All About Choosing and Buying Pianos
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I also would like to go around shop to look see, have my son touch and feel the paino. Beside going cristophori warehouse, can advise me where is the place to buy either brand new or 2nd hand paino.
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If you are considering cristofori then you can consider niemeyer as i believe they are both made by the same factory in China.
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There is a 2nd hand Christofori piano warehouse sale on 15-17 march 2013.
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I’m a piano teacher and a sales person at PianoMaster which holds exclusive distributorship of Hailun pianos which is an excellent choice for piano beginners from a teacher’s point of view.
Would be glad to give anyone a talk through. Will provide contact number at pm. -
Hi, I am torn between these three choices. Which should I choose? Our budget is about 20k for an upright. I am quite keen on Schimmel but my child prefers K8. YUS5 is cheaper and easier to produce a nice tone it seems, but I thought technically it will not be good since it is easier to play. I need it to do up to diploma in 4 years time. Not going for grand piano because we may need to move to another place. Greatly appreciate any input.
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Personal Opinion!
I have yet to hear and try out on a Schimmel. But somehow the kawai K8 did not really appeal to me and yamaha imho, i feel that they have kind of tone down their pianos and it sounds very muffled??
Have you considered other brands where you and your child could reach an agreement?
One last thing to note is, for dip exam since they are on a grand piano, you have to be careful about the music stand as I've some student who had difficulty adjusting to reading the scores when the scores was placed on the grand. The K8 I remembered is different from the grand. :? -
Hi, thanks for the input. My boy tried k8 again yesterday and told me the tone is muffled somehow. I think yus5 sounds clearer than k8. We tried petrof but I still prefer to play on schimmel. Maybe we will try petrof again. Any other pianos to recommend?
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I think I sound a little contradictory here, but there is no brand that I could recommend as I feel each brand has that one model that will stand out and definitely, personal preference plays a huge part.
It took me 2 years to find my current piano and it was 39 years old when I bought it.
On a side note, during that 2 years of scouting, I happened to have the chance of performing on a Steinway where it has one of the nicest touch and sound that I ever experienced to date. So when choosing the piano, I kept these conditions in my mind and search for one which was similar and within my budget.
I assume that you already have a piano with you, so why not take the opportunity to play on more pianos before deciding if you do have some time on hand Plus with your budget of 20k, there are really quite a lot of good pianos that you can choose from!
And always go back to the shop to play for your 3rd or 4th time. Many choices went kaput as I didn't like it after my 3rd or 4th round of trying.
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Thank you so much....we will just have to be hardworking to scout around
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Hi all! Selling my 1st hand (2005) yamaha exam model (121cm) piano at $4k. Interested can msg or call me at 97906907, tks!
Kelly
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