Risks of buying used pianos from private owners |
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gushiwen
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Posted: 14 Jun 2019 at 1:08pm |
Piano is the King of musical instruments. The sound of a piano can be much better if it's well maintained and used for a long time. And the price of used piano is very cheap, only half or even lower than the price of brand new piano. That's why many pianists and piano teachers prefer to buy used pianos. But normally they only go to Singapore Used Piano Shop http://www.usedpiano.sg to buy used pianos, but not from private piano owners, why? Purchasing used pianos from private owners, there're many potential risks even piano technicians help to check the piano. When we go to choose a used piano, we will ask the reason that the owner sell the piano. But that's regardless of the condition of the piano even the owner said he or she loved the piano so much and arranged servicing twice a year or more. We have to see and test the piano buy ourselves. Now let me give you some details about how to check a used piano, hope these tips can help you to find a good used piano and avoid potential risks. When we check a piano, we will dismantle the piano first, and then check the sound boards(no cracks), actions(no overuse), strings(no rust and broken strings), keyboards(no sticky keys), wood frames(no insect or white ants)... 1. Some cracks on the soundboard are behind the piano strings, they become worse as time goes by, so we can not see them when the crack just start. Now let's take a look at the cost of purchasing a used piano from private owner, say we buy a YAMAHA beginner model And, if the buyers purchase used pianos from Singapore Piano Shop, the selling price will be S$1500-2000++, including delivery, first tuning, 1-year warranty. And if the piano has the potential problem above, piano shop can help to repair or change to a good piano. Piano shop will bear the loss. So, there's no big difference of the prices whether the buyer buys used pianos from private owner or piano shop, but the buyer can avoid potential risks if liaising with piano shop. That's the main reason why piano lovers buy used pianos from Singapore Used Piano Shop http://www.usedpiano.sg Having a good piano can make one love piano more and play piano well. Edited by gushiwen - 16 Jun 2019 at 12:35pm |
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Lololo
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My first piano was bought from a used piano shop. I used it for 5 years and than stopped learning. It still sit in my parent's house. I think the piano is easy in maintaining. Don't knock, hit or scratch the piano. The piano still look like new even after 10 years.
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luluchin
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Someone donated a used piano to our school, but the piano action had been overused and the piano sounded very strange. Piano technician came and quoted $800 to service the piano. We had to give up the piano at last...
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pplu
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A uncle gave his old piano to me and he paid for transportation. But after the piano was delivered, the piano tuner came and said the inside condition is bad and the piano is not worth to repairing. The uncle then asked the mover to come again and removed the piano. He paid S$300 for the two transportations, what a big loss!!!
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