Buying a digital home piano advices
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Can i have your advices regarding to buying a digital home piano please?
Hello!
I am a piano beginner .
I have been playing piano since 1 month and need to by a piano for my further practice but i have no experience regarding to buying it. I am afraid of getting dumped ..SO… i’ll be waiting for ur suitable advices hope u understand me.
THANK YOU.
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Well, since you’re still a beginner, I think you should buy the upright piano first until you improve your skill. Maybe yamaha or kawai upright is good too for the beginning but if you have heard about steinway piano, i think it would be too expensive for beginner.Or you can try petrof upright.the sound is nice and for me it’s better. But at least you should try to play on it first before you buy it. You must choose the one which is really comfortable for you.For preference maybe you can try to check out to this site Different Pianos
.This site contains a lot of news about new pianos.
Right, this is what to do to make sure you are not dumped. Lots of people advertise pianos cheap second hand and you can get some bargains but there is a lot of rubbish out there. Although make of piano is a good indicator, how the piano has been kept or treated is more important (I’m assuming you won’t be affording a new one, if you are it’s a slightly different story).
Check that every single note, from the very bottom, to the very top, works. Don’t be fobbed off that you won’t need the ones at the very top or bottom. When you start you only use the ones in the middle but you quickly expand and will need every note to work. Make sure that they all sound, none of the notes stick (the keys should spring back up immediately), and most importantly, that when you let go of each note, the sound stops. You should also be able to play the same note repeatedly with no problems – try this with each note. This will highlight any sticking.
Then try depressing the right pedal and playing some notes. Let go of the notes and with the right pedal depressed, the sound of the notes will keep going. Now let go of the right pedal. The sound should stop.
If any of the above is not 100%, walk away.
Finally, make sure the piano has been kept tuned. You can ask, but don’t just take their word for it. Play some of your pieces on it, it doesn’t matter how simple. Try them at higher octaves and lower octaves. They should sound good and tuneful. Any out of tune honky tonkness, any buzzing or weird clanging sounds, walk away. A piano that hasn’t been tuned regularly will be a nightmare to bring up to scratch.
If you follow this advice you shouldn’t go too far wrong even with a cheap piano.
Once you have your piano, let it settle for about a month after you move it, and then get it tuned.
Have fun with your new piano!