buying a second hand piano

C. Brown — Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:47:13 GMT

hi there,my daughters piano is coming to the end of its life and im looking to upgrade,i have found a knight k10 im interested in.do any of you have any tips ,what to look for etc.. kind regards carl..

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Piano Grades

Ben — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:25:16 GMT

Hi, i have been playing keyboard for a few years and i am at grade 3 now and am learning piano, i know how to play a few pieces at a variety of different grades but was wondering what grade i should start on the piano

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Roland HPi_6f low frequency 'hum'

Mr. P. Jordan — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:15:46 GMT

I am a guitarist but I wanted a piano (my second instrument) to improve my musicianship (establishing relative pitch/perfect pitch).Originally I was going to buy a Yamaha NP30 @ £230 but I wanted something with a bit more realistic hammer action. After a lot of thought I decided to pluck up the extra money and buy a Roland (i think it was a F-110) for @ £800/£900. However at the shop in Newcastle upon Tyne (J. G. Windows) was a HPi_6s and the rather attractive digiScore . This was priced in the sale at £1600.Thinking about the possibility of getting my kids involved in music I decided (with the financial help of a family member) to go for the HPi_6s.When it arrived I thought I'd bought a fine quality musical instrument. That night I switched it on and could distinctly hear a 'hum' sound coming form it. The 'hummming' sound did not go away. My heart sank, oh my god, I thought, this thing shouldn't do that...it's 'Roland' not Bontempi. I emailed the shop.They sent a technician to look it over. His findings went back to the shop. I phoned the shop and they had also spoken to Roland about the 'hum' sound. They said there is nothing wrong with the instrument, the humming sound is not a fault, is within the parameters of their quality control and they have sold hundreds of them and no one's complained. They went on to say that J.G. Windows are a reputable company and they did not want to see me dissatisfied, would I like to come into the store and try the HPi_6f.At the store I was surprised, the Roland HPi_6f also makes a low frequency 'hum' sound when I turned it on (this was also heard by the salesman Paul, too) however it was not apparent on the HP305 or the HPi_7f. What's going on?I tried Casios, Yamahas, Kawais and non of them 'hummed'. I even tried other Rolands non of them 'hummed' apart from the HPi_6 ???I remember when the technician opened my HPi_6s up to examine where the 'hum' came from, we saw that the transformer was just open; nothing encasing it or soundproofing it. I find it hard to believe that Roland, who pride themselves on their 'attention to detail' could make such a fundamental gaffe with one of their pianos especially seeing as they must have already sorted this problem out on their other models.I do not want to keep the piano that 'humms'. J.G.Windows are hopefully going to get me an ex-demo HPi_7 which (as I listened to already) does not 'hum'(this will still cost me an extra £1000.Although the 'hum' sound on the PHi_6s

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