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Hi - I'll try and get hold of their tuner. I just, as it happens, spoke to another tuner, who thought it sounded overpriced if it wasn't reconditioned. He said "with a piano that old if it hasn't been reconditioned then it could be coming up to the time it will need to be, which would be expens...

Hello again. Thanks for all that great advice. I've played/listened to a couple of Yamahas now, and find them a bit too bright and harsh sounding. Today I saw a friend's Welmar, and I really liked its depth of sound. I'm thinking of travelling to see one for sale at 1000 pounds sterling... (I could ...

Thanks - I'm really very grateful to you for that full response. I live in the Watford, Hertfordshire, area so the prices were in pounds. I think the new pianos you mention are out of my price range - which is ?2000 tops, including delivery and tune. If you are moved to add any further ideas in view...

I am in the market for an upright piano for myself and my seven year old daughter. We are wondering about a Yamaha U1 (secondhand) or trying to find a good second-hand German model - Bechstein, Steinway, etc. We've been advised by my daughter's teacher to get as tall an upright as possible. I'd like...