Scam Pianos Philippines

Posted on February 9th, 2018

Scam Pianos Philippines.

Scam Pianos Philippines, there were some on display when I visited Greenbelt 3 last night, there was a piano booth at the entrance of Greenbelt 3 featuring grand and upright pianos and of course, as a piano enthusiast, I right away went to the booth.

I started to play a little on a baby grand Lyric and right away I found NO SOUND WHATSOEVER in the bass strings, completely dead strings. The salesman told me, oh yes, it needs some tuning! I asked them if it was a new grand piano, and they told me YES.  I told him that tuning will not solve that problem. Dead strings are dead strings, they need to be replaced. He then proceeded to ask me if I knew about pianos and admitted after I told him yes, that the strings were no good, but most people couldn’t hear it anyway! Then I gave them a business card.

The grand piano looked new, but I took a photo of the serial number (Samick made) and in my office I checked it and it turns out to be 1991, so 25 years old. They did a great job refurbishing the piano. But they are lying to me, so also to other customers I assume, about the age of the piano. The price was P650,0000 when I asked for it, which is a criminal price for a grand piano with all original parts and dead strings.

I don’t know why Philippines is not taking action against these practices, but I sure am mad on behalf of the people that buy these pianos believing the pianos are “new” or ” barely used” or whatever. I also see many pianos here in Manila, mainly Yamaha, with false serial numbers, even pianos that are not Yamaha with a Yamaha sticker on it.

Customer, please be aware of these things, ASK, ASK, ASK, don’t buy before you are convinced that what you are buying is REALLY what you are buying. I have all the proof to back up what I am stating here, come to www.pianos.ph and I will show you the pictures.

FEBRUARY 2018 NEWSLETTER

Posted on February 7th, 2018

Size matters in a piano!  We are hearing it all the time; what size upright or grand piano should I buy? Well, there are so many different sizes that we decided to write a blog about it. Click here for details. Did you know that a 52″ high upright sounds much better than the same brand comparable “baby” grand piano? It is because the bass strings of a full upright are longer than the bass strings of a “baby” grand. If you want to see all different sizes of pianos and grands click here. We have all sizes of pianos and grands in our showroom, come and see them, for more info call or text to 0917.895.0011 or email us. Look at the Mason & Hamlin we posted in the beginning of this newsletter, what a difference with a baby grand measuring only 5’0″ versus the 9’4″ which is almost double the size.

Get a new piano, we make it easy! Manila Pianos Inc. Pearl River, our finest at PHP 169,000.00. Where can you find a brand new 115 cm high upright piano that sells at this price? Chosen as best piano in the world 2016-2017?  A Yamaha 108 cm made in Indonesia cost PHP 100,000 more for much less piano! We are talking to a lot of people make the mistake to go to the internet and just look for a cheap Yamaha. They will find something in the price range of PHP 100,000 or more, to find out, usually too late, that the piano is 60-70 years old and just made to look acceptable with a false serial number pretending to be a newer model. We here at Manila Pianos can assure you, a 45 inch piano of the quality of Pearl River is by far the best quality for money in the whole wide world, and you should come and try them out for yourself. A new piano at a used piano price. Now that’s smart business! Our prices here in Manila, including taxes, are less than in the USA! Here’s the USA site. And here’s the USA prices. Most sold piano in the world today!

A special harpsichord for the connosseur. You really want to have a “different” piano? A piano that nobody in has? Come to our store now to check on this unique Johann Nicolaus BACH harpsichord, made by the famous builder Nicolaus Damm. This unit is a true copy of the original that was made in 1531 and is now on display in the museum in Berlin, Germany. Mr. Damm sold many of these to conservatoriums in Germany as well as the Conservatoire in Paris, France. This is the only unit that is seasoned for the Asian climate and priced at only P999.000.00. This price is very, very low as compared to buying a similar unit in Europe or USA and shipping it here, without seasoning for the climate it will disintegrate very very soon anyway. Your last chance to buy it, because Mr. Damm is retired. 2 different models available, see here. Call or email now! Remember we also sell CONTENT church organs with or without pipes! Manila Pianos has them in stock.

Steinway & Sons… Now is your time to buy a Steinway & Sons. We have an awesome selection of slightly used and rebuilt Steinways with all genuine Steinway parts and in NOW are the models S, M, O and B. We are literally building these pianos from the ground up with all new certified Steinway parts and you will not be able to detect the difference from a new one, just the serial number. Rebuilt Steinways are usually much better than new ones because of the high quality woods used in the earlier days, and the price is much better, for instance, a new Model S is 5.6M. A rebuilt looking like new is only 2.3M at Manila Pianos. (S model sold out but working on 1) Call us for an appointment at 0917.895.0011 or just drop in and try them! We currently have 2 Steinways in our store and 5 in our warehouse. Click our inventory for more details. These fine instruments are one of a kind only. They will never be available any more when sold unless we rebuild another one. The choice is clear, call us or visit us now.