we hold, and the models that sit on it.

How to read it. A ladder is not a ranking of quality and not a recommendation: a step up usually adds keybed quality, cabinet, amplification, sound engine or features - and sometimes it only adds a feature you will never use. Prices are launch MSRPs where manufacturers published them; dashes mean nobody did. Where a maker’s ladder branches (pianos vs arrangers vs synths), each branch is listed separately - pick the branch you actually need before picking a rung.