I want to buy a piano for my child, but I don't understand it at all, how to choose it? Today we will share the piano purchase skills.
Consult an expert You must have someone around you who knows what they are doing, or know an expert in this area, otherwise you will not want your child to learn the piano, at least give your child a private education? So you can ask the teacher first, which brands are better, how to distinguish? Is there a reliable procurement channel?
After the initial understanding of various brands from the low - medium - high price range, according to their own family situation, estimate to determine a psychological price, do not blindly buy far beyond their own economic ability of the product, too heavy economic burden, but not beneficial to the growth of children.
After having a preliminary understanding and plan, let's take a closer look:
1, high-end piano: Germany Steinway as the representative, most of the selection of excellent materials, fine hand-made, of course, the price is relatively high, the general household upright piano in 300,000 to 400,000 yuan. 2, mid-range pianos are generally represented by Japanese Yamaha, KAWA I and other original pianos, such pianos are generally mechanized production, but the process and precision are very high, the mechanical error is very small, and the price is generally 50,000 to 80,000 yuan. 3, ordinary pianos generally refer to some domestic brand pianos or components from Japan and assembled in the piano, such pianos are also mechanized production, the price range of 9000 yuan to 40,000 yuan.
The life of a good piano is generally about 20 years. There are some small brands of piano, although the appearance is very beautiful, and the price is not expensive, but because of the cost of spending more on the appearance, the internal quality of the piano will be reduced, and the life is not high.
Understand the volume of the piano, leave a good position in the home in advance, to avoid the embarrassment of buying back. Upright pianos are generally 1.5 meters long, 60 centimeters wide, and 108 to 140(cm) high, with slight differences between models.
Does the height of the piano mean the height of the keyboard? Not so, all upright piano keyboard height is the same, and the difference between the model is the distance from the keyboard to the top cover, the higher the distance, the larger the space, the greater the volume, and the higher the price will be, the height of the general choice 118~120.
The appearance of the piano we say here does not refer to whether the external style of the piano is beautiful, after all, the piano is used to play, not to see. When choosing a piano, the following basic points should be paid attention to in appearance.
The most commonly used color of piano is black, red or patterned pianos are more expensive, and white is the most expensive. However, it is generally not recommended to choose white piano, because white is easy to yellow for a long time, and this is almost a world problem. When choosing a piano, it is necessary to observe whether the paint on the surface of the entire piano is uniform, and whether there is a phenomenon such as falling paint.
Generally, the shell of high-end pianos is made of pure solid wood, while medium and low grade pianos mostly use medium density board or degree board. Keys are generally made of solid wood, but there are also some small businesses in order to reduce costs, the use of spliced solid wood or density board, which will affect the sound of the piano.
Inside the piano generally open the cover you can see the heart of the piano - percussion machine, one of the important components is the string hammer, it is used to strike the strings, it is wrapped in wool felt. Good piano. This woolen felt has an even texture and a moderate hardness. In addition, it is also necessary to see whether there are three obvious marks on the wool felt, if the mark is obvious, it means that the piano is used more times, and the new piano is generally not obvious marks.
Tone and feel tone and feel, for non-professional people, it may be difficult to provoke, and everyone's feeling is not the same. But there are some basic rules for you to follow. 1. From the piano bass, alto to treble play continuously, it sounds like this transition should be even, no obvious ups and downs, and the treble should not be harsh. 2. Part of the feel comes from the sinking depth of the keys and the hardness of the keys. For beginners, the keys should not be too hard, otherwise it may hurt the children's hands.