Suzuki Grand Piano at Costco

[vladhorwz]

Does anyone know anything about Suzuki pianos?  I saw they have a 7' grand for about 15K and I have no idea of their quality.  Figure Costco would be a good deal.

[violinist]

Believe it or not.  In the bay area, Costco had Steinways and Boston pianos on display at a booth.  I don't know anything about the Suzuki pianos you're asking about.

[donjuan]

Costco?? seriously?  I mean, once I saw a guy with a couch in his cart and I thought is was the funniest thing in the world, but pianos now?? hahahahaha Id like to see the cashiers try to put that one in a used box for you to lug home.
donjuan

[jeremyjchilds]

The only piano I've seen at costco in my area is a susuki baby-baby-electronic grand-ish piano.

Other than the fact that it kinda looks nice, I played it and found it to be inferior in almost all ways. The sounds are of poor quality, even when compared to my 6 year old triton, and the touch (in my opinion) was poorer than my "bargain basement" Yamaha p60 Board.

As for the piano you are looking at, just make sure you go to a piano store and try everythink they have for  15k new and used, before you make a decision...

[vladhorwz]

I don't think they have the pianos out, you just order them through costco and Suzuki delivers it.  Pretty smart for Suzuki.  Didn't even know they made pianos.  Here's the link if you want to see it

https://www.costco.com/Browse/Productgroup.aspx?Prodid=11069611&whse=BC&topnav=&cat=21141&hierPath=21137*21141*

[jolly]

Suzukis are made by Dongbei, at least the older ones were. The newer ones, found on the website, seem to be a custom job made by another Chinese factory. Which is not hard to do, since if you'll buy a container load of 'em, they'll put any name you want on the fallboard.

But an entry level piano is more prone to bugs than other levels of piano. Save yourself some heartache, and some headaches - buy from a local dealer.

[vladhorwz]

Suzukis are made by Dongbei, at least the older ones were. The newer ones, found on the website, seem to be a custom job made by another Chinese factory. Which is not hard to do, since if you'll buy a container load of 'em, they'll put any name you want on the fallboard.

But an entry level piano is more prone to bugs than other levels of piano. Save yourself some heartache, and some headaches - buy from a local dealer.

Thank you for the good information and advice, I already have a Kawai 6'1, but the 7 footer looked so tempting.  I don't even know where to test play it.

[Siberian Husky]

Believe it or not.  In the bay area, Costco had Steinways and Boston pianos on display at a booth.  I don't know anything about the Suzuki pianos you're asking about.

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[jolly]

Thank you for the good information and advice, I already have a Kawai 6'1, but the 7 footer looked so tempting.  I don't even know where to test play it.

I don't think you'll want to get rid of your Kawai, but try to find a dealer with a 7' Nordiska. If the Suzuki is a Dongbei, they'll be pretty close (although I'm betting the Nordiska will be tad better).

The other day I put an Open Invitation up for Piano Facts. If the 7 foot Nordiska intrigues you, check out that board for a guy with the handle of pianodoctor (Rick Clark). Rick is a Southern California tech - a very, very good tech - and he does NAMM prep work for Geneva International. Rick can tell you just about anything you'd ever want to know about 7 foot Nordiska pianos....

[da jake]

Costco?? seriously?  I mean, once I saw a guy with a couch in his cart and I thought is was the funniest thing in the world, but pianos now?? hahahahaha Id like to see the cashiers try to put that one in a used box for you to lug home.
donjuan

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