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About a year ago Mr Kwan had a very nice sounding C7 that had just come in for restoration work. It was about 15 years old, and some of the ivory keys were yellowed and chipped and the case work had minor dings in it. But it sounded pretty good, and that was before Mr Kwan had started work on it. Maybe its still there

oh that C7 sold leow before Master shift to McKenzie . Very nice indeed.

Waiting for another opportunity.


Wow!! 1300 post already, it has overtaken KLSE index hehehe

They don't carry new Yamahas. They also carry Seilers. BTW thought the Schimmels at Thomson Plaza sounded so much better than their Bechsteins ....which again highlights another aspect of piano shopping - tuning. Some of the showroom models are so badly tuned/not tuned that it certainly doesn't do justice to the product itself.

Actually their own house brand - Cristofori, is fairly good value, too.

keeferae

HaiLung 122 is expectionally good upright.
I got a chance to try it at PianoMaster this evening! The tone is not just mellow, it also have the sweet upper harmonic partials at the right proportion - result is a strong european richness. I much say the display set was wonderful to play!

I compare the 122 with the 125 and the wendi&Lung - i liked the HL122 best. The is price is reasonable too.

The showroom is unlike others. The acoustic is like a large "concert hall", high ceiling, lots of reverbs - but not overwhleming.

I personally find it wonderful. It lets the power of the soundboard fill the whole room; like a majestic grand atmosphere. When play loudly(ff), you can suddenly smile, saying what a pleasant suprising effect - try it.

The dynamic response of the HL122 is just great. pp is easy to control, tone doesn't fractures when ff - i'm not exagarating! Like Got turbo leh !!

Everyone, pls do yourself a favour, have you tested a HaiLun today? If not, drop by for a test drive!

pssss
Tell you another thing. When are there, don't be shy, try the HaiLun Grand piano 178 ........ now you now i'm secretly eyeing for another "wify"

Aiyaahhh .... no need so coy one-la ..... this one world famous PUBLIC forum where everyone really can literally talk-c*ck-play-song one, okey ......

No more secret-la ...... go shopping in Geylang.... now everyone know you shopping for "China" wife ......

china mei mei ??
oh Ooooo... spells trouble
i'm very holy(honestly trying) leh ....

When i go geylang shopping, i did bring Big wife along ok .. no hanky panky ah...

After that go katong eat after that. Stomach is fill with adernaline and gastric juice, i decide not to eat laksa. Dangerous, can burn a hole in the stomach. I eat the hainanese chicken rice n fried dumplings around 6pm. Not much ppl here leh, all china mei mei and khor khor. The other spagatti shop got moses lim picture. so long queue ... anything special there i'm missing out?? after that you know lah, walk over to the famous durian puff stall... price increase to $11 per box of 20s !!!! huh?? anyway nevermind, contribute to economy lor - i know durian is cheap sale last week, especially if you go to the neigbourhood stall around 8.30~9pm, wah leow.. 4 box for $5

don't sabo leh...

Hi macdoc,

Geylang East is not Geylang where you go find "Chinese wife" lah.........think got to re-set your bearing.

By the way, we got the W&L 122 for for my two young children a couple of months back. Was in the showroom for almost 3 hours auditioning the W&L and Hailun. Chose the W&L finally as we found the sound clear and sweet. I am not saying the Hailun is inferior but just we liked the sound better. Also, W&L is supposed to be manufactured under piano master Peter Veletsky, the 4th generation of W&L. It is not just another stencil brand from China and that gave us a little more confidence about the quality. Again, I am not saying Hailuns are poorly built in comparison but just that we value tradition as well given that W&L has been in existence since 1910. Of course different people have different criteria when they come to choosing a piano but these are just some of the factors for us given our limited knowledge.

Hi Snoopycar,

It's great of you to offer your thoughts about the Hailuns you played. I couldn't offer that as I am no pianist. All I could do is to offer my thoughts about what I auditioned before making my purchase. Also, I let my kid have a feel of the different pianos and asked which one he preferred and he chose the W&L.

Me, I always eat at Ya Kwang at Lrg ?37 or 39 .... the best crab noodle/clam noodle/kong bak pau/penang char kway teow/kway chap

Ah ha.... thks for the tips

Q:Is there many "distraction" there?
Mush i put on the horse eye shield??

A: As long you go before 9pm, need eye shield set 50% is enough. After 9pm, pls set at 100%. If not the char keow teow become hor fun due to salivatation hehehe

sorry for the silly joke....

MacDoc, you are the one who started first...

Anyway, let's refocus back on piano discussion, and not distraction. Eatery OT is ok.

CountDown to Digitus New piano house warming !!

Tokai Grand170 for Sale!!
$3600 any takers?

If I hold the piano party at my place (after the Omega arrives) would it be the first one ever in Singapore?

Putting the cost factor aside, it's not a difficult decision at all. On her own, the Hailun puts on quite an impressive performance, with deep bass and all. But I have problems making the treble sing, somehow it sounds muted. Nonetheless it scores better than the Cristoforis.

On the other hand, I thoroughly enjoyed the Kawai experience. Not only does it comes with a rich lower register, the treble is alluring and the responsiveness of the millennium III action is most apparent on virtuosic pieces. I am referring to the RX series.

My advice is go sample the RX-2 again. It's a good lifelong investment.

[QUOTE] I know Cristofori carries many brands - Pearl River, Young Chang, Samick, Bechstein, Rosnich, Knabe, Albert Weber, W Hoffman plus a few others.
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The service is polite n nice at Cristxxxxx Bedxx. However i do have many ??? Apologise 1st in case i provoke anyone...Are all these piano "actual made" or has it been recon somewhere else and then just any brand names on it?

I tried most of the pianos at the warehouse, all sound weird, "not right" or maybe not my taste. Or probably some hearing pblm with the wide space environment.

I didnt manage to try the Bechstein coz it was OUTTA STOCK. Then again it is the real thingy.
????? again

I think i'm just way too fussy still haven found my piano yet. Haiz.

oh don't fret, being a little fussy is better that regretting after making a wrong decision.

Piano won't run away. if you find one you like, take your time to confirm, go back to the store again, compare with others, bring a friend along, bring your family along.

I stand up for, we the consumer of singapore, have the right to be fussy!! hip hip horray??
We want top value-of-money piano!!
I'm sort of waiting for recession sale, leylong leylong, 70% discount, lai-ley...
$$ in pocket standby leow

As I understand it, as u walk into the place:

1. Straight ahead would the Asian/MIC/MIK/MIJ new pianos.

2. Left into a room would be the new grands including the MIC/MIK brands as well as the "real" European brands.

3. Right into another room beyond the main showroom would all the second/recon pianos.

I actually found my piano buying experience enriching and interesting and if I were not in a hurry, I would have enjoyed it more .....

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Wow Slapper, is that the song in one of the world war 1 movie the piano player where a jewish player play for the german leuitenant?

Fantastic stamina!! can i be your page turner?
I like your performance style, no possesed head swaying or eye winking body langauge. Very impressive pianist! bravo bravo. Typical singapore setup, a fan blowing the body, beary hot weather...

thks for the inputs

Thanks for the kind words snoopy. This piece was made famous in the movie The Pianist. It's WWII btw I can't wait to play this on the RX-2 when it arrives. It was really difficult to control the dynamics on my old Yamaha U1. So glad it didn't fall apart at the end of it...

A first one ANYWHERE for many of us ...... will we have red eggs :p