{"id":1065,"date":"2026-06-03T17:21:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/piano-a-queue.com\/en\/rating-method\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:21:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:21:59","slug":"rating-method","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/piano-a-queue.com\/en\/rating-method\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Rating Method \u2014 Le Diapason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Methodology page \u2014 EN \u2014 slug: rating-method --><\/p>\n<p>Every grand piano we evaluate receives a rating out of 5 stars, calculated from a proprietary grid of five criteria. This rating is not an average of opinions gathered online: it is the result of a structured assessment that combines the manufacturer&rsquo;s official technical specifications, the field experience of pianists, and our own instrumental expertise.<\/p>\n<h2>Our five criteria<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Criterion<\/th>\n<th>Weight<\/th>\n<th>What we assess<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sound quality<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>30&nbsp;%<\/td>\n<td>Projection, harmonic richness, evenness across registers, sustain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Action \/ touch<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>25&nbsp;%<\/td>\n<td>Responsiveness, double escapement, regularity, repetition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Build \/ craftsmanship<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>15&nbsp;%<\/td>\n<td>Care of manufacture, material quality, durability<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Value for money<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>20&nbsp;%<\/td>\n<td>Price positioning against the segment&rsquo;s direct competition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Versatility<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>10&nbsp;%<\/td>\n<td>Suitability for studio, stage, home and teaching<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The overall rating is the weighted sum of these five criteria, rounded to one decimal place and expressed in stars. The weighting is identical for every instrument assessed: whether it is a Yamaha, a Steinway or a Bl\u00fcthner, the grid stays the same, ensuring consistent comparisons.<\/p>\n<h2>Our sources<\/h2>\n<p>Our evaluations rest on three pillars: the <strong>manufacturers&rsquo; official technical specifications<\/strong>, a <strong>synthesis of feedback from pianists<\/strong> (specialist forums and musician communities \u2014 always rephrased, never reproduced verbatim), and our own <strong>expertise<\/strong> in keyboard instruments.<\/p>\n<p>When the available data is insufficient to assess a criterion reliably, we prefer not to assign a score rather than put forward an unfounded figure.<\/p>\n<h2>Transparency<\/h2>\n<p>Some links in our reviews may be affiliate links: if you buy through one of them, we earn a commission at no extra cost to you. This will be clearly stated and compliant with regulations once the programme is active. It never influences our ratings, which are established solely according to the grid above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every grand piano we evaluate receives a rating out of 5 stars, calculated from a proprietary grid of five criteria. This rating is not an average of opinions gathered online: it is the result of a structured assessment that combines the manufacturer&rsquo;s official technical specifications, the field experience of pianists, and our own instrumental expertise. &#8230; <a title=\"Our Rating Method \u2014 Le Diapason\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/piano-a-queue.com\/en\/rating-method\/\" aria-label=\"En savoir plus sur Our Rating Method \u2014 Le Diapason\">Lire la suite<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1065","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/piano-a-queue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/piano-a-queue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/piano-a-queue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piano-a-queue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/piano-a-queue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/piano-a-queue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/piano-a-queue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}