Advice

[iroveashe]

Hello, I'm new around here and I'm looking for some help. I've been playing the piano for around 3 years... well, I say "piano" but what I have can hardly be called that, it's a Chassaigne Frères but it has some broken strings, it's out of tune (notes are not tuned properly in relation to each other AND it's not in 440), etc. So I'm about to change it, something I should've done long time ago but I'm not exactly rich. I tried a few second hand-restored pianos in stores and I was hoping to see if anyone could throw a little advice on which one to select and if you know something about the brand.
Anyway, this are the choices:
Bluthner $7900
Bellman $9000
Romhildt Weimar $8800
(the prices are not in American dollars, I know you can get pianos like that for half the money in other parts of the world, so just compare the prices between them)

I want to go for the 3rd one, since the store has better reputation, the transport is free and the warranty is 10 years (against 5 years for the other 2), it looks beautiful (sounds lovely too, of course) and the only 'bad' thing is that it has 85 notes and not 88.

So, I'm pretty much decided, should I reconsider my choice or should I go for the Romhildt Weimar?

[richard black]

Blüthner is a well-known make but

Bellman $9000
Romhildt Weimar $8800

I've never heard of either of them! But we'd all need to know a LOT more about the instruments to advise you. You don't even say if the instruments are grand or upright.

[iroveashe]

Oh, sorry, I thought I mentioned it, they're upright pianos, I can't afford a grand piano. Besides that I don't know what else to add, they were all previously used and restored by the store, they're in great shape (specially the 3rd one), they're all German pianos, mostly all the parts are original, they have 3 pedals and as I said the Bluthner and the Bellman have 88 notes and the Romhildt Weimer has 85.
Also, I haven't heard of those 2 brands until now either, that's the main reason why I was asking; but thanks for replying anyway