Buying a piano-advice needed!!

GlynD

sunshinetours wrote: »

Look for a local piano renovators. they do exist and are often run by enthusiasts who ultimately do it for teh love of all things piano related and not just for money.
We found one and got a 1930's Boyds of London renovated one for around £600 delivered from him which is tunable to concert and seems to hold its tuning reasonably well

As above it changes in ebnvironemnt that often affect a tuning particularly and we wer told if a piano has been long term stored in a garage or outhouse or kept in a consevatory for instance probably best to avoid

Its a lovely present to give and should give years of use even if not every day or taken to higher levels of learning

If it's bought from someone who does it for the love of it then you're probably onto a good thing. If it's bought renovated from a town or city centre shop then it'll be well overpriced although the quality of work will be equivalent.

Person_one

GlynD wrote: »

You didn't see the smileys then?

And yes I am qualified. To the top professional standard. :cool:

Qualified as what? A pianist? A piano tuner? A piano maker? A piano salesman?

Smileys are smarmy. :cool:

hitatotatus

Due to lack of space and funds we have a simple Yamaha psr-295 keyboard which my son has managed to get to Grade 3 on, so better a keyboard than nothing at all. He plays on a traditional upright and school and a baby grand at his tutor's, so is able to bash out a tune on anything really.
So, for a child starting out I would not worry too much about price and quality - just get them playing.

dogstarheaven

Angelicdevil wrote: »

Do not get rid of it Randomly, my mother came to stay the other day and she mentioned my old piano and how I now have room for it, so I reminded her that they gave it away..........

Turns out, they didn't and I can have mine back whenever I want it :j

Sorry, bit random! Just excited to know that mine is still alive and can live with me again. It's so beautiful.

and how long did it take for you to decide that you can now make 'room' for it in your house since you left it?

of course there was never the intention of getting rid of DD's piano despite the fact that she left home for uni 3 yrs ago, and with her living in london for another year possibly (to do a PGCE) then there's no chance of her living in a proper house for a while yet.

before the TV went in my house a few years ago, the piano was rather too big for the living room as I live in a terrace house (imagine no hall way, just sofa, bookcase and piano and no room for a coffee table even!), it was a bit of a squeeze when there were more than 2 guests to entertain!:o nowadays, the piano is the central feature of the room, but no-one to play it tho'!:(:(

and btw, as the room is so small and my being green-minded (no tumble dryer), i didn't put out wet washing on the radiators just to protect the piano from getting too much humidity..

re. tuning. i used the same piano tuner that DD's piano teacher used, and was charged something like £30 every 6mths or so. (admittedly, i haven't used him since the last year my DD left home!)

Person_one

Just 3 years, my folks have had custody of mine for nearly 10 now, count yourself lucky!