HwyStar Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Where can I find a store that has one of these bad boys? I can't seem to be able to find a Casio Digital Piano store locator any where for Casio, via Google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Where are you located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HwyStar Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 I'm located in either zipcode 89521 or 23185. I am in the process of moving to 23185. Thanks Scott! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 I asked Mike Martin for you -- there doesn't seem to be any dealers close to you right now, but the distribution will be expanded after the initial shipment. Closest one right now looks to be Family Piano in Vegas - they have ordered - not sure if they have it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HwyStar Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 Perfect! Thanks Scott! Where I live it is not conducive to buying piano's. Because I live in Reno, I might as well live on Kauai. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 USA authorized service center locator by state. Perhaps if you contact one of these service centers in your state and area, they can direct you to a store in your area. https://www.casio.com/support/musicservicecenters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 There is also this website: https://www.casiomusicgear.com/where-to-buy you might check out. However, you will find that some of these phone numbers are no longer working numbers. You might also discover that major U.S. cities do not have a dealer who has a Casio Grand Hybrid on their sales floor. I live in St. Louis, MO (pop. 2.3 million), yet there are no piano dealers who have the Celviano Grand Hybrid, or even near by, while there's no problem finding the latest from Kawai, Yamaha, or Roland in the St. Louis area. I'll be going to Minneapolis, MN (pop. 4 million), to visit a relative this weekend, and I thought I would like to audition a GP510. So I called the one phone number of a Casio approved service center for Minneapolis area to see if someone there might know where I might find a store selling the grand hybrids. Unfortunately, the number listed on the website was no longer a working number. According to the "where-to-buy" site, the closest dealer to Minneapolis is in Mankato, MN. In other words, it will be a challenge to find a store anywhere in the U.S that has a Celviano Grand Hybrid that you can sit down and play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Martin Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 @Bohemian This thread is over 5 years old.....Is there a reason you're posting here? Casio introduced a new product at a price nearly 6-9x higher than our most popular products like a Privia PX-S1000. The price points of the Grand Hybrid make them out of the range of our typical (MI) music dealers. That means you're looking for piano dealers not traditional MI stores. For Casio that meant entirely new distribution than any other product in our line...in a market where many "traditional piano stores" are closing their doors. The Grand Hybrid as you know was developed in collaboration with C. Bechstein. Do you know how many Bechstein dealers there are in the United States? There are two. So that also meant that we couldn't rely on existing C. Bechstein dealers for distribution. So our strategy from day one was to keep distribution very exclusive and limited. That being said, we continue to open new dealers all the time. Both the GP-310 and GP-510 are selling extremely well. Actually it has been a record year. I'm sorry you don't have a local Grand Hybrid dealer, we're working on increasing our distribution all the time. During Covid-19 that has been an additional challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, Mike Martin said: @Bohemian This thread is over 5 years old.....Is there a reason you're posting here? Casio introduced a new product at a price nearly 6-9x higher than our most popular products like a Privia PX-S1000. The price points of the Grand Hybrid make them out of the range of our typical (MI) music dealers. That means you're looking for piano dealers not traditional MI stores. For Casio that meant entirely new distribution than any other product in our line...in a market where many "traditional piano stores" are closing their doors. The Grand Hybrid as you know was developed in collaboration with C. Bechstein. Do you know how many Bechstein dealers there are in the United States? There are two. So that also meant that we couldn't rely on existing C. Bechstein dealers for distribution. So our strategy from day one was to keep distribution very exclusive and limited. That being said, we continue to open new dealers all the time. Both the GP-310 and GP-510 are selling extremely well. Actually it has been a record year. I'm sorry you don't have a local Grand Hybrid dealer, we're working on increasing our distribution all the time. During Covid-19 that has been an additional challenge. I'm posting here because the question is as relevant then as it is now to others who are seeking: "Where to buy a Grand Hybrid?" I did not think any of the replies were all that helpful to those still searching. My posts offer concrete help to the seeker (two websites), while I also alert the seeker of the grand hybrid of the possible challenges in seeking a store with the grand hybrid in his or her area. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Martin Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 4/12/2021 at 6:14 PM, Bohemian said: I'll be going to Minneapolis, MN (pop. 4 million), to visit a relative this weekend, and I thought I would like to audition a GP510. So I called the one phone number of a Casio approved service center for Minneapolis area to see if someone there might know where I might find a store selling the grand hybrids. Unfortunately, the number listed on the website was no longer a working number. According to the "where-to-buy" site, the closest dealer to Minneapolis is in Mankato, MN. The dealer in Minneapolis is Schmitt Music. They have several locations around town. https://www.schmittmusic.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Following up on Mike Martin's link to the dealer in Minneapolis, this is the text reply I received from them when I inquired about the GP-510: "Thanks for your inquiry about the Casio GP-510. We are Casio dealers but do not stock the GP-510. We can certainly special-order this unit for you. We do carry a REALLY (her caps) nice selection of Kawai Hybrids and would also suggest looking at some of these as well as the Casio." Schmitt Music could not locate any GP310 or GP510 (or the older GP-300 or GP-500) models in any of their Minnesota locations. However, the independent Mankato location did have a GP-300. While I allow that some of this is the result of the supply-chain disruption due to the pandemic, based on the text response above, Casio has some catching up to do. Meanwhile, let's hope the science will prevail against the vaccination hesitancy that's still out there, and we can get through this pandemic with a return to normalcy and even build back better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Martin Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 @BohemianCan you tell me specifically who at Schmitt Music gave you that information? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 12 minutes ago, Mike Martin said: @BohemianCan you tell me specifically who at Schmitt Music gave you that information? I'll message you that info. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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