All About Choosing and Buying Pianos

[yilinhere]

Hi，

I check the yamaha sale brocher again, and it seems the sale only on clementi branch.

[engp9337]

Hi yilinhere

Thanks for sharing the info. Do you have any idea which models are on sale?

[metz]

engp9337:

I see so any idea of the sale ending this mth ? I went to branch last wk but the sales din mention it

Hi engp9337,

One way is to leave your phone number with the sales staff and have them sms you whenever they have sales. I recalled receiving periodical sales info from Yamaha via sms.

Have you visited the showroom at Plaza Singapura? Besides the pianos on display, try asking the sales staff (a guy, if I'm not wrong) to let you try out the higher range pianos such as the YUS series. No committment required and it enhances the piano shopping experience.

As far as I know, it's not easy to get further discounts in terms of cash as a walk-in customer. However, you may try requesting for extras such as one or two more tuning sessions or a piano cover. The sales staff is more likely to oblige to such requests.

I believe Yamaha students are given further discounts on the promotional prices. So, if you know of any Yamaha students, you might consider approaching them (or their parents). There is also this Yamaha membership card (which can be applied over the counter for a fee) that entitles the card holder to 5% (or is it 10%?) discount on books & accessories in the store. But I am not sure if it extends to piano purchases.

[engp9337]

hi, chamonix


Thanks a lot for your great information.

[Serendipity]

Thanks again, starz, for the heads up on the sale!


Went to PS Yamaha branch the past Mon, and managed to get a Clavinova at sale price. Apparently, it's their National Day promotion.

Heard from the sales staff that there'll be promotion for the acoustic pianos in Sept. So those looking for brand new acoustics might wanna keep a lookout!

[engp9337]

hi all,

I was told that the price of piano keeps rising, esp. for acoustic pianos, is that true?

[jce]

Yes, generally prices for acoustic pianos (and other acoustic instruments) rise.

[engp9337]

i had monitored for one year only, seems stills steady, no idea of years ago

[jce]

Depends what makes of pianos and models you are referring to. The "big names", and I mean internationally big names, have a very steady rise in price. Old, old, old Steinways still fetch a very good price. If you are talking about Yamaha, the high end models have gone up in price too, not in terms of thousands but maybe a hundred or two within the last 5 yrs or so? Low end models won’t fluctuate much but prices have not dropped either.

[engp9337]

like antique