All About Choosing and Buying Pianos

[orvinc83]

Hi, seems like no one has heard about Karlchonderg from Chiu Piano. According to my coll, she bought it cos the Yamaha teacher at Thomson Plaza (which is just opp Chiu Piano) recommended it. The Yamaha teachers said her peers also recommended this brand.


Wonder if this is true. Any parents with kids taking lessons at Yamaha Thomson Plaza, could u verify? Thanks!

[jce]

The price of a China made piano is lower than Yamaha/Kawai so when you resell your piano, the percentage loss is not that great either even though you may sell at a low price but the main problem to me would be, whether there is a demand for the China piano.

[titank]

I believe there is no demand for 2nd hand china piano. So china made piano best is to use until it beyond repair then scrap it or maybe some shop where they take in at 50% at the end of 5 years like Piano Master.

[heyhoe]

So embarassing :oops: but I'm still looking at purchasing piano. Didn't realize that I created this thread sometime back.


My eldest ds is now Grade 3 and currently using Clavinova. He seems really interested and still pursuing so I'm thinking I should get it as my ds2 is now learning as well.

Can someone recommend what type of piano would it be suitable?

Thanks!

[Blackdas]

Hi. I was searching for a piano for my 5 year old son and came across Collard & Collard, which is a piano made in England. So my question is,


1. is it good/suitable for a child who just started learning piano?
2. Would he have any difficulty/difference when he goes for his exam?

Thank You.

[jedamum]

schellen:

Personally, I prefer the piano because the weight and texture of the keys make the playing \"feel\" better. Kind of hard to explain it in words but if you have played on both piano and keyboard before, it'll be easier to understand what I mean.

oh gosh. this has to be true ba. I managed to borrow a keyboard from my bro for ds2 to try. after his first piano trial lesson last week, he came back to try on the keyboard, went frustrated and complained why it felt different from the piano in school. :oops:

[jce]

Collard and Collard was established more than 200 yrs ago under a different name. However as far as I know, the company stopped producing pianos around the sixties which means the piano is at least 40+ years old. I have not played on one before but I heard that the action is quite bad…


For beginners, I’d recommend choosing a piano with keys that are not too hard to push down and hammer action that is too heavy otherwise the child, with fingers that have yet developed, will find it difficult to play on. However don’t choose one that has light hammer action either because that won’t train the weak fingers well. It’s not easy getting a piano, esp secondhand, as you will just have to go round trying until you find something with a nice sound, suitable action and within your budget.

[titank]

DS Piano Teacher also recommend get those hard type press piano as when during exam, children need some kind of strength to play.

Yamaha & Kawai we are just paying for the branding. Now beside HL125, any other recommended brand?

[titank]

This Karlchonderg is a Korea make piano but using German technology. Price range from $5800-$6500. Maybe would go down test how good the piano!

[Blackdas]

Tks Jce...

I agree it is hard. But an \"expert\" told me that when you train with hard keys, you will not having difficulty with the \"normal\" ones. Maybe its just a different school of taughts.

And yes, my wife learn that they stop production already so i guess it must be very old... In fact she found a newspaper article (before WWII)from NLB archieves advertising the piano..

The \"expert\" also claim that european pianos are better based on the fact that all famous pianist are europeans... Not sure if this is a valid arguements.

Can I ask anothe question? How about Apollo piano from Japan? Is it suitable?

Thanks in advance.

jce:

Collard and Collard was established more than 200 yrs ago under a different name. However as far as I know, the company stopped producing pianos around the sixties which means the piano is at least 40+ years old. I have not played on one before but I heard that the action is quite bad...

For beginners, I'd recommend choosing a piano with keys that are not too hard to push down and hammer action that is too heavy otherwise the child, with fingers that have yet developed, will find it difficult to play on. However don't choose one that has light hammer action either because that won't train the weak fingers well. It's not easy getting a piano, esp secondhand, as you will just have to go round trying until you find something with a nice sound, suitable action and within your budget.