You've decided you wanted to buy an acoustic piano,
but there are so many kinds of options out there.
What do I even buy?
Hi,
I'm Jazer.
I'm here to give you three things to think about
before you buy your acoustic piano.
So let's get into it.
First, I just want to say congratulations
because a real acoustic piano is the end goal for
any pianist out there.
If you started with a keyboard or a digital piano,
congrats on moving on eventually to an actual piano.
If you haven't had any digital or keyboard before
and you're buying an acoustic piano
from the get go,
congrats cause that's the best one out there.
The level of responsiveness,
the range of dynamics and a tone color,
are some of the things that
a digital instrument can never ever match a real one.
Now, if you're a begin a student
and you're just starting out on piano,
it's unlikely you'd want to buy a
grand piano because it's too costly and it takes up too much space.
You probably want to get a piano like this,
an upright piano,
that safe space.
It goes against a wall
and it does great piano music.
Now here are three tips I have
on purchasing the best acoustic piano that you can
for your buck.
Now the first tip I have is to spend at least $5,000
on your piano.
Now at this price range,
and it's not likely you're going to get
a really good new one.
You probably have to get
a second hand piano at that kind of price range.
So
Before you actually purchased this piano,
ask a ton of questions,
ask
about things like warranty
or if the piano has had any problems before
you are the customer.
You have the right to know everything
before you make the purchase.
It's a big price.
So ask, ask, ask
before you buy, buy, buy.
Tip number two is to avoid buying a piano
with a bright and harsh sound.
You want to get something with more of a round
and soothing sound,
so it's probably a really good idea if you have
someone in your family or one of your friends that plays the piano
that can actually test out these pianos for you.
Get them to come with you, or perhaps it's your teacher.
Get them to come along with you to the piano store,
play the piano,
get their ideas on it.
So I'm now going to demonstrate on my keyboard
the harsh and bright sound that you are supposed to avoid.
And then later
the
soothing and round sound that you were looking for.
Now, please don't be confused.
I'm talking about in a real acoustic piano here.
If you're wondering why I'm using a digital keyboard
to do my illustrations,
I'm using this because
I can do different types of sounds on my keyboard.
So right now, I'm on the bright piano sound.
I recommend that you avoid any piano that sounds like this.
You will hear
in here
that it sounds
really bright and really
harsh.
We want to avoid
this kinds of piano.
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well you want to look for
are pianos
that have more of a round
and a more soothing tone
like
this one
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much better, isn't it?
Now tip number three is to consider which kinds of brands
you want to go with.
I recommend
these two Japanese brands,
I recommend Yamaha and Kawai.
They're both
really good pianos.
I've used them really full all of my career.
They've had consistently good results.
They are priced to not too highly.
Yet they provide a really good sound.
They provide really good touch.
Everything about them is pretty good.
Don't go with Chinese brands.
They're often quite cheaply made
and they don't have the market history
like some of the Japanese brands that I mentioned
or some of the European brands
that are way more expensive.
So
Don't go with Chinese brands.
Go with
either Yamaha or Kawai.
Those are my two recommendations.
So there you go.
Those were three things to think about
before you buy your real acoustic piano.
Hi, my name is Jazer
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