Selecting The Correct Piano - A Guide By Chuon Yuen Ooi

Why play the piano?
The piano is an extremely exciting to play - the piano is at least 300 years of literature for you to choose the music from Bach to Mozart to Beethoven to Chopin, Schumann to Henry Mancini to Yiruma to ... The list is endless.

Choose the type of piano is very important - a good piano developed sense of touch, to build finger strength and dexterity, to build the proper sense of the height ... and so on.

What kind of piano do we have?
For three centuries, what we call a piano is something like a key, but it sounds different. Today, we're all big concerts, big baby, uprights, pianos and even electronics. In addition, there are so many choices of brands - Steinway, Yamaha, Kawai, Young Chang, Pearl River, BÖSENDORFER ...

Given so many choices, let's go through each type of pianos:

Great Music
9 feet long, the grand pianos that you see at concerts. These are the best ever can afford a piano, Steinway is famous for its big concerts - many classical pianists prefer.

Concert big 'play are very heavy (compared to others), but this allows for touch of beauty and color tone to be generated. If you are a good pianist, and if you have a lot of money and a large space to accommodate the instrument - the obvious choice is to go for a big concert.

Big baby
Baby grands are usually 5 or 6 feet and grand pianos - which is about 2 feet shorter than "normal" grands. The smaller size allows it to fit into a small room, but from experience, you need a large space for the baby to big sound pleasant.

Baby Grands' play remain quite strong, but not as heavy as a large concert. If you have a lot of money and a moderately large room to his piano, big baby is a very good choice. Also, some people see a beautiful big baby furniture.

Amounts
Vertical pianos are the most common piano. Unlike a piano, the vertical position of the vertical chains are placed instead of horizontal. This makes the mechanism completely different from grand pianos, so the feel is also very different. (Do not worry if you have started with a vertical position, will have no problems playing a large - only need some time to adjust to the heavier touch)

Many people prefer uprights because they are more affordable, require less storage space and has a damper pedal so that the sounds are muffled. By pressing the damper pedal, the volume turns down immediately - this practice enables even late at night without the neighbors head.

Electronic pianos
I personally do not recommend buying an electronic piano, despite being the most affordable and compact.

Electronic piano has the advantage of being able to produce many instruments sounds. But trust me, giving these elegant sounds really sacrificing the smooth touch of the piano. At least so far I have not found any good electronic piano to match my 5'2 "Kawai BL61. They are not even as good as my 20 years of age, Pearl River.

Maybe I will recommend one days when electronic pianos contact may coincide with a major concert. :)

What to consider when buying a piano?
Many things, to be honest.

1) Budget / Price: How much is willing to spend to buy an instrument? For example, you definitely do not want to spend a hundred thousand dollars in a great concert, if you are starting to take classes.

2) Space: How much room do you have your piano? If you need a good piano, but has no space for a grand piano - a tall upright is the solution.

3) and touch tones: This really depends on your personal tastes. You need to test the game before you select pianos. Even if you are starting to take classes, try to press the keys - do you like the sound? Would you like to contact? How loud and how soft you can go the piano? Response are the keys enough - if you press hard, you will find the sound loud enough, and if gently pressed, the sound is not soft enough?

4) Duration of the piano: The measurement of the length of grand pianos and is the height for upright pianos. As a general rule, the greater the length or height, the heavier will be the touch, and best response and the tone will be.

5) The shop technicians piano / after-sales service: This is very important, all pianos (except for electronic pianos) will go out of tune, if you play or not. It is important to know if the shop offers the services of adjustment.

Other important tips when buying a piano
1) If you know a piano technician honest, it's always good to ask him to help the selection on the piano. He / she will be able to see the inner workings of a piano to see if it is in good condition or not. Bring your technical workshop for piano and ask him to try.

2) If you do not know a piano technician, why not bring over your piano teacher / instructor? Teachers of piano definitely has better knowledge beginners.

3) The purchase of pianos on eBay: it is possible! But I personally do not recommend doing this, we will not talk about security on the trade over the Internet - the fact is that it fails to prove and test the piano for you, you might be spending a lot of money ends up and get an instrument that you hate.

4) reconditioned / refurbished pianos is really hard to find good refurbished / restored pianos today. There is no doubt that we have good, however these are very difficult to find. If you do not have a piano technician / teacher to help you out, avoid those. Reconditioned pianos usually leaves tune quickly, and has poor contact and poor response.

5) e-pianos: if you really have budget constraints, consider this: most people only buy a piano in their entire lifetime - do you want to stop playing a bad touch, bad response, too light touch keyboard after 20, 30 years? I honestly recommend AVOIDING electronic pianos, whatever the seller tells you.

So that's it! Happy hunting tool of your dreams! :)