Secondhand pianos?

[simonethebeaver]

Does anyone know the best place(s) to go locally to find a good secondhand piano?

[lorraineliyanage]

Julian Barber from Piano Lobby in Forest Hill has a good selection of secondhand pianos that you can go and try out.

http://pianolobby.co.uk/refurbished-pianos/

[simonethebeaver]

Thanks. Do you know where that is? I'm embarrassed not to have noticed it! I know there's a place in Sydenham - does anyone know if it's good?

[nic32]

On the small roundabout at the end of Dartmouth Road next to Wooster Stock

[simonethebeaver]

I know where the Sydenham one is! It was the Forest Hill one that puzzled me. But I have had a helpful PM telling me there's no shop there, so I know I'm not as unobservant as I thought I must be.

[kristen]

I don't think the Piano Lobby has a shop as such

I think this is the address - 26B Como Rd, London SE23 2JJ ‎

The contact details are on the website - might be worth giving him a ring to check - +44 (0)20 3645 3930

When we were looking for a piano we went to a few second hand shops - but didn't know about the piano lobby

The person who runs the Sydenham shop is really nice & chatty but none of the pianos we saw there were up to the standard we wanted - also everything I looked at privately - ebay etc the quality was poor

In the end we bought one from a friend of our piano teacher - she imports pianos from Japan & reconditions them (or rather that was where ours is from - not sure if this is the case for all the ones she sells) - it's been fantastic - it plays beautifully - will probably stay with us for life but it was around ?2K

It all depends what you want to use the piano for, how long you want to keep it & if you're happy to replace it when the pianist needs one of a better standard. Am happy to dig out the number of the woman we bought ours from if you PM me

[DaveR]

Worth considering a digital piano. If you don't want/need lots of features, a decent Yamaha with weighted keys is less than ?1000 new.

[HHBilly]

Try Roseberys Auction House in West Norwood. They offered a grand piano for ?1 in their last sale but no takers. It looked OK on the web site. Perhaps no one had space for it. Just a thought....

[mxh]

Hi Billy, just bought a church organ from John (A Dixon, Brockley - 0778-072-1860)who also deals with piano's

which are often given for free , he charges approx. ?90 to deliver to ground floor but more to move upstairs,

obs ,a nice guy to deal with and has some good furniture too(brings items back from Paris )

ciao Max