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Piano rental, Singapore

Piano rental, direct from the people who own them.

Uprights and grands for recitals, weddings, shoots, hotel ballrooms, exam practice and homes where the lessons have only just started. The instruments are ours, so delivery, setup, tuning on site and collection are quoted together rather than bolted on afterwards.

Buyer questions

Piano rental for homes, schools and exams

Questions that determine the instrument, duration, delivery and final quotation.

Where can I rent an upright piano in Singapore?

Music Companion rents upright pianos directly from its own inventory for homes, schools, exams and events. Delivery, setup, tuning and collection are quoted according to the job.

Where can I rent a grand piano in Singapore?

Music Companion rents grand pianos for homes, stages, studios and function rooms. The quote depends on the instrument, dates, venue and access route.

Where can I rent a piano short term in Singapore?

Music Companion offers short-term piano rental for a day, an evening, a fortnight or another agreed period. The available instrument and logistics are confirmed against the dates and location.

Where can I rent a piano long term in Singapore?

Music Companion offers long-term piano rental for homes, schools and studios. Enquiries should include the required duration, player, location and access details.

Where can I rent a piano for ABRSM exam practice in Singapore?

Music Companion provides piano rental for exam preparation, including ABRSM candidates. The player can visit the IMM gallery to compare suitable instruments before choosing.

Where can a school rent a piano in Singapore?

Music Companion rents uprights and grands to schools and other institutions. The quotation is based on the instrument, rental period, destination and access.

Which piano rental company in Singapore includes delivery, setup, tuning and collection?

Music Companion quotes the piano together with delivery, setup, tuning where required and collection. The scope is agreed before the booking rather than added after the instrument is selected.

Three routes to a quote

Start from what you need.

Music Companion quotes piano hire with delivery, placement, tuning and collection. Confirm the exact inclusions and exclusions for your job. The instrument, duration and access help determine the quotation.

01

Upright piano rental at home

Music Companion offers upright piano rental for home practice in Singapore. Send the start date, how long you expect to need it, the room it will stand in, and the floor and access at your address.

What to confirm in a home rental quote →
02

Exam preparation

An instrument rented against a fixed exam date. Tell us the grade, the exam window and when you need the piano in the room, so the timing and the instrument suit the preparation.

Get an exam rental quote →
03

Event or production

A grand or upright for a stage, studio, gallery or function room. Tell us the date, venue, access route and what the audience or the camera sees.

Event rental in detail →

Send the five answers for a quote →

Four kinds of hire

How long, and what for.

These are the four categories we actually work in. Each one changes the instrument, the crew and the price, which is why a quote starts with a question rather than a rate card.

A grand piano set up in a bright room
01

Short term

A day, an evening, a fortnight. A recital, a shoot, a visiting player, a wedding, a launch. Delivered, placed, tuned on site, and collected when you are done.

Booked around a date, so the earlier you have it the better the choice of instrument.

Get a short term quote →
An upright piano standing against a wall in a home
02

Long term

Months, a term, a year or open ended. A child who has just started lessons, a family between homes, a school that needs a second instrument, a studio kitting out a room.

A good number of these end in a purchase, and that conversation is an easy one to have when the instrument is already in your house.

Get a long term quote →
A grand piano on a concert hall stage
03

Concert

A hall, an audience, and a programme to get through. The instrument has to carry to the back row and hold its tuning from the first piece to the last.

Tuned on site before the doors open, not at IMM the day before. A piano that has been driven across the island is not a tuned piano.

Get a concert quote →
An auditorium with a grand piano on the stage
04

Film and theatre

Productions, sets, shoots and recordings, where the instrument has to look right as well as sound right and the schedule does not bend for a piano that arrives late.

Finish, period and condition all matter here in a way they do not elsewhere. Tell us what the camera sees.

Get a production quote →
Recent placements

Studios, galleries and stages.

A few of the rooms our instruments have gone into for events and productions.

A grand piano on a Mediacorp television studio set
TV

Mediacorp studio

A grand on a lit television studio set, among the LED columns.

See the placement →
An upright piano in an exhibition at The Columns Gallery
Gallery

The Columns Gallery

An upright among the works, delivered wrapped and unwrapped in the room.

Watch the delivery →
A grand piano by the windows of a function room
Events

Stages and function rooms

Grands on conference stages, SAP Ariba Live among them, and in rooms booked for an evening.

Hiring for an event →
Included in every hire

Delivered, placed, tuned, collected.

Because the instruments are ours, the moving and the tuning are arranged by us and quoted with the hire rather than added afterwards. It is one job with one price.

  1. We survey the access firstLift or stairs, door widths, the turns on the landings, and where the piano will finally stand. Known before a date is held rather than discovered on the day.
  2. Delivered and placedGrands come apart to travel and go back together in the room. Uprights arrive wrapped and are set where you want them.
  3. Tuned once it has settledOn site, in the room it will be played in. For anything being performed on, that means tuning ahead of the performance rather than the day before.
  4. Collected at the endSame job in reverse, arranged around your date rather than ours.
A crated piano slung from a crane above a house A wrapped piano crossing a lift lobby on a dolly The underside of a grand piano strapped to a padded skid A grand piano wrapped and strapped for transport A piano crated on a pallet inside a venue Pianos wrapped and loaded for delivery Two movers carrying a wrapped piano into a home Movers lifting the lid back onto a grand piano A grand piano unwrapped and placed in a studio room A grand piano set up on a hall stage

Drag to explore

A delivery, on camera

Unwrapped in the room, not before.

An upright arriving at The Columns Gallery, and pianos crated on pallets between two dates. The wrapping stays on until the instrument is inside, off the dolly and next to where it will stand.

The Columns Gallery
Held in storage
Exams

Renting an instrument for an ABRSM grade.

A recurring one, and a sensible thing to do. Practising for a graded exam on an instrument that will not hold its tuning, or whose action is nothing like the one in the exam room, costs a candidate marks that have nothing to do with how well they play.

People take an instrument for the couple of months before a grade, and a good number of them are choosing between two or three. That is a decision to make with your hands, not from a list.

“Pls kindly visit store by appointment for exam piano selection. Our sale person will assist you further with more details.”Music Companion, replying to an exam rental enquiry

Ask about an exam rental →

Bench height and posture for young students →

A black upright piano with a leather bench in the viewing gallery
Where they end up

In a room, being practised on.

A hired instrument in a home, filmed by the person playing it and sent to us. Most long term hires look like this rather than like a stage.

At home
Renting for the home

An upright at home, or an instrument for a graded exam.

Two different jobs sit under the same word. Daily practice at home runs for as long as it stays useful and can start whenever an instrument and a delivery slot line up. Preparing for a graded exam runs against a date that is already fixed, so the piano wants to be in the room with weeks to spare rather than days.

What decides the instrument

  • What is free for your dates, because the choice is whatever is available at the time rather than a catalogue
  • How long you want it, and the date you want it to start
  • The room it stands in, and the lift, the stairs and the doorways it has to pass to reach it

What to confirm in the quotation

  • The total rental period, from the start date to the day it goes back
  • Delivery and collection, both ends quoted together
  • Tuning, when it happens once the piano has settled, and whether it sits in the figure
  • The deposit terms, what is held and when it comes back
  • Whether a minimum term applies, and what happens if you need to extend or end the rental early

Compare how long you expect to rent, the total hire and delivery or collection quotation, and the purchase price of a suitable instrument. Renting may suit a temporary need or a beginner still settling into lessons; buying may suit a longer commitment. If you may buy later, ask whether any rental payments can contribute towards a purchase and have the agreed terms confirmed before booking.

Pre-owned pianos for sale → Send the five answers for a quote →

Rent or buy? Compare the complete costs →

Plan a piano rental for exam practice →   Arrange school or institution rental →

Quiet practice at home →   What a beginner actually needs →

Getting a price

Five answers and we can quote.

We offer a wide range of pianos rental for event and personal use at a affordable rate. What the rate actually is depends on the instrument and the job, so here is exactly what we need to know.

  • Upright or grand, and the room or hall it is going into
  • The dates, one evening, a week, a term, or open ended
  • The address, because distance and loading affect the crew
  • Access, lift or stairs, how many steps, and door widths
  • Whether it needs tuning on site, which for anything being performed on it, it does

Deposits, delivery, setup and collection are set out in the quotation so there is nothing to discover later.

Get a rental quote

Fill what you know. It opens WhatsApp with your answers ready to send.

Questions

Rental, answered.

Is exam-practice piano rental the same as an hourly studio booking?

This page describes hiring a piano for a home, school or other destination. For exam preparation, tell Music Companion the grade, dates, destination and access so the instrument and logistics can be quoted. If you need an hourly practice room, check the venue’s own booking arrangements.

What does piano rental cost in Singapore?

It depends on four things, and any price quoted without them is a guess: the instrument, how long you need it, where it is going and how it gets in.

An upright in a lift accessible flat for several months is a very different job from a grand carried into a ballroom for one evening and taken out the same night. Send those four answers and you get a real number back.

Can I rent for a single event?

Yes. Recitals, weddings, corporate evenings, shoots and recordings are a regular part of the work. Delivery, setup, tuning on site and collection afterwards are quoted with the instrument.

Do you tune it after delivery?

A piano that has just been moved needs tuning once it has settled in the room. For events that means tuning on site ahead of the performance. It is quoted as part of the job rather than added later.

Can I rent first and buy later?

Ask when you enquire. It is a common way to start when a child has only just begun lessons and nobody wants to commit to an instrument yet.

What do you need to know about access?

Whether there is a lift and whether the piano fits it, the number of steps if there is not, door widths, and where the piano will finally stand. Access is what changes the crew and the price, so it is better known before a date is held than discovered on the day.

How far ahead should I book an event piano?

As early as you have the date. Weekend event dates go first, and the right instrument for a hall is not always the one that is free.

Where our pianos have gone

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.

National University of SingaporeNanyang Technological UniversitySingapore Institute of ManagementSchool of the Arts SingaporeHwa Chong InstitutionCanadian International SchoolRaffles American SchoolChen Li KindergartenLam ResearchAiresSwiss Club SingaporeThe Columns GalleryMediacorpSAPCapitaLandJurong Christian Church

More than twenty music schools and teaching studios buy their pianos from us too. Up to fifty schools in all.

Visit the viewing gallery

Send the date and the address.

Send these details so Music Companion can assess the request and confirm the quotation.