All About Choosing and Buying Pianos

[markfch]

MUMMYOF3:

Hi,


For those who have bought Hailun piano, any comments/feedbacks ? I'm contemplating to buy a BN Hailun or 30 yrs Yamaha U1/U3 piano. Appreciate your feedback/comments on Hailun piano. Would love to hear more before i buy.

There is actually a local mum who has a blog on a Hailun piano she bought here => http://piano-diary.blogspot.com/

In addition. there're some s'poreans who bought Hailun pianos in this thread, it's a very long thread but very informative. http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/82991/1.html

You can go ask them. Happy shopping.

[jce]

Mummyof3, a piano that's 30 yrs not worth buying, not going to last long, unless it's a top of the range make like Bosendorfer or Steinway.

[i3mum]

Anyone can help me on my query?

i3mum:

I m interested to buy a piano for my DD. Does anyone heard of Yahama YM5?

I went to Yamaha music school today & the person recommended YM5 to me, which is suitable for all grades.

Any feedback & review? Does anyone know if there are any 2nd hand shop that sells this model too?

[ImperfectParent]

schellen:

So does this mean that even if my child isn't a student at Cristofori, I can still buy a 2nd-hand piano from them?

Yes, I bought mine from them and it was a quite good deal

[markfch]

i3mum:

Anyone can help me on my query?

i3mum:

I m interested to buy a piano for my DD. Does anyone heard of Yahama YM5?

I went to Yamaha music school today & the person recommended YM5 to me, which is suitable for all grades.

Any feedback & review? Does anyone know if there are any 2nd hand shop that sells this model too?

I didn't see any YM5 model at the yahama website. Do you mean YUS5 instead?

[i3mum]

hi markfch,


Ya I also don't see it. But when i was there, the salesperson introduced that to me. Now I heard of U3, is it also good? heard it can be played for all grades till diploma?

markfch:

I didn't see any YM5 model at the yahama website. Do you mean YUS5 instead?

[markfch]

i3mum:

hi markfch,


Ya I also don't see it. But when i was there, the salesperson introduced that to me. Now I heard of U3, is it also good? heard it can be played for all grades till diploma?

markfch:

I didn't see any YM5 model at the yahama website. Do you mean YUS5 instead?

From what I read in piano forums, U3 is definitely a very good piano. Yamaha is renowned for their consistency in quality. I'm learning on a U1 at YMC and quite like the sound of it. Though I must confess that I still prefer the sound of Kawai pianos more. U3 having a bigger soundboard, should give more oomps (more power).

But I'm not sure whether U3 has the sostenuto pedal, which is definitely needed at diploma level. A U3 cost > S$10K. If you're going to blow this amt on a piano, the trick is to find out all that you can before committing.

I'm still a novice. Could I recommend you this local guy called digitus08, he's a real piano connoisseur if ever there is such a word. His blog is here and he's very helpful ==> http://pianochronicles.wordpress.com/

Don't worry. He won't psycho you to buy a grand piano, and he's not related to any piano dealers

[i3mum]

Hi markfch,


Thanks for all the information, it helps! I hope to find out more from his blog too!

markfch:

From what I read in piano forums, U3 is definitely a very good piano. Yamaha is renowned for their consistency in quality. I'm learning on a U1 at YMC and quite like the sound of it. Though I must confess that I still prefer the sound of Kawai pianos more. U3 having a bigger soundboard, should give more oomps (more power).

But I'm not sure whether U3 has the sostenuto pedal, which is definitely needed at diploma level. A U3 cost > S$10K. If you're going to blow this amt on a piano, the trick is to find out all that you can before committing.

I'm still a novice. Could I recommend you this local guy called digitus08, he's a real piano connoisseur if ever there is such a word. His blog is here and he's very helpful ==> http://pianochronicles.wordpress.com/

Don't worry. He won't psycho you to buy a grand piano, and he's not related to any piano dealers

[markfch]

i3mum:

Hi markfch,


Thanks for all the information, it helps! I hope to find out more from his blog too!

Another resource to get familiar with the piano world is to read the 'Piano Book' by Larry Fine, here ==> http://www.pianobook.com/. I bought it as an eBook, but you maybe able to borrow this book from the library. If you're going to spend more than S$10K on a piano, I think it'll be worthwhile to invest a few tens of dollars in this book first.

The Piano Book is sort of an informal guide that people in the piano industry used to reference different makes of piano. After reading this book, you will be more knowledgeable with the different categories of pianos. But at the end of the day, it is still just a guide, albeit a very good one.

[i3mum]

Wow, thanks for that too! I will get a copy soon! I just Google in books depository website, it's cheaper & has free shipping (though it takes a while to reach me, but I still can wait.

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9781929145010/Piano-Book

markfch:

Another resource to get familiar with the piano world is to read the 'Piano Book' by Larry Fine, here ==> http://www.pianobook.com/. I bought it as an eBook, but you maybe able to borrow this book from the library. If you're going to spend more than S$10K on a piano, I think it'll be worthwhile to invest a few tens of dollars in this book first.

The Piano Book is sort of an informal guide that people in the piano industry used to reference different makes of piano. After reading this book, you will be more knowledgeable with the different categories of pianos. But at the end of the day, it is still just a guide, albeit a very good one.