All About Choosing and Buying Pianos

[vicki]

I bot mine from Yamaha 2 yrs back. Didn't know how to really choose

So decides on the 'safest' can't go wrong option!

[Magmillion]

I was thinking of sinking a reasonably amount money for a good sounding piano. Maybe a 2nd hand u3 and as for HO, err frankly I prefer jap made. Just like cars

[vicki]

Magmillion:

I was thinking of sinking a reasonably amount money for a good sounding piano. Maybe a 2nd hand u3 and as for HO, err frankly I prefer jap made. Just like cars

Me curious... Do u know how much (roughly) does a 2nd hand U3 cost? N also the px is for agak how old piano?

[Magmillion]

I think I better check the market again:(

[stayhome]

I got a second hand U3 (26years old) from piano gallery last year at 4.5K. So far so good, no complain.

[jce]

The yen is high now so do expect to pay a bit more for 2ndhand Jap pianos as they are sourced from Japan

[daddy2007]

jce:

The yen is high now so do expect to pay a bit more for 2ndhand Jap pianos as they are sourced from Japan

ops... price is increasing again!

[Steppy]

Hi All - Greetings!


I have taken delivery of my new Shigeru Kawai recently and hence we would need to sell away our meticulously cared for Kawai K8 that we bought new 3+ years ago to a good family.

So here’s the details:-

Model - Kawai K8 (132cm)
Colour - Polished Ebony
Serial# - 287xxxx
Age - 3+ years, bought brand new from RP Singapore.
- religiously tuned every six months by RP. Last tuning done this november 2011
- Heater is turned on since day 1 and a disposable dehumidifier is placed within cabinet and changed every 2 months.

If you like to know further details, please contact me via PM.

Thanks for reading.

[iRabbit]

Whoa Shigeru! You certainly are a Kawai supporter.


Please don't say it's SK7 ...... or I'll go greenish with pure envy.

Can post some pics of your beautiful piano here? Both of them?

[Intermezzo]

ok… an update on our piano-shopping… keke…


we FINALLY bought a Bechstein A1… (after trying out numerous hoffmans, petrofs, yamahas, kawais, schimmels, etc etc etc…) The whole family loves it ~ for both its touch and its sound ~ so i guess we can consider the time + money well spent…

just want to say a big THANK YOU to all the nice & very helpful people who took the time to share their piano-shopping experiences & knowledge, esp markfch, rq1111, jce, KKKS, etc ~

ps. i went to the Esplanade Library recently and found that it has lots of piano scores of all genres… (pop, classical, chinese, new age, cantonese, jazz, oldies, J-pop, K-pop…) in various levels (elementary to professional). Sure wish i had discovered it sooner! drop by for a look if you’re interested ~