All About Choosing and Buying Pianos

[littlecloud]

Today we bought another piano to upgrade, as my girls are now taking grade 5.

I am now looking to sell my pre-loved piano.
We had it since 2005, and bought it second-hand. It is not one with famous brand, and I understood that it was already 10+ years old when we bought it. We were told that it was made in a factory in Hong Kong.
The piano is 131cm tall, and is still in excellent condition. We had it tuned regularly, and last tuning was 2 weeks ago. My girls practised on it every week. In fact, after we bought our piano today, they came back and played on our old piano again - seemed unwilling to part with it. Piano should be good for beginners.
PM me if you are interested.

[phtthp]

Somebody selling Yamaha u1 piano :-

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=55380

[waiyean]

Hi, is it okay to buy those pianos that has been displayed at showrooms for some time? Any issues?

[wkrf]

waiyean:

Hi, is it okay to buy those pianos that has been displayed at showrooms for some time? Any issues?

Those pianos should be cheaper. Showroom pieces would have been subjected to demos by sales persons and potential buyers. If you don't mind these, then should be ok. These pieces would be better then used pianos, i guess.

[s277400]

I was shown a 30+ piano recently, recondition. inside is very new and the dealer claims imported from Japan. how much can I trust them.

[waiyean]

wkrf:

waiyean:

Hi, is it okay to buy those pianos that has been displayed at showrooms for some time? Any issues?

Those pianos should be cheaper. Showroom pieces would have been subjected to demos by sales persons and potential buyers. If you don't mind these, then should be ok. These pieces would be better then used pianos, i guess.

Hi, any idea what kind of discount i can expect for such showroom pieces? 5 to 10% reasonable?

[jce]

I suspect more than that. Their promotions already offer that sort of discount

[wkrf]

Yamaha Plaza Singapura recently cleared their showroom pieces (April). They also had discount offers for their acoustic pianos. The next one would be school holidays.

[wkrf]

s277400:

I was shown a 30+ piano recently, recondition. inside is very new and the dealer claims imported from Japan. how much can I trust them.

Quite a few dealers bring in pianos from Japan. A good piece can last you for long time, that's what they say.

[kikimama]

Hi,


I own a Kemble, lovely English piano bought a decade ago. I now play for leisure. My dd (5.5yo) has just started her piano lessons and the problem is, I neglected my Kemble for a long time (living in dormitory, working and living overseas) and when I finally getting tuned, I was told it couldn’t be tuned back to perfect pitch since it has been left untuned for so long and the risk of snapping the strings are great. So my piano is a semitone lower than perfect pitch.

I believe this would affect my daughter’s hearing in the long run, should she be serious in continue this musical journey? And since I owned an English piano, I really love the clarity and tinkling of the higher notes n would love to upgrade to another European piano. I tried the shimmel c126t at Chiu piano and loved, loved, loved the booming and clarity of the bass notes and the sharp whistling of the higher notes. Tried the Vogel (made by schimmel Poland factory) but the higher notes sound muffled and surprisingly, I thought the same of the Wilh Steinberg models too.

But…the schimmel price tag is really abit hard to swallow…anyone knows of another brands that would provide the same kind of crisp sound that I like (eps for the high notes). Despite my wish to get a European piano, I’m open to any other brands too coz u never know when u might have an accidental gem.

All recommendations are welcomed!