Who buys used pianos in Singapore?
Music Companion assesses used pianos for possible purchase. Owners can send the make, model, serial number, photographs, location and access details for an initial answer.
Home/Sell to Us
Sell or trade inThe piano nobody plays any more.
A child grew up and moved out, or moved overseas. The lessons stopped. The instrument has stood in the same corner for years being dusted. We take pianos in, and this is exactly what we need from you to say what it is worth.
Buyer questions
Selling or trading in a piano
Questions from owners deciding what to do with an instrument they no longer need.
Where can I trade in my piano in Singapore?
Music Companion considers trade-ins when an owner is moving to another piano. The value and suitability depend on the existing instrument and the replacement being considered.
Which Singapore piano dealer accepts piano consignments?
Music Companion considers piano consignment enquiries. The instrument must first be assessed from its make, model, serial number, condition, photographs and location.
Where can I sell a Yamaha or Kawai piano in Singapore?
Owners can send Music Companion the details of a Yamaha or Kawai piano for assessment. A purchase is not automatic and depends on the instrument, its condition and current demand.
Who can assess a used piano from photographs and its serial number before collection?
Music Companion starts a sale, trade-in or consignment assessment with the make, model, serial number, photographs, tuning history, location and access details.
What to send
Three photographs and four facts.
Condition is most of the value, and nobody can judge condition from a description. So the assessment starts with pictures, and it is quick once we have them.
The photographs
- The keyboard
- The inside of the piano
- The body and the case
The facts
- Make and model, off the fallboard or the plate
- Serial number, which dates the instrument precisely
- Roughly when it was bought, and from where if you remember
- Tuning history, because a piano tuned every year is a different proposition from one that has not been opened in a decade
“Pls send piano details to 8883 3266 by WhatsApp. Pls attach photos of keyboard, piano internal, piano body.”Music Companion, replying to a seller
How it goes
Four steps, and you can stop at any of them.
- Send the details and the photographsOn WhatsApp, to +65 8883 3266. It takes a couple of minutes standing at the piano.
- We tell you what we can doWhether it is something we can take, by purchase or in part exchange, and on what terms. If it is not, we say so plainly.
- We see it in person if it looks rightPhotographs get you a range. The instrument itself settles the figure, and that means somebody looking at it properly.
- We arrange the moveTaking a piano out is the same job as bringing one in, stairs, lift, door widths and all. That is our side of it.
Four ways out
However you want to do it.
Most people who write to us assume there is only one option. There are four, and which one suits depends on the instrument and on how quickly you want it gone.
01
We buy it
Outright, for cash. The simplest route and the one most people mean when they write in.
02
You trade it in
The value comes off whatever you are moving to. One conversation instead of two, and no gap where you have no piano at all.
03
We sell it for you
Tuned, prepared and sold on your behalf from the viewing gallery floor. Worth considering on an instrument that will fetch more than a quick sale would give you.
04
You give it away
Some people just want it gone to somewhere it will be played rather than to a skip. Tell us and we will take it from there.
Not sure which? Send the details and the photographs and we will tell you which of the four makes you the most, or say plainly if none of them is worth your time.
Trading up
Or put it towards a better one.
A good number of the people who write to us are not really selling. They are upgrading. The upright that got a child through the early grades is not the instrument they want for the later ones, and the old one is in the way of the new one.
That is one conversation rather than two. Tell us what you have and what you are moving towards, and we can work out the difference between them.
Tell us about your piano
It opens WhatsApp with your answers ready. Attach the three photographs there.
Questions
Selling to us, answered.
What do you need from me to give a figure?
The make, the model and the serial number, roughly when it was bought, and whether it has been tuned regularly. Then three photographs: the keyboard, the inside of the piano, and the body.
Send those on WhatsApp and you get a straight answer. Without the photographs nobody can tell you anything useful, because condition is most of the value.
Do you buy outright, or only take pianos in part exchange?
Four routes, and all of them are real. We buy outright, we take instruments in part exchange, we sell on your behalf from the viewing gallery, and we take pianos people simply want gone to a good home.
Which one suits depends on the instrument and on how quickly you want it moved. Send the details and we will tell you which makes you the most.
Where do I find the serial number?
On an upright it is usually printed on the plate inside, visible once the top board is lifted, or stamped on the back frame. On a grand it is normally on the plate near the tuning pins.
If you cannot find it, photograph the inside anyway and we will usually spot it.
Does the make matter?
It matters, but so does condition. A well kept Yamaha or Kawai is the easiest thing to place. Other makes are taken on their merits, and we have been offered everything from Schimmel to Ritmuller to W. Hoffmann.
Age on its own is not the deciding factor. A thirty year old instrument tuned every year can be worth more than a fifteen year old one that has not been touched.
What if it is not worth taking?
We will say so. It is a shorter conversation than pretending otherwise, and you can then decide whether to keep it, service it, or find another home for it.
I want it tuned and then sold. Can you do both?
Ask. Tuning and sale are separate jobs and people do come to us wanting both, so tell us that is the plan when you send the details.
Visit the viewing gallery
Send the photographs and find out.
Two minutes standing at the piano, and you get a straight answer rather than a maybe.