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I was wondering if anyone has any experience with attending classes (in groups) for piano. Can that work? In London, there are a number of organisations that offer this, such as City Lit or Morley, does anyone have any experience with any of these? Local authorities also offer this, but I am a bit d...

Thank you for the reply, this seems to work.

Bart

My long suffering piano teacher has given up in despair and is away to Malasya for a month, so hopefully someone can help me here. So I'd like to learn this bit of simplified Chopin, but I was wondering how this works, look at the screen shot. For the 3rd quaver, you need the C, but are already usin...

Hello, I wonder if anyone could explain something to me. I have a new K2 and I am generally very happy with it. However, every now and then, a random key will "buzz" whenever played. This goes on for a few days, and then the buzz disappears, for no obvious reason. Then, say a month later, ...

I am aware of lots of books with simplified classical pieces for beginners. I really like these.
However, I do not know any good simplified editions of the early 20th century songs - think "Great American songbook" stuff. Does anybody know?
Thanks,

Bart

Well I finally got my act together and bought a really nice K2. I first asked for advice here in June, guess it took me a while. It should be delivered next week or so and that will be the end of the very old Hsinghai. The B3 that I originally planned to buy is actually not bad, but it does sound a ...

Interesting comment about keeping temperature constant. We normally switch off the heaters at night, so I guess temperature goes up and down every day. However, the place where I want to put the soon-to-be-bought new piano is far away from heaters.
Do I need to worry?

So I finally made up my mind and I am going for a new Kawai K2 for approx 2,8k.
The K3 is a bit expensive, and B3 does not sound quite right.

Several dealers have told me prices are going up in January, so I will buy it next week.

I thought that for your budget you would just about get a Kawai K2 and these sound great.

Right, that is useful. So I think what I am going to do is: (1) I am going to discard the Used piano option - I am really not willing to take a 3,000 pound risk with something I do not know much about (2) Visit Jaques Samuels on Edgware Road, as they have both Kawai and Yamaha and play a bit. It wil...

I see that the discussion is going off topic a bit (nothing wrong with that though, it is all very interesting). So, I believe what I have learned so far: * B2/B3 are reasonable pianos * Kawai K2 is perhaps even better and K3 is a real winner (though I suspect quite a bit more expensive) One thing I...

What dealers would you recommend for Kawais? (In the London area).

This is actually all very helpful. I guess I am leaning more towards a K2 now, but of course I'd have to play both of them first.
Price seems about the same.
Thanks
Bart

Has anyone seen/heard/played this one? Any feedback?
On paper, seems like very attractive.