All About Choosing and Buying Pianos
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Take a look at Bosendorfer. They are now under the umbrella of Yamaha. If you plan to get a grand, you need to look at a min of a 6 ft, otherwise no point.
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sautille:
Yamaha U3 is 131cm too
Have you compared them with say Yamaha U1 or YUS-1?bebebub:
I am looking to upgrade our piano.
May I seek comments/advice/reviews on Kohler & Campbell(made in Korea)and Ellington(made in China). Both models stand at 131cm, similar pricing.
The respective dealer 'claimed' their piano is made of European/German parts. Should I be concerned with their assembly origin? If u hv to make a choice, which would you go for, or none at all? TIA. -
Champagne1975:
I thought so too - the points in blue.
I would like to upgrade to a final piano.
But I do wonder if she has been hampered in any way by her instrument or environment- if the instrument cost more, she (us?) might be more motivated? Both kids are the only ones with any musical training. I cannot trust the younger one to be steadfast in interest.
I guess I'd bring her around to choose her own piano on her own preference but she is easily swayed by salespersons too?
Brought my dd2 to shop for a piano when she was 5 years old. We started with 2nd hand shops but she was unenthusiastic. She perked up when we brought her to yamaha showroom and she fell in love with U3 at first sight. Although hubby felt that Kawai seems to sound slightly better in the showroom, my dd insisted she only wanted yamaha & must be a U3. Totally don't give face to Kawai salesperson when she announced loudly yamaha is better :rotflmao:
And knowing how much we paid for her brand new toy ( I know we're :siao: to buy a brand new piano for a beginner, she just converted from group lessons to individual lesson at that time) but I think psychologically she's spurred to practise harder and persist in her learning journey even though it became tougher & tougher along the way
And whenever she's slacked, we told her 'it's fine to drop piano, anyway daddy is waiting to trade your piano for an omega watch'. She is immediately 'motivated' again, super protective of her pricey possession -
sleepy:
Although hubby felt that Kawai seems to sound slightly better in the showroom, my dd insisted she only wanted yamaha & must be a U3. Totally don't give face to Kawai salesperson when she announced loudly yamaha is better :rotflmao: :
I also like Yamaha, leh. Altho' I cannot bring myself to buy a yamaha for the price they cost, the used pianos that I've bought have always been compared with touch and tone quality of the Yamaha that I loved playing in church. ;D -
jce:
Take a look at Bosendorfer. They are now under the umbrella of Yamaha. If you plan to get a grand, you need to look at a min of a 6 ft, otherwise no point.
Any lower cost grands that is reasonably better than the high end uprights? Not exactly willing to shell out 100K at the moment for a grand.
What is a good model I can get for a budget of 50-60K plus minus? -
I was hoping for some advice.
I was looking around for a piano, as I was thinking it will be good to expose my son to instrument playing before I send him for classes. I can also play (just not v well).
I shortlisted a few pianos, based on sound. I like the mellow, but full sounding type of piano:
1. Brand new Hailun hl125
2. 1 year old Hailun hl125
3. 15 year old Kawai KU 50 silent (upright grand) from Japan
4. 30 year old japanese handcrafted piano (no longer in production)
Of all, no3 is most expensive
Any others would be great too.
Hopefully can get good advice about the above pianos -
I also like Yamaha, leh. Altho’ I cannot bring myself to buy a yamaha for the price they cost, the used pianos that I’ve bought have always been compared with touch and tone quality of the Yamaha that I loved playing in church. ;D[/quote]
Yamaha does have good promotions during the Music FAir thus it may be worth waiting if you are not in a hurry. I bought my new Yamaha U1 around June 2012 for about $8K - expensive still but not a bad deal. -
phankao:
I also like Yamaha, leh. Altho' I cannot bring myself to buy a yamaha for the price they cost, the used pianos that I've bought have always been compared with touch and tone quality of the Yamaha that I loved playing in church. ;D
Oh My Gosh:
Well, my previous 2nd-hand piano was bought at S$2+k, which I used for 16yrs and traded in for S$800. And my current refurbished antique piano was bought just 4yrs ago was S$4.5k. Now you can see I can't even bring myself to spend beyond S$5k ... how to pay S$8K or even S$50k for grand piano(which I don't have space for). haha.Yamaha does have good promotions during the Music FAir thus it may be worth waiting if you are not in a hurry. I bought my new Yamaha U1 around June 2012 for about $8K - expensive still but not a bad deal.
But I do love my current antique piano. -
what is a ‘refurbished antique’ piano?
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jedamum:
what is a 'refurbished antique' piano?
restored old piano.