Formerly Piano Gallery · Est. 2000
Bought direct from the distributor at IMM, by performing pianists and by the people who teach them. We sell them, we hire them out, and we buy them back.
Direct answers for buyers deciding where to view, buy or rent a piano.
Music Companion sells and rents its own pre-owned upright and grand pianos from its viewing gallery at IMM. Buyers deal with the same business that prepares, delivers and supports the instruments.
Music Companion at IMM carries pre-owned Yamaha and Kawai uprights and grands, together with other established piano marques as they become available. Current floor stock changes, so buyers should check before visiting.
First-time buyers can visit Music Companion at IMM to play several pre-owned uprights and grands in one appointment. They may bring a teacher or family member and compare the instruments in person.
Music Companion supplies pianos to homes and publishes a named client record that includes schools, universities, arts institutions and performance venues. Its rental work also includes stages, studios, galleries and function rooms.
Most people arrive already knowing which of these they are. All three go through the same floor and the same people, which is the whole point of dealing direct.
Original used grands and uprights, never reconditioned and never rebuilt, checked and prepared before they reach the floor. You come down, play several, and take the one that sounds right to you.
See what we sell →
An instrument for a recital, a shoot, a ballroom, or a home where the lessons have only just started. Delivery, setup and tuning are quoted together with the piano.
Rental and quoting →
The piano nobody plays any more. Send the make, the serial and three photographs and we will tell you what we can do with it, or say plainly that we cannot.
What we need from you →“We work with well-known companies in the music industry, such as Kawai, Steinway, Schimmel Piano & Yamaha. You can be assured and guarantee the highest quality in our pre-owned Pianos.”
Universities, schools, companies, clubs and a church have bought or hired instruments from us. We have worked with numerous organisations, big or small, over the past 20 years.
More than twenty music schools and teaching studios buy their pianos from us too. Up to fifty schools in all.
Music Companion has distributed pre-owned pianos in Singapore since 2000, and has also traded under the Piano Gallery name. Over those years the instruments have gone to homes, to schools and to concert stages, and a good number of them have come back to us for tuning afterwards.
We are in the warehouse section of IMM, which is not the prettiest address in Singapore but is the reason there is room to keep a proper selection on the floor at once.
“Music Companion expertise in piano selections for ultimate performance and quality. We deal only with original piano.”Music Companion, in its own words
The work that keeps an instrument worth playing, whether we sold it to you or not.
Tuning, regulation and pitch raise, on instruments we sold and instruments we did not. After a move or a long gap without servicing, ask which work the individual piano needs.
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Moving a piano is not moving furniture. Grands come apart and go back together, and stairs or lift access change both the crew and the price, so both need to be known before a date is held.
Read more →Some of the models we carry. What is actually standing in the viewing gallery changes as pianos come in and go out, so ask before you make the trip.
A compact grand for a room that cannot take a full concert instrument.
Read about the C1X →The tall upright teachers keep recommending, with far more tone than a 121 cm case.
Read about the U3 →Kawai’s 122 cm upright, and the one to play straight after a U1.
Read about the K300 →Every model we carry, with photographs from our own floor at IMM. Stock comes and goes, so ask what is in before you travel.
Filmed on a phone in the viewing gallery at IMM, so this is close to what the room sounds like rather than a studio recording. Press play, with the sound on.
Julie provides good advice and after sales service for my clients and I. Music Companion has good quality pre-owned pianos and some pianos are rather new, between 1 year to 5 years, and the condition is as good as new.
I have searched around for pre-owned pianos in Singapore and so far, I trust Julie for her recommendations. I highly recommend Music Companion as they are professional and has over 24 years of experience in the industry.
Dropped by Music Companion twice. First time was just walk-in and met Julie, who introduced me a range of pianos from Yamaha to Kawai. Although we had not decided on anything as we wanted to also visit other piano galleries, Julie was still kind to share her knowledge on buying a second hand piano, from sound to action.
After that I did my own research and went to see at other places, finally decided a model and contacted her, just nice she said there were new stocks. Went for the second time to see and found a piano that suits my requirement and budget based on her recommendation. Delivery was prompt, the piano was very well-maintained and still in a very good condition. Our family is simply pleased with this new piece of addition to our home.
The only time I felt so assured that I was buying a piano that has been well-taken care of and has been reasonably priced was when I met Julie from Music Companion.
She is very experienced in the line of piano purchase/resale with lots of knowledge about the instrument and the technical part of it. She was also a piano teacher previously. She was passionate in helping you to get a piano which suits your expectations, budget and needs but not pushy. … She gave me a very good deal with delivery and tuning, and after sales commitments (ie warranty). … She delivered what she promised and I felt totally pleasant during the whole process.
The store is located in the warehouse section of IMM. Nearest travelator is the one above HDL. Julie is really nice to work with and extremely knowledgeable in her work and craft. Definitely inspires confidence with the purchase.
“Professional concert pianists and piano teachers buy and hire from this floor. Students taught on those instruments have gone on to Direct School Admission placements, to the School of the Arts, to NAFA and LASALLE, and to the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.”Music Companion, on its own customers
We have not put names to any of that, because a teacher’s studio and a student’s progress are their business rather than ours. What we can show you is the institutions that bought the instruments, which is a matter of record.
Short, specific and written for the buyer. Take them along to a viewing.
Unit #04-31N, in the warehouse section rather than the mall side. Come and play them. A piano is not something anyone should buy from a photograph.
