All About Choosing and Buying Pianos

[jce]

Congrats Intermezzo and Steppy on your purchase. Bechstein has very mixed reviews but as long as the pianist is happy and the family is happy, it's good


By the way, Steppy, can you PM me the price of your K8. May have someone who's interested. Thanks.

[Intermezzo]

FQW:

Another uncommon piano. You bought yours from Cristofori at Funan? Did the sales guy play 'The Last Waltz' as demo? That's what he did for me every time I went there few years back. He played on the C Bechstein upright there - very nice. Wish son can play like that.


Can post some pics of your beautiful piano too?

kekeke must post picture some more..? yup the piano is beautiful but i thought all pianos look sama-sama leh...
it's just a normal upright piano, about 125 cm tall.. not an upright-grand if that's what you mean?

didn't get to hear the Last Waltz for demo.. what a pity..
maybe the guy wasn't there on that day.. we had to demo DIY..
so which piano did u get?

[Intermezzo]

jce:

Congrats Intermezzo and Steppy on your purchase. Bechstein has very mixed reviews but as long as the pianist is happy and the family is happy, it's good


By the way, Steppy, can you PM me the price of your K8. May have someone who's interested. Thanks.

thanks jce ~

[KKKS]

Congratulations, Intermezzo!! Bechstein-A1 is a wonderful piano based on many reviews. My daughter had a chance to play both Bechstein-A1 and Bechstein-124 few months back and our family loved the tone of both pianos. I am not sure how to describe the color of the tone, but it is definitely crystal clear, pure and sweet. Somehow, it reminded me something similar to the Grotrian-132 that we tried a year ago at Pianomaster. Enjoy!!

[iRabbit]

Intermezzo:

didn't get to hear the Last Waltz for demo.. what a pity..
maybe the guy wasn't there on that day.. we had to demo DIY..
so which piano did u get?

Yalor, Last Waltz contains some arpeggios which made for beautiful music.

I got the Sauter M1 in the end. Very nice piano too - even had my son's name engraved on it. So now if I ever have to sell this piano for whatever reason, I just need to find a buyer with the same name as my son. :yikes:

[jce]

What’s your son’s name? I don’t mind a Sauter. Perhaps I should name my future son after yours just so that I can buy it off you! Haha!

[iRabbit]

Great! So engraving my son's name into the M1 isn't such a dumb thing to do financially after all, hahaha.

[Intermezzo]

FQW:

Intermezzo:

didn't get to hear the Last Waltz for demo.. what a pity..
maybe the guy wasn't there on that day.. we had to demo DIY..
so which piano did u get?

Yalor, Last Waltz contains some arpeggios which made for beautiful music.

I got the Sauter M1 in the end. Very nice piano too - even had my son's name engraved on it. So now if I ever have to sell this piano for whatever reason, I just need to find a buyer with the same name as my son. :yikes:

wow.. is that the IN thing to do? i remember another forumner here, markfch also engraved his son's name on his Sauter?

[Intermezzo]

KKKS:

Congratulations, Intermezzo!! Bechstein-A1 is a wonderful piano based on many reviews. My daughter had a chance to play both Bechstein-A1 and Bechstein-124 few months back and our family loved the tone of both pianos. I am not sure how to describe the color of the tone, but it is definitely crystal clear, pure and sweet. Somehow, it reminded me something similar to the Grotrian-132 that we tried a year ago at Pianomaster. Enjoy!!

Thanks KKKS ~

yup it's hard to tear myself from the piano keke.. which is why i haven't been back in this forum for so long.. doesn't leave much time for housework keke...

wow your daughter must be very pro to play on so many good pianos.. Grotrian is definitely gorgeous.. i guess she plays at concerts quite often?

[KKKS]

My experience with all the salespersons/owners of the Piano shops in Singapore has been a pleasant one. I let my daughter try different pianos when possible, from the less known brand to the top of the rank without any prejudice. She picked up piano seriously only 1 1/2 years ago. Still far from playing at concerts, may be one day...