All About Choosing and Buying Pianos
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I bought a 20 year old U2 (higher than exam model as height is 125-8cm) Yamaha for $1700 from Shelleys. This includes moving to your house and 1st tuning.
He also sources his pianos from Japan and recondition them himself.
He does not have a shopfront to save rent.
His warehouse is in Eunos.
He recommends a friend who does tuning for $50.
Think you shd be able to get his number from yellowpages.com.
He also has a buy-back scheme for his 2nd hand pianos.
Exam model must be at least 121cm tall. For Yamaha, at means a U1 model.
Be careful as U1 models may be made in Indonesia.
Hence I bought a U2 as all U2’s are made in Japan. -
I just a 2nd hand 20 years U1 yamaha piano from this place which offers fantastic service, should anyone requires recommendation, please pm me.
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Hoping to get a 2nd hand U1 or U2 yamaha piano, any lobang, let me know. Thanks!
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Actually not all U1 are made in Indonesia, U1 are usually made in Japan, but JU xx are made in Indonesia, U1 model is usually the exam model and has a height of 121cm which provides a richer, more resonant voice. Hope information helps.
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hugeclaw:
Hoping to get a 2nd hand U1 or U2 yamaha piano, any lobang, let me know. Thanks!
Can you pm me or drop me an email and I can provide you with some contacts shireen1362@yahoo.com.sg -
Hi spring5
Seems like you have got a good deal for your exam-grade model. Could you let me have the contact of Shelley’s at Eunos? I found a Shelley’s thru yellow pages but it is at Toa Payoh. -
Besides going to the 2nd hand dealer, you may also go direct to owner. Try ebay, gumtree etc, search "piano for sale", you may able to get a good deal, I just got one Kawai(exam model and less than 4 yrs) from an American who leaving Spore at a very good price. But just remember that will not come with warranty, so need to view the piano carefully before place deposit. Good luck!
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Do check the serial number first as they will tell how old the piano is.
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June:
Actually not all U1 are made in Indonesia, U1 are usually made in Japan, but JU xx are made in Indonesia, U1 model is usually the exam model and has a height of 121cm which provides a richer, more resonant voice. Hope information helps.
Yes correct
I want to add on http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/piano/product/oceania/acoustic/upright/lxlu_s/lxlu_s.html
& from my knowledge U1J is made in Indonesia
U1S is made in the US, some people found it not suitable for tropical climate.
Quality wise I wouldnot say that they differ a lot from those made in Japan, since they are produced under strict Yamaha quality control.
I would say that they, in my opinion, are better than many China-made ones.
Beware if you decided to invest in European made pianos.
Many of them are not suitable for high temperature and high humidity in tropical countries like Singapore, so you might need to reconsider or else invest more for humidity controlled room. Experts suggest 42% of humidity level is necessary for the maintenance of optimum sound reproduction.
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Hi all
My daughter has recently expressed interest in learning piano. However due to tight constraints, I am thinking of starting on the keyboard first. Does anyone have a electronic keyboard to let go ?
Many thanks
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