Anyone has connection w/ TomLee Music ?

[blkhawk]

Hi, just wondering if anyone knows anyone or have some sort of connection with Tom Lee Music in Lower Mainland (Vancouver, BC)?

I want to get a piano for my GF ... I am wondering if anyone can hook me up
with a deal (like discount or so)

Thanks in advance.....

[blkhawk]

anyone ? please ?

[Tofu Drift Shinji]

What a nice thing to do... you must be loaded

Bump and good luck!

[blkhawk]

What a nice thing to do... you must be loaded

Bump and good luck!

well.. it is an investment..... bought a piano for her... she get her lvl 10 cert.. then she can tutor piano for $20/hr cash.. then I don't have to work . hahahaa

j/k ....

[William W]

Before you buy checkout:

http://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

And remember, negotiate, no one pay anywhere close to list price on a piano.

[blkhawk]

Before you buy checkout:

http://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

And remember, negotiate, no one pay anywhere close to list price on a piano.

ok ... thx... I will read that...

but can one really negotiate with TomLee ? ... it is like.. that are almost the only instrument dealer that is big / well known / that you know will be there to honor the 10yr warrenty kind of thing....

thoughts?

[William W]

ok ... thx... I will read that...

but can one really negotiate with TomLee ? ... it is like.. that are almost the only instrument dealer that is big / well known / that you know will be there to honor the 10yr warrenty kind of thing....

thoughts?

Put it this way, no one ever pay MSRP retail for piano, or at least people who are smart enough to go on RFD.

The next question is do you really need to buy a brand new Steinway/Yamaha/Petrof? If no, and you're going to buy one of their Hoffmann & Kuhne brand piano, you might as well goto another piano store that sells Chinese Piano. Afterall, a Hoffman & Kuhne is what is known as a Stencil piano. A generic chinese piano that comes with any name that you want on it. So if you goto the factory, you can ask them to put the name "blkhawk" as the logo of the piano.

And to give you a better idea in terms of cost. A 45" Chinese made upright piano in a standard cabinent should cost Tom Lee no more than $900 USD. Also to remember to negotiate for free tunning and delivery. Most brand new out of the crate piano needs at least 2-3 tunning before it gets stable. It probably get tuned at the factory once. Thus, it may be better for you to take the floor model. The reason is when they put a piano on the floor, they probably tuned it again, thus, when you get it home, you just need to tune it a couple more times, and the tunning will become stable.

Remember, buying piano is even more difficult than buying a used car. Don't get pressure by the sales person telling you that he can only offer you this price before the end of this weekend. 9/10 times, the next week you go back to the store, with your check book in hand, I'm 99% sure that they will be able to offer you the same price.

[William W]

I have played piano for more than 20 years and I also tutor piano. I would suggest you not to buy cheap pianos without names. They pianos from big brand names companies are expensive for a reason. They have great qualities and gread sounds that other pianos don't have. Trust me, I have seen my students playing cheap chinese pianos and they are craps. I own a Yamaha made in Japan piano for more than 20 years now. It was about $12000 21 years ago when my parents bought it new for me. It's still working great and I love it. The guy who tunes my piano wanted to buy my piano for $7000 last year because it's hard to find made in Japan pianos now.

I agree to a certain point. 5 years ago, the pianos that were made in China are craps. However, have you played one that was made in the past year? Their quality has improve quite a bit. And with the proper prep, they can give the lower/mid tier Yamaha and Kawai good run for their money. Afterall, unless you are willing to spend 8k-10k for an upright like a Yamaha U1 or U3, the "Japanese" piano that you're buying is really made in China/Indonasia. And for the same kind of money if you were to buy a U1/U3, I'll seriously consider buying a 5'6" made in China Grand piano (look for the ones made by Dongbei). And if you don't mind used piano, you can probably get a decent Baldwin grand or a Steinway upright.

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