A 173 cm grand. This is where the instrument starts sounding like what people picture.
Room, floor, lift. Three answers and we can tell you if this is the right piano before you come in.
Yamaha
In the price, not added at the end.
The honest version. We would rather talk you out of the wrong piano than deliver it and hear about it later.
The middle and bottom open up at this length. It is the point where most players stop wishing for something longer. Against the Yamaha G2A it is 4 cm taller and 0 kg lighter.
Middling for weight in a range that spans 255 kg to 480 kg.
Two pedals, which is normal for its generation and market. We will say if the one on the floor has had a third added.
Yamaha is the brighter and quicker of the two, which is why exam candidates keep asking for one. Some players find the treble tiring over long sessions. Neither is better. Play both, which you can do on one floor at the shop.
300 kg. We walk the route before the day rather than discovering it on the morning.
Nothing else we list from Yamaha is exactly 173 cm long, so it sits on its own in the range. If the G2 is not on the floor when you ask, the table below is where we would send you next.
| Model | Length | Weight | Width |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yamaha G2 This model | 173 cm | 300 kg | 149 cm |
| Yamaha G2A | 169 cm | 300 kg | 148 cm |
| Yamaha No. 20 | 168 cm | 300 kg | 148 cm |
| Yamaha G3 | 183 cm | 315 kg | 149 cm |
A used piano is only as good as the work done to it. Strings and dampers replaced where needed, hammers reshaped or renewed, the action regulated until repetition is even, pedal linkages set, case refinished. Then it is tuned and left to settle.
Tune it twice a year. Not because it gets played hard, but because the soundboard moves with the weather and takes the tuning with it.
For families not yet sure the lessons will stick. Rent a restored piano monthly, and if you keep it, everything paid comes off the price.
Yamaha's long-running grand line before the C series. Many are two-pedal domestic instruments.
173 cm long, 149 cm wide, 101 cm tall, and about 300 kg. On a grand the length is the number that matters, because it sets the bass string length and the floor space you need.
You need about 2.1 m across and roughly 4.0 m² with room to sit and pass. 300 kg. We walk the route before the day rather than discovering it on the morning. Give us the measurements and the access and we will be straight about whether it works.
A used piano is only as good as the work done to it. Strings and dampers replaced where needed, hammers reshaped or renewed, the action regulated until repetition is even, pedal linkages set, case refinished. Then it is tuned and left to settle. It carries a five-year warranty on parts and labour, honoured by the workshop that did the work.
Rent-to-own runs on a separate pool that changes weekly, so we cannot promise a G2 specifically. Ask what is free now. Rent for six months, buy it, and those six months come off the price.
Ask, because it changes week to week. If we do not have one, we will say so and tell you what is close on size and weight.
Twice a year. Tune it twice a year. Not because it gets played hard, but because the soundboard moves with the weather and takes the tuning with it. The first two tunings are on us, once it has settled in.
Stock changes weekly. Message us and we will tell you whether a G2 is on the floor, send photos and the serial number, and say if something else suits you better.