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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I want to buy one as a Christmas present and there's lots really cheap on eBay. I want an upright but I don't know anything else about them.
Can anyone please point me in the right direction  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Go look at it before you buy, and take someone in the know with you.
Check that the pedals function.
Check that the hammer and damper felts are not old, dry and hard.
Check that the backboard isnt split or you will NEVER get it to stay in tune.
Once it is delivered, get a piano tuner in... It will lose its tuning in transit...
Good luck.... |
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Is the person you are buying it for already having lessons? If so, tell their teacher you are considering buying one, when pianos are being sold, the teachers usually know about it, and they can recommend good buys if they hear about them. I would say ill advised or I'll informed bidding on eBay is very risky, you could end up with a big heap of fire wood. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Is the person you are buying it for already having lessons? If so, tell their teacher you are considering buying one, when pianos are being sold, the teachers usually know about it, and they can recommend good buys if they hear about them. I would say ill advised or I'll informed bidding on eBay is very risky, you could end up with a big heap of fire wood."
No they're not having lessons. There's a lot going for a quid! But I guess it's the transport costs that kill it.
Thank you taking all this on board  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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If you can contact a local piano tuner, he (or she) will possibly have an idea or two.... Plus they will get to tune it, once it's in place....
If it's local, a floor trolley and two burly mates can move it on a trailer... Cheap as chips.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Oooohhh... And if the person you are buying for is, or intends to be a serious player, you could also look for a second hand electric keyboard....
Some of them have pre-tensioned or weighted keys which react like a real piano... |
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"Go look at it before you buy, and take someone in the know with you.
Check that the pedals function.
Check that the hammer and damper felts are not old, dry and hard.
Check that the backboard isnt split or you will NEVER get it to stay in tune.
Once it is delivered, get a piano tuner in... It will lose its tuning in transit...
Good luck...."
Put it in a room with a constant temperature and humidity or it will not stay in tune. And give it 3 or 4 weeks to settle down before getting it tuned |
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I got my first piano for 5/= (shillings for those too young to know the sign;) ) when I was 10 years old, (I and my friends wheeled it home). Was a late Victorian/Edwardian model. Lasted me till I left home, then used by my brothers (still in the family home and still plays well). |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Go look at it before you buy, and take someone in the know with you.
Check that the pedals function.
Check that the hammer and damper felts are not old, dry and hard.
Check that the backboard isnt split or you will NEVER get it to stay in tune.
Once it is delivered, get a piano tuner in... It will lose its tuning in transit...
Good luck....Put it in a room with a constant temperature and humidity or it will not stay in tune. And give it 3 or 4 weeks to settle down before getting it tuned"
Agreed...
Your piano tuner will relative chord it on the first day, then will return 3 to 4 weeks after, to check any discards and tune it to pitch... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Go look at it before you buy, and take someone in the know with you.
Check that the pedals function.
Check that the hammer and damper felts are not old, dry and hard.
Check that the backboard isnt split or you will NEVER get it to stay in tune.
Once it is delivered, get a piano tuner in... It will lose its tuning in transit...
Good luck....Put it in a room with a constant temperature and humidity or it will not stay in tune. And give it 3 or 4 weeks to settle down before getting it tuned
Agreed...
Your piano tuner will relative chord it on the first day, then will return 3 to 4 weeks after, to check any discards and tune it to pitch... "
* discords |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Thank you. I had no idea on any of that. No impulse bidding then!!
Thanks Euro. "
Don't even bother with ebay go to a reputable music shop they will explain everything and give you professional advice |
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"Get a electric one! Way less bother and they sound (almost) as good if you get a decent one...plus they're pretty much maintenance free."
Can Agree with That and they take up a lot Less Space lol..  |
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"Get a electric one! Way less bother and they sound (almost) as good if you get a decent one...plus they're pretty much maintenance free.
Can Agree with That and they take up a lot Less Space lol.. "
I Have still to play an electric piano that has anything like the range of sound and definition of a real piano(upright or grand). |
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over a year ago
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Was playing a wonderful electric piano with full range of dynamic and a lovely weight to the keys earlier this evening 
Brands that are good for electric pianos (and I'm not taking the expensive glorified keyboards) Roland and Yamaha. New these good quality instruments cost well over £1000 but beat has a few at sensible money |
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"Was playing a wonderful electric piano with full range of dynamic and a lovely weight to the keys earlier this evening
Brands that are good for electric pianos (and I'm not taking the expensive glorified keyboards) Roland and Yamaha. New these good quality instruments cost well over £1000 but beat has a few at sensible money"
Go into Dawsons quite often and when its not busy have a little play, have heard some nice keyboards but none have the feel of a real piano to me. This could just be my prejudice, or maybe its the shops acoustics because I have to say guitars dont sound quite right either (but that could be my poor playing!).LoL |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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So how much money do you think you need to pay for one that's reasonable ? I've moved away from eBay and looked at several other websites showing them from around £400 up to £50k 
Yikes lol |
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Don't but an electric one without speaking to the intended recipient. It's a very personal thing and people who wish to play seriously can not like them. They feel and sound different from a real piano. Depending on the person they may not want this.
As an ex piano teacher I would never recommend one. Xx |
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