I want to sell my yamaha U1 piano.


It is a firsthand five-year old piano (made in Japan). Every year two times tuning from Yamaha prefessional technitian. Well maintained. Only my son use it for practice (use it since he was five years old).

Now the price for a new same model piano is above 9000 dollars. I am asking around 6000 dollars (negotiable). If you are interested in it, please PM me.

kipper:

Chongfu 12boys,7girls,total 19pupils.

Catholic High 18

Nanhua 13, 7 grils, 6 boys.

kathyh:

A Steinway and sons upright costs 70k

I think this price is for grand piano even for brand of steinway. For yamaha c3 grand piano, price is less than 40k.

Jsac program provide group class and individual class each week. The student learn ensemble and music arrangement, improvisation, ang composition. I think it is what you want. But generally it has one class(around 6-8 kids) every half year selected from all yamaha branches around Singapore.

At my son’s time, he was asked to hear melody and sing back, hear chords and play back. Then play one or two songs. They may also asked to do very simple improvisation. All within jmc’s syllabus I think.

My son both study in yamaha and nafa. My suggestion to you is never quit yamaha before he is selected by jsac program at age six. which will educate him in improvisation and competition. Nafa only focus on piano performance. Jsac is all around music education.

Actually I hear a lot of stories that adult are thankful to their parents because their strictness and insisting. And someone are regret they give up music too early. Actually until now Lang Lang thanks his father instead of hating him. Amy chua’s two daughts love her very much. Of course, we should try our best to derive sweet fruits. But for most people, life is tough. No pain, no gain.

Thank you for so many proactive advices and suggestion. I will try to correct my own part. But as a singaporean kid (always busy schedule) and a full time working mother. I must train the kid to do time management and displine himself from young age. Otherwise he will waste half day and depending on his mom with a short night time. Yes, we regularly go to concert, and we also organize mini concert with his friends. But both mom and son have our own problem, you know.

phankao:

lwzh:

Wah, phanKao, your son is already an advanced player. How old is he? Where does he study? He got his diploma already?


I still have a long way to go.

He's 12 and working on diploma. Private instructor.

He is great. He shall got grade 8 with distinction since u mentioned he also got rewards from piano competition. Did he attend national piano and violin competition? Who is his teacher? I know last year the piano first prize was not from nafa.

Nafa focus on the techniques, and the practice is quite boring. He only learns one to two pieces in two to three months( the tone quality of each note is refined). His previous teacher give him 2-3 new pieces each week, so he is musical and good at sight reading. That’s why some kids lost interest. But nafa teach professional performance technique, this is what some kids want and need.


I scolded my son not because of joining nafa. Most of time it’s his attitude problem, e.g. He told me he practiced one hour, but I found he only did it 20 minutes after I checked with maid. Or he made an obvious mistake but refuse to admit it or change it. Of course sometimes it’s because I am too demanding or impatient.