All About Choosing and Buying Pianos

[jce]

You can try Piano Gallery at IMM. My friend (and my tuner) is the purchaser who sources for the pianos there. If you’re keen, let me know and I can inform him you’re dropping by. Alternatively, try Jesley which is near Paya Lebar. They cater for a wide range of budget. Let me know if you want the add. Oh, they’re located near Piano Master (just upstairs) so you can visit both places.

[Dreamaurora]

There are many good places to check out 2nd hand pianos. Beside the IMM, to my knowledge Renner piano and cristofori have sizeable collection of 2nd hand pianos too.

[jce]

I’d stay clear of Cristofori…that’s my personal opinion, no offence

[ciaobella]

I bought my U3 ($3.8k) from Prince Piano located at 200 Jalan Sultan #03-43 (Desmond mobile : 97935574) 2 weeks ago.

They have lots of U3 to clear thus the price is quite attractive.
Older U3 will be definitely cheaper. My U3 was almost 40 yrs…sounds so old right…but my piano is in excellent condition.
A younger U3 (20+yrs) will cost $5k+.

[Dreamaurora]

Actually all piano dealers have black sheeps. I purchased my current piano from a very well known piano dealer in Singapore as well and the salesman kept trying to push me to buy a certain model and even showed a feature and price comparison with a competing brand. I just ignored the salesman and told him I would try out the pianos myself and reach my own decision. Whether you go to Cristofori, Yamaha, Renner, Piano Gallery, etc, I would really suggest you bring your piano teacher along. Salesmen aim to clear stocks and sometime they may purposely recommend lesser good pianos.

[sleepy]

Dreamaurora:

I would really suggest you bring your piano teacher along. Salesmen aim to clear stocks and sometime they may purposely recommend lesser good pianos.

I guess not every teacher is so accomodating? My dd's piano teacher at that time refused to accompany us to try out the piano. With zero music background, it's very unsettling for clueless parents to test out the pianos. It's either we accept what those salesman said or go for brand new for peace of mind

[sleepy]

It’s comforting to know that U3 value can hold so well


I was comparing prices between brand new & 2nd hand at that time and noticed ‘depreciation’ seems really low. Opt for a new one eventually because

1stly, feel more assured since we don’t know anything about piano. Even if salesman anyhow smoke we also can’t tell

2ndly, if we decided to sell say around $7k in 5 to 6 years time, almost quite certainly can sell easily at that price, since a 20+ year U3 can still fetch $5k+

[jce]

Must keep it in optimum condition to sell at that price. The reason 2ndhand piano shops can sell at a high price is because they will throw in various perks like tuning, transport and most of the time, they would have also reconditioned the piano

[sleepy]

jce:

Must keep it in optimum condition to sell at that price. The reason 2ndhand piano shops can sell at a high price is because they will throw in various perks like tuning, transport and most of the time, they would have also reconditioned the piano

So new, if 5 to 6 years only, no need to recondition la. All direct purchases have to sign tuning contract with yamaha to tune every 6 months. Need to switch on heater 24x7 throughout the year. Tuner will check heater working well on each visit & will vacuum internal parts every 12 months. Plus my dd super 宝贝 her piano, will use special cloth to wipe her piano regularly. Considered optimum condition?

[sleepy]

At that time, when I was searching for piano, I targeted those pianos around 5 to 6 years too. You know, maybe their children gave up learning so they’re selling. But couldn’t find at all.


2nd hand shops mostly selling pianos around 20 years old. ‘Newer’ ones like 9 or 10 years, I was quoted $6k+ and they even told me non negotiable because these kind sell very fast anyway. And it’s not even U3. It’s those shorter in height like 122 or 125cm kawai