Painos ? Ask OzPianoman ! Your Security ? I have absolutely no interest in "accessing" Your Computer (allow "Blocked Content") and WE DON'T BUY & SELL PIANOS !!!
Piano Finder finds Pianos and Keyboards for Musical Instrument Buyers . . . watch the videos (scroll down) found these. . . Click images ONCE to enlarge - Double Click to shrink
You're in Victoria, Australia? Me too ! And yet a mere 10% of our piano enquiries are local.
So if you live elsewhere, that's quite OK. Do Read on ... just make believe it's your city I'm talking about; We'll help you too!
When hunting around for pianos, one very soon becomes aware it's a BIG country. So you decided to look for a Good piano around Melbourne, in surface area one of the world's largest cities? You soon realised you don't really know what to "look for". You wouldn't know what to look "at"... Or how to get at it - even if you could find "it"
Aunt Myrtle's come along for the ride - well she used to play the paino and she might be able to help. You instantly spotted the difference between their beer stein and the Bechstein, but You can't play and wouldn't have a clue how to test drive the latter! Combed thru the adverts * - spent weekends driving from A to B to Z... And still ended up with a "lemon" ... Coz Aunty M didn't actually know much about "bridges", or "key dip", or how you check the "backchecks" - and what happens if the "spoons" are bent?
You know - it didn't have to be that way. Ol' Pianoman's Finder service could have eliminated the guesswork, the frustration, the headaches, the uncertainty in buying a Piano.
WHAT ? You haven't BOUGHT yet ? You'd like me to find a piano FOR YOU ?
Now that's a very smart move !
A UNIQUE SERVICE . . . How does it work?
For AUSTRALIAN piano buyers, your piano man operates within the Melbourne piano market - which for some reason, is generally cheaper and more diverse than elsewhere. Being online for 8 years however, means PianoAdvisory.com has become quite well known to piano folk everywhere - we're not just a local "piano finder" service !
For your $150 fee - what do you get ? Let's imagine you're a Melbourne resident considering purchasing one of the many privately owned pianos advertised locally. First we'll discuss your needs and your budget. OzPianoman commences his search; Makes the calls; Does the driving; Examines selected instruments, Plays and evaluates each one then reports his findings and recommendations back to you. Now you may want to check them out personally and make your decision. Your Piano expert will handle No money in any such transaction but can start 'negotiations' on your behalf. In the process, I will endeavour to save you something like the fee - or even more. Any savings are passed on to you. Transportation can be arranged, tuning can be organized; OzPianoman's help is there for the asking and you'll end up owning an instrument that the family can "love".
Now honestly...might that not be worth $150 to you ???
For buyers from other regions, a range of other purchase options are available. These will include special discounts from certain dealers capable of shipping pianos to just about anywhere - and piano merchants known by me to uphold particular standards when treating with OzPianoman contacts. Together we will aim to supply only the best. Distance is seldom a problem for my experienced friends in the trade whose policy is : "We Want Your Business !!!" Please note: In those instances where travel is not involved, you may not be required to pay our finder fee ...
Note: One US author/piano 'expert' charges AU$200 per hour simply for Phone Advice giving information on New pianos only. You're asked to "Wait 2-3 days for a return phone call and have credit card ready".
Compare that against our Finder fee ... How do you think we rate ?
My little collection of piano videos ....
August 2007 - received a request for help from a man 3000 km away wanting "a good grand piano" for his wife, a talented player stuck with an "old banger" on their farm in outback Queensland. My wife Christine has made some nice videos on her Nikon 5400 digital camera. Having never used one myself, wondered if I might provide a meaningful piano comparison for someone who said: "Find us a piano; We'll leave it to You!" Totally unrehearsed, this is far from professional quality footage. Hope to do better next time !
Video #2 : Leon - ex concert pianist here plays a snippet of some Schubert on a superb 1984 Yamaha 6'7" Model C5 grand piano ... Brand New, you can pay $50,000 plus !
Found that you can't send videos by email (attachments too large) & had to learn how to put them on web pages. Added some great piano moments - some amusing ones too ...
Includes celebrated pianists Horowitz and Arthur Rubenstein with full versions of Schubert pieces. Some historic piano performances that I'm pleased to be able to share with you. Thanks YouTube.com ! Incidentally, the piano buyers liked my videos & are awaiting delivery of their Yamaha C5.
Feel free to contact me personally if I can help in your search or if you have questions or comments * ... (03) 9783-6439 Colin
What people say about PIANOMAN's services...
From Sydney, Australia...
Thanks so much Colin. I am much more confident now on who I shall make my purchase with All information and advice given to me has been so greatly appreciated.
You have taken the greys out of the colour.
Once again, thank you so very much. Regards, Clarissa
From Mandurah, WA...
"Dear Colin, just wanted to say thankyou for all your help in finding the piano. We love it and the whole family is enjoying playing the piano now". Warmest Regards Richard
From Perth, WA...
"...will keep in touch, I intend to take some lessons and have fun - might even have to fight off my seven year old who I'm hoping will hog the piano. Colin, thanks once again and "the cheque's in the mail" Regards Frank
From the Northern Territory...
Colin - you're a gem! If you ever need anything done in Darwin just let me know and I'd be happy to help. Thanks so much once again - it's refreshing to know that there are such helpful and enthusiastic people like yourself out there in the world. Regards, Glenda G in sunny Darwin
From all over the place ...
"...congratulations on a fantastic website!" Tim H.
"Colin, thank you for your reply and the information supplied." Nigel
"Thanking you for this great service." Regards Mary-L.
" Thanks for your reply C.K. the pics you can use for whatever research purpose you like. In the end I think I'll put it out on the footpath and hope someone will take it. After reading your website I will steer clear of Piano's like this one of mine :) thanks for your help." russ
"gREAT SITE... be in touch when I find the right piano for me." DEB
"...your website is excellent and I have saved it to my favourites. Many thanks." Maree C
"...congratulations on your wonderful & informative web site. The interactive features make it intuitive to navigate and the notes are concise & to the point. It's a pleasure to view. " Scott
"Your assistance is much appreciated. We started out just looking for free paino sheet music, but following your advice we fond a lovely piano and I have now set up a little teaching studio at home. Keep up the good work " Ruth & Patrick
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Disclaimer: Similar information may appear on other pages but may include different pricing or currency values... Free Piano Sheet Music offer may require player software - but that's a free download also. The Piano Advisory was established to provide a comprehensive service dispensing free information to those interested in the piano; We don't buy and sell New pianos, Used pianos or Keyboards. Drawing on his personal experience and preferences, this Australian Pianoman's free piano advice is as unbiased as he can make it and based on more than 50 years of playing all types of keyboard instruments. After 20 years as a professional musician, his knowledge of various brands and models was further developed in the servicing of instruments for Owners, for music outlets, in retail piano &keyboard sales.
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Resident of Frankston in Victoria, Colin the "Pianoman" often helps people to find pianos. Now widely known as Music Teacher, Tuner, Piano Finder and expert providing advice & assistance through Australia's only registered PIANO Advisory. There are however, obvious limits in respect of such expertise. "My opinions may not always conform with what you may hear from others; I don't know all things about numerous products; I may in fact know nothing at all about a particular type of piano selling in your neighbourhood ... and you might need to seek information elsewhere." I sincerely hope you can benefit from your visit - you'll find references to Piano Tuning, Upright painos, Grand pianos, Antique pianos, Pianolas, Used pianos, New pianos, Digital pianos, other musical instruments, brand names such as Yamaha, Kawai, Steinbach, European, Japanese, Korean pianos and others, information about Piano Lessons, Piano tuners, selling, buying, music tuition including free piano lessons, free piano sheet music and more ...
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