Hi. I have been unable to contact the piano tuner, Mr. Sonny Lim, as recommended in this forum. Does anyone here know his latest contact ? Thank you
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RE: All About Piano Maintenance & Tuning
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RE: Any experienced piano teacher to recommend??????
faith2013:
I have pm youlooking for experienced piano teacher to teach 5 yrs girl, prefer female teacher, prefer timing: after 4pm on weekday or anytime on Sat.
Address: marine parade area.
Budget: $140 per month, 45mins/class, once a week.
My girl is a beginner, she only has 6 months lesson at Kawai music school.
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RE: Edvox Music School - Discussion
papakiasu:
I dont understand the purpose of your complaints ? I am not related to the school in any way. Just feel that the school is merely doing the right thing in deterring late payment and enforcing their policies. School has high overheads and bills to pay too.Just want to check if anyone ever pay the late charges when paying your fee after 15th of every month. I was asked to pay late charges for being late for the fee.
I feel that this is the only organisation insisting their customer to pay late charges. Even the government and bank are willing to waive their late payment charges for their cutomer.
I feel that Edvox business is getting too good and they do not treasure their customer. They are willing to see their customer walk away.
Just want to check if anyone have the same feeling as me.
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RE: All About Choosing and Buying Pianos
thomas81:
I will certainly go for Petrof piano. Nice tone.I really dun know which piano to choose.
But seems Yamaha as Plaza Sing just now I call up got promo for Yamaha YUS5 at 13.3K. Accept Citibank 0% interest IPP installment credit card up to 24 months only and some other bank credit card only 12 months. The other model like YUS3 even more expensive like 15K++, for silent version of YUS5 over 22K. He said I can't just after purchase to add in silent as it is impossible to do it? If promo end this month YUS5 is over 15K retail price. Yamaha refuse to take in my piano Hailun HL125 only Yamaha quite new condition but price is cheaper.
Kawai at Robert piano selling K8 without sostenuto cost 13K++ feel like not a grand, if feel like a grand got sostenuto cost over 14K++ might as well get this instead since there is not much difference in price.
Piano master got sell Yamaha U3 used but he keep on telling me to buy Petrol at 14K height 131cm but no sostenuto, with sostenuto height highest for upright 135cm at 18K++ as this is even European piano as Japan piano the action and parts like cheap plastic PVC. He said you go down plaza sing to try sure sound very nice as got carpet, but once you buy back put at home sound worse end up buying a big sound board for few hundreds dollar useless totally waste money. He said if I buy Japan piano like me sure use less than 10 years the action is not good easily wear and tear as compare to new one nowadays not like his piano from Europe? Then I want to tell him so I buy Europe piano put in my house sound very beautiful as his piano can perform miracles?
But any kind soul wants to buy my hailun HL125 crescendo? If as invoice sell back to shop at 1.5K or trade in 1.8K? Brought at Nov 2011 new. Need to get rid before buying Yamaha YUS5 in my house bedroom.
Since best bet is Yamaha YUS5, If Kawai K8 sostenuto can consider. Since many using Yamaha more than Kawai and sell away could be Yamaha better price? -
RE: All About Choosing and Buying Pianos
thomas81:
I can't tell cos I play the grand piano at teacher place. It seems sound the same the first time I brought. Maybe keep using the piano and spend money on exam lessons instead till is over.
Your piano actually sounds better than my Yamaha U1 (Japan '98). I am sure you will start to appreciate your Hailun more with better techniques.
You may consider asking a senior technician from PianoMaster to check if regulation is needed for your piano. eg. proper alignment of Backcheck against Catcher buckskin could improve on the responsiveness of the action, etc. -
RE: All About Choosing and Buying Pianos
waiyean:
You will be surprised that many of the advanced pieces dont necessarily require to have super strong fingers or fingerwork to play. Strength comes from the forearm and upper arm.
No negative effects on development and growth of fingers as long as key weights are not excessive and proper technique is used. The decision to add weights or not should be made by parents bearing in mind the child's capabilities. I am not advocating that all pianos should have weights added. There is also no need to add weights if the child is playing the piano only for leisure, and has no intentions to perform in concert halls or take part in competitions.phankao:
Not concerned about fatigue or effectiveness, but more on whether it has negative effect on the development and growth of the fingers. -
RE: All About Piano Maintenance & Tuning
I would recommend the following piano technicians:
1) Andy Png (http://www.pianos.com.sg/info2.asp?id=181)
2) Bee Shiuan 91371456
3) Mr. Chiu (Chiu piano)
I dont have good experience with the technician from \"Attune Piano\".
Tried their service 2 years ago, and that was 1st and last ...
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RE: All About Choosing and Buying Pianos
Oh My Gosh:
I am quite happy with the following tuners:jce:
Yamaha tuners - just like the teachers, there's a mix bag, some better than others, so depends who you get. Freelance tuners, same thing, some are really good and some are just so-so and some really cannot make it. Again, just like freelance teachers. So best is via word of mouth. Price wise, there are freelance tuners who can charge $100 per tuning and those who will charge $40 per tuning.
Any good tuners to recommend? I know aircon serviceman sometimes perform service on their own accord, after office hours (or squeezed in between service requests). Then they keep the $ themselves and not report to their company. Is this trend common for piano tuners as well?
1) Andy Png (ex Yamaha-trained technician) at http://www.pianos.com.sg/info2.asp?id=181
2) Miss Bee Shiuan (mobile 91371456)
I also have bad experience with the tuner from
1) http://attunepiano.com/index.htm
2) \"Renner piano\".
The arrogant tuner from Renner piano only takes 25 minutes to tune my piano. Dont know what he did to my piano ... the tone of my piano sounded harsh after the tuning. Asked him why the changes in tone, he simply shrugged his shoulders and said Yamaha piano is like that one ... -
RE: All About Choosing and Buying Pianos
Dreamaurora:
Hi Dreamaurora,Okay, I am going to post some brief reviews of pianos I tested on Robert Piano's Centerpoint branch last week. Note that all the pianos I tested were brand new and as such my opinions should not be applied to 2nd hand models of the same models.
First, the Kawai pianos.
Kawai K2
Made in Indonesia. An entry level Kawai costing around 5K+. The feel and sound is strangely very unKawai like and more Yamaha instead. In fact, if I've never seen the brand, I would have thought it was a Yamaha instead. Touch is not heavy and sound is bright and sweet. Easy to play and easy to get good tone out it. You may want to get this if you like Yamaha sound but die die want to get Kawai instead.
Kawai KX
Made in China. Another entry level Kawai costing around 5K also. I prefer this to the K2 as the tone is closer to Japanese Kawai. Sound is semi dark and sweet. It is not that easy to play but not that hard to play also. Good choice as a 1st piano.
Kawai K3
Made in Japan. The direct rival to Yamaha's U1. In terms of build quality, action and tone I think K3 is superior to its Yamaha counterpart. But the catch is like most Japan Kawai it needs some decent technique to produce good tone out of it since by default the K3 sounds quite dark and a bit dull. So the question is K3 or U1? K3 will be more suitable for students who are more serious and want to achieve a wider variety of tonal control whereas U1 will appeal to students who want to enjoy practicing and playing more.
Kawai K8
Made in Japan. The spiritual successor to Kawai's K80. Direct rival to Yamaha's YUS5. The tone of this piano is even darker than K3, but the sound is significantly fuller and the action more refined. And compared to YUS5, it actually sounds like a grand. But the learning curve for this piano is even higher than K3 and I would definitely recommend this piano for serious students as this piano can last all the way to the diplomas. I never had any problem playing on actual grand pianos because I feel K8/K80s are actually even harder to play. But if you don't want to turn every practice session into a mighty struggle with the piano you may want to consider YUS5 instead which is definitely a more fun piano to play. I personally own a K80 and I love it and still practice on it everyday.
Kawai GM10
Made in Indonesia. The budget baby grand model in Kawai's lineup. This piano puzzles me. The action and tone are actually inferior to K8. The one I played in the showroom had floaty actions that just make finer details almost impossible to achieve. I did feedback to the salesman about this and hopefully this is just a tuning issue. But as for now, I would not recommend this piano at all and would advise students to either stick to the cheaper K8 upright grand or top up more for RX1.
Kawai RX1
Made in Japan. The first model in the the professional RX series and its direct rival would be Yamaha C1. This piano represents a significant step up from the K8. The tone is a perfect blend of darkness and sweetness and the actions are very precise. I smiled when I played it as the piano understood all my musical intentions and executed them exactly as I heard them in my mind. Definitely a worthy investment for any serious students. Yamaha C1 is excellent as well, so the choice here will come down to personal preference of the tones.
Moutrie 121, 122, and 125
Made in China. I tried all three and each of them is quite different from one another. 121 has a dark tone that is very similar to K3 and K8. The action is good and the sound has good punch for its size. The downside is the same as K3 and K8; need to work to get good tone out of it. 122 and 125 are brighter and sweeter, but the two units I tested seemed to have some tone balance issues. The bass notes sounded hollow and I feedback this to the salesman to see if it can be fixed by tuning. For a cheap price of 4K+, you can get Moutrie 121, which is a very attractive alternative for K3. Good choise as 1st piano for students who are more hardworking.
Between Hailun & Moutrie, which do you think has better action and tone ?