For a very limited time, Pearl River Piano group are offering 10x free tunings with ANY new piano purchased before the 15th June 2020. This promotion applies to all Pearl River, Ritmüller, and Kayserburg (including the Artists Series!) upright and grand pianos while stocks last. That’s $1980 of free servicing!

Scroll down to view see a selection of these pianos.

Available only at authorised Pearl River piano dealers in Victoria.

Note: Promotional tunings can be redeemed only by original purchaser.

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Pearl River GP-150

20% off ALL instruments in store*

For those of you who have known us for a while, you’re probably aware we’ve been waiting to renovate our Vermont South showroom for almost 12-months now! Despite some initial paperwork challenges and most recently the uncertainty with COVID-19, we’ve set a date to start in the first week of May. What this means for you is we’re now needing to clear the last of the stock from our shop before we operate out of our warehouse for a few weeks during the renovations (we will update our website and social media to keep you informed).

*Yes, that covers every single piano, digital piano, guitar, trombone, violin, cello etc.

Some smaller accessories will also be discounted. The sale covers pretty much everything except for guitar strings and sheet music.

Of course, this is for our Vermont South floor-stock only. Give us a call to see what’s in stock. Some piano photos attached below.

We have used Japanese-made Kawai BL71 (132cm) from $4,396 (down from $5,495!) and a beautiful Yamaha W102 (full-size 131cm) down from $6,995 to only $5,596.

We have new Kayserburg and German-made pianos by Ronisch and Wilh Steinberg all an unprecedented 20% off. Seems fitting in the unprecedented times I guess. Kayserburg upright pianos starting from only $7,036 and German brands discounted far below normal exchange-rate adjustments. Given that most of these were purchased prior to 2020 price increases and AUD weakening, I doubt you’ll ever see German pianos priced like this again. Upright pianos both 125cm and 132cm, as well as German-made grand pianos at 175cm and 188cm. It’s all a bit silly really but these are unusual times and we need to get these moved.

We are open by appointment only, however happy to take initial enquiries via email, phone, wechat, whatsapp, video-chat - whatever works for you but this stock needs to go soon so if you’ve been thinking about getting a new piano now’s the time to act!

Dear friends, students, teachers, and customers:

Firstly, from all of us at Australian Music World we’d like to wish all the best to you and your loved ones for 2020. We understand that far from just a public health emergency this is also a challenging time to those with family and friends overseas as well as for those whose jobs have been affected. With Covid-19 coming to Australia immediately after an unprecedented bushfire season, I can only say that you’re not alone if you’re feeling overwhelmed.

Considering how 2020 has started, let’s please take extra care to look out for one another and to be mindful of our mental health as well as our physical health. I’m no doctor but please try to eat well, exercise, sleep, keep playing music, and call/skype with your friends!

We are still open.

We intend to remain open unless advice from government or health authorities changes. Having said that, we do understand that this is not going to be normal for a little while. Numerous measures have been implemented to ensure that we provide a safe and secure environment to all who visit our showroom - this is our priority.

Here are some of the changes we have made:

1. Hand sanitiser will be kept at the front counter for customers to use as they wish.

2. All piano keys and fallboards will be thoroughly cleaned each morning and between customer appointments.

3. We’re testing appointment scheduling on our website. This will help assist us in managing hygiene and maintaining comfortable distances in the shop. You can book an appointment either to visit the shop or for a video consultation.

4. For those who prefer: we are communicating via video chat with some customers (wechat, whatsapp, facetime, whatever works for you) and are recording each of the pianos in our showroom in order to best assist with your piano purchases.

5. If there’s anything we can do to assist you with a purchase or to make your visit more comfortable then please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Our staff are passionate about what they do and have helped hundreds of customers find their perfect piano over the years. If you were considering a piano purchase this year, we encourage you not to delay. Now it is more important than ever to share music and art and if the schools do close at some point, it’ll give your children an opportunity to get ahead on their piano practice.

Here’s a photo of a Hupfeld piano we delivered on Tuesday afternoon:

Other thoughts:

This is a great time to be purchasing your favourite albums, as well as t-shirts or merchandise from your favourite musicians, and printed (or digital downloads) of sheet music from your favourite Australian composers. Many musicians have had their primary income streams completely stopped for the foreseeable future so if you’re in a position to support them via their live-streamed concerts or via any other avenues then please do! If you are in a position to offer financial support, Piano Project is a personal favourite of mine - we’re not affiliated but they’re a fantastic bunch of people doing great work. Many teachers are moving to online lessons but however your teacher is handling the situation - keep taking your lessons if you are in a position to do so. Music lessons have helped me through all manner of difficult times in the past, I imagine this won’t be any different for many of you.

Try to stay positive! I’m viewing this as an opportunity to work on our social media channels and add more content to our website. I’d love any feedback on this as it’s certainly a learning process for me and will take time to adjust to being in front of the camera.

This is a great chance for you to catch up on your piano practice - you’re running out of excuses now!

Again, our love and thoughts are with all of you. You’re very welcome to call us even just for a chat if the mood strikes. Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay positive. Don’t hesitate to call or email me if you feel like getting in touch.

Most importantly: don’t forget to panic-buy a few pianos, just in case!

Best wishes and kind regards,

Jeremy Cooper

Business Development Manager

In our previous blog post: https://australianmusicworld.com.au/blog/conero-international-piano-festival we announced an exciting piano competition that we would be hosting in March this year.

Important Announcement:

Unfortunately since then, major global disruption has been caused by the Coronavirus outbreak and we have made the difficult decision to reschedule the competition dates.

We don’t take this lightly and consulted with the event organisers, adjudicators, and teachers. After careful deliberation we have set a new competition date for the 29th and 30th of April. Updated entry deadline is 15th April. We apologise for any inconvenience that may have been caused and hope that you can understand the need to reschedule.

New competition dates: 29 & 30 April 2020

If you haven’t yet entered, you can read more about the competition via the links below:

Other notes:

If you have already placed an entry and are unable to attend on the new dates, please contact us for a refund of your entry fee.

If you have any other questions about the competition please also feel free to email us or give us a call via the contact page on our website.

Festival masterclass and recital dates are also being rescheduled, any further updates will be posted here. Again, please feel free to contact us with any questions.

Please read important announcements and updates:

Are your students ready?

We’re very excited to announce that we will be co-hosting a new piano competition on the 19th & 20th of March (Edited 24th Feb: now 29 & 30 April - PLEASE REFER TO DATE CHANGES ABOVE) as a part of the International Conero Music Festival.

This will be held at our warehouse from 4:30pm at 27/25-37 Huntingdale Road, Burwood VIC 3125.

Pianists can enter the competition in several different divisions covering age groups from 6-years up to 30-years old.

Opportunity to compete in Italy

Finalists will have an opportunity to compete in Italy for the final competition rounds of the 2020 Conero International Piano Competition Final (August 1st -2nd 2020)

Finalists will have an opportunity to compete in Italy for the final competition rounds of the 2020 Conero International Piano Competition Final (August 1st -2nd) as part of the Conero International Music Festival.

The Conero Festival & Competition in Melbourne will include masterclasses and music lectures by Dr Tamara Smolyar, Igor Machlak, Congcong Chai on the 22nd of March (Edited 24th Feb: PLEASE REFER TO DATE CHANGES ABOVE) as well as a recital by Concong Chai on the 21st of March (Edited 24th Feb: PLEASE REFER TO DATE CHANGES ABOVE) at Methodist Ladies’ College (207 Barkers Road, Kew). Competition entry cost includes access to masterclasses and music lectures. The final awards ceremony will also take place at MLC on the evening of the 22nd. (Edited 24th Feb: PLEASE REFER TO DATE CHANGES ABOVE)

All competitors will perform their repertoire on our Rönisch Model 186 grand piano.

Performances will take place over two days to be judged by a panel of highly renowned and respected pianists: Dr Tamara Smolyar, Igor Machlak, Congcong Chai, and Xian Qin(Sarah).

If you’re interested in entering the competition or for more details you can visit the competition page by clicking the button below:

Note: Competition entries close on the 10th of March - date has changed - please see above

(Edited 24th Feb: PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT DATE CHANGES AT TOP OF PAGE - entries now close 15th April)

1. All participating competitors will receive written commentary and a certificate from the adjudicators.

2. The top six competitors in each group will qualify for entry to the final competition in Italy.

3. Competition winners will receive a certificate authorised by International Piano Professionals Association (IPPA) and signed by the adjudicators.

4. Competition winners in each category will also be presented with piano vouchers worth up to $2,000 from Australian Music World*

5. The Composer Interpretation Award will be given to the competitor who best displays an understanding of appropriate style and best captures the composer’s intentions for their chosen repertoire.

6. The adjudicators will select three competitors from each division to perform at the Awards Ceremony Night.

7. Outstanding competitors may be offered a chance to participate in the final round of the Conero International Piano Competition and Festival in Italy.

*piano vouchers can be redeemed towards Rönisch products at Australian Music World