Here's another contender from Spitfire which doesn't break the bank.

http://www.spitfireaudio.com/orchestral-grand-piano.html

The best grand piano I have played is the Italian Grand by Ivory..

It is simply stunning...

I've tried a most of them and this is the only piano that I really need...

In fact I have 2 copies and I bought a couple of iLoks just to run them...

Life's too short to fart around with the rubbish - so buy the Italian Grand...

You'll be mighty glad that you did

Sampled pianos are like crisps in the way that there are many flavours of chips because people have different taste.
We have about 25 different pianos at our site, and with our production company, (SampleTekk Production), we have produced about 30 more for companies like Nord, Steinberg, Toontracks, XLN and Propellerheads.
When doing this, we always we always try to have a certain goal for the sound. The goal is never to make "the ultimate piano", since in my mind, I think it's impossible. When recording a piano, the choise of michrophones, instrument, recording venue and mic placement always gives a certain sound.
So, rather then going for the best piano sample ever, I think you should look around for all the different flavours of sounds that's around, often at a very good price.
Just my 2 cents....

Remorse because of the (partial) opinion of one person somewhere in the world? . The Internet is a strange place. What's your opinion about it now you own it?

I have had vintage D as my go-to piano sample for few years now and I still like and use it a lot. For everything from solo recording (jazz/classical/vocal accomp) to mixing in pop/rock. And I can play