All About Choosing and Buying Pianos

[Rumplestilskin]

Hello parents, experts,


We have recently bought an old second-hand piano (>30yrs) which we have tuned 2 weeks ago. Today, while playing on the piano, we noticed that there is a tingling, whistling, ringing sound when we hit the F-sharp key which is very obvious when we play in a quiet room with the windows closed, but not so loud (but still annoying) when among the environmental noise when the window is open.
1. What is this caused by?
2. If we intend to wait until the next tuning cycle in December, is a tuner the same as the piano technician? or since our tuning is done 2 weeks back, can i get the tuner to come back and check (is it payable?)?
3. Our piano is under warranty for 'sticky keys, labour and parts', so what is this under? piano problem or tuning problem?
What we gather from pianoworld is this http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/264655/1.html and this http://www.abrsm.org/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t44757.html but not sure if it refers to what we are hearing now and if it is normal. or should i just let the piano 'settle in' (http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/639963/)?

Help!

[rosicky]

May I seek the advice from parents here. Guess I am facing the same old issue, need to buy piano for DS and DD, but parents know next to nothing about pianos. :? But after much googling, very much narrow down to 3 choices:


1) Used Yamaha U1 (20+ years) - Cost ard 3-4k.

2) Cristofori CU-123 EP - Cost ard 3.8k

3) Hailun HL-125 - Have not checked, but should be about 4k?

Not really comfy with the Yamaha as we are noobs, and thus unable to tell the condition. Between the cristofori and hailun, which is better?

Thanks!

[Dreamaurora]

rosicky:

May I seek the advice from parents here. Guess I am facing the same old issue, need to buy piano for DS and DD, but parents know next to nothing about pianos. :? But after much googling, very much narrow down to 3 choices:


1) Used Yamaha U1 (20+ years) - Cost ard 3-4k.

2) Cristofori CU-123 EP - Cost ard 3.8k

3) Hailun HL-125 - Have not checked, but should be about 4k?

Not really comfy with the Yamaha as we are noobs, and thus unable to tell the condition. Between the cristofori and hailun, which is better?

Thanks!

At that price range, Hailun and Motrie have very impressive entry level pianos. I have not played any Cristofori pianos recently, so I can't comment on them.

[VooVoo]

Any comment on K5? Tks

[rinakurniadi]

If I remember correctly, the price difference between the k5 and k6 is 1k+, but the k6 sounds much sweeyer, has more personality. Btw, i found that the pianos at robert piano at milennia sound much nicer than the same models at centerpoint.

[VooVoo]

Tks, anyone know if it is possible to get any more disc off the retail price at Robert?


They quoted $8385 for K3 and $10390 for K5. Not even giving. Full piano cover.

[metz]

Yahama gives more freebies than Kawai. I only managed to get a cloth for the piano top with the 10% discount from Kawai. Can’t remember if there were any additional tuning sessions.

[VooVoo]

chamonix:

Yahama gives more freebies than Kawai. I only managed to get a cloth for the piano top with the 10% discount from Kawai. Can't remember if there were any additional tuning sessions.

Which model did u purchase?

Do we pay more for using credit card?

Thanks!

[metz]

VooVoo:

chamonix:

Yahama gives more freebies than Kawai. I only managed to get a cloth for the piano top with the 10% discount from Kawai. Can't remember if there were any additional tuning sessions.

Which model did u purchase?

Do we pay more for using credit card?

Thanks!

We bought K8. As for payment, I can't recall as we made the purchase 3 years ago. If you are persistent enough, try talking to the boss. He's the one who makes the call.

[iRabbit]

VooVoo:

Any comment on K5? Tks

For the K5, when you play scales starting from the middle-C towards the LHS (bass), do you find the tones resonating evenly? When I tried scales on 2 K5's a few years back (one in Milennia & one in Centrepoint), iirc I felt that the D key (left octave of the middle-C) does not sound even with the rest of the octave. The K8 doesn't have this issue.

Of course I could be totally wrong: I'm a real novice. Could be both pianos were drifting or could be just my imagination. Maybe you can try that out and update me if I'm wrong.