Yamaha
Grand
161 to 186 cm
The grand most people in Singapore mean when they say they want a grand. The real question is less which maker and more which length.
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Grand piano · 180 cm and upGrand pianos, and why length decides everything.
The size people ask for by name is around six feet. It is long enough to behave like a proper grand and short enough to place in a home or a small hall, which is why it is the most requested length we see.
What it is
Length is the specification that matters.
In a grand, length is the specification that matters. A longer case takes longer bass strings and a bigger soundboard, and those two things decide how the instrument sounds far more than the badge on the fallboard does. A six foot grand and a five foot grand from the same maker are genuinely different instruments.
The other thing length buys is the action. A grand action repeats faster and more evenly than an upright because gravity returns the hammer rather than a spring, and a longer case gives that action more room to be built properly.
Type
Grand piano
Size
180 cm and up
Condition
Pre-owned, prepared
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The grand pianos we carry
The grands we are asked about.
Sizes are the manufacturer figures. What is actually in the viewing gallery changes as instruments come and go, so ask before you travel.
Kawai
GX-1
166 cm
Two years old, 166 cm, from Kawai’s GX BLAK series, and the most recent grand on our floor. The model and the serial are both cast and stamped into the plate, so that age is a matter of record rather than an estimate.
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Boston
Grand
A grand designed by Steinway and Sons and built in Japan by Kawai, for players who want that design thinking at a price a home can justify.
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Schimmel
Grand
A German grand from a maker that has built pianos since 1885. The one we photographed carries Made in Germany on its keyboard and the Schimmel crest inside the case.
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Who it suits
Worth your time if.
- A room with the floor area and the ceiling height to let an instrument breathe
- A player who has outgrown what an upright can do under the fingers
- A hall, a studio or a school that needs an instrument to carry
- Anyone hiring for a recording or a performance rather than buying
Buying one used
Four things to check, in order.
The same four we check ourselves before an instrument goes on the floor. Every instrument is an original used piano. Not reconditioned, not rebuilt. Ask us about any of them on a specific piano and you get a straight answer.
- Soundboard and bridgesCracks and loose bridge pins are the faults that cannot be argued away, and they are more consequential in a grand.
- Action regulation and repetitionThe reason to buy a grand at all. An unregulated grand action wastes the instrument.
- Pedal and lyre assemblyThe part that gets damaged in transit and the part nobody thinks to test.
- The route inGrands come apart to be moved and go back together at the other end. Door widths, lift dimensions and turns decide whether a piano can get into a room at all.
Photographed in the viewing gallery
Up close.
Heard on the floor
Played on our floor.
Filmed on a phone at IMM, so this is close to what the room sounds like rather than a studio recording. Press play, with the sound on.
The other one to hear
Against the U3.
A good tall upright like the U3 will outperform a small or poorly kept grand, and it costs less to house. Length is what makes a grand worth it, so a grand that is too short is the worst of both.
Both, back to back, in the same room on the same afternoon. That is a fifteen minute job at the viewing gallery and it settles the question far better than any page can.
Questions
The grand pianos, answered.
How much space does a six foot grand need?
More than its footprint. It needs room for the lid to open, room for a bench and a player, and enough air around it that the sound is not bouncing straight off a wall.
Send a photograph of the room and the measurements and we will tell you honestly whether it works.
Can a grand go into a condo?
Often, yes, and the deciding factors are the lift and the corridor rather than the apartment. Grands are dismantled for the move and reassembled in the room. Tell us the building and the floor and we will work out the route.
Is a used grand a sensible buy?
A well kept one, yes, and the same argument applies as with uprights: the parts that wear can be worked on, the structure is what you are really buying. The stakes are higher because grands cost more, so the inspection matters more.
Can I rent a grand instead?
Yes, and a lot of people do for concerts, recordings and events. It is a different conversation from buying and it is quoted on the instrument, the dates and the access.
Visit the viewing gallery
Ask what is on the floor today.
Message us with the model and we will tell you what is in, what condition it is in, and what it costs. If we have nothing suitable we will say that instead.