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No.1 USED PIANO COMPANY IN JAPAN
EXPORT MORE THAN 40 COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD
TAKEMOTO PIANO Co., Ltd. is located in the middle coastal area of OSAKA (Japan's 2nd largest city) in Japan. We started exporting secondhand pianos to overseas since 1988, and our business has been spreading all over the world. Currently, we deal with over 2,000 pianos in stock a month, and exporting them to over 36 countries. Thanks to our customers, that we could achieve high reputation as Japan's leading used piano exporter.
STAFFS
In TAKEMOTO PIANO CO., LTD., over 50 staffs
are working, and each staff takes responsibility on certain tasks.
Basically, we have 3 sections as following. Please explore our TAKEMOTO
world!!
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EXECUTIVE
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COLLECTION
STAFFS
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TECHNICAL STAFFS
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SALES STAFFS
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TAKEMOTO PIANO CO., LTD. was founded in 1979, by Koichi Takemoto. He had operated retail shop of new pianos, and he shifted to used piano business. Then he started to export pianos to outside Japan. In the presence, our business is in rapid growth, enabling to hold over 2,000 stocks, always in our own warehouse
Currently, Mr. Yasuo Nakamura (photo) is in charge of President of TAKEMOTO PIANO CO., LTD.
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| COLLECTION STAFFS |
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| Used pianos are collected by our collection staffs. We broadcast TVCM saying "we buy your pianos!", and this makes our company name "TAKEMOTO PIANO" widely known by many people in Japan! Due to high reputation, people who want to release their pianos call us. Our Collection staffs are in charge of assessing clients' piano values, and arranging schedule to collect clients' pianos . |
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| TECHNICAL
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| After pianos are collected into our warehouse, technical staffs carefully inspect each piano, what grade to be evaluated and which part to be repaired. They repair, tune, and polish pianos along with customers’ demand. Our technical staffs are experienced and trained for piano maintenance, since they are graduates from 2-year school for piano technicians. They are also in charge of packing pianos into container and fixing securely not to move, in order to prevent damage during delivery. |
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| SALES
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| Sales staffs directly deal with
worldwide customers who need used pianos. Each staff is able
to speak different languages, such as English, Chinese, Spanish,
Italian, and others, in order to ensure smooth communication
with customers. During visitation of customers at our office,
we all welcome you! |
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OUTLINE
| March, 1979 |
Founded "Takemoto
Shoten" President KOICHI TAKEMOTO started piano business
with Seibu Department Store in Kochi Pref. |
| June, 1981 |
Established "Shikoku Gakki
Center Co., Ltf." |
| July, 1983 |
Started to construct total
maintainance system |
| April, 1986 |
"Takemoto Piano" been renamed
to "Takemoto Shoten" |
| February, 1987 |
Established partnership with
Korean Gendai Trading Co. |
| June, 1988 |
Opened Collection Department to
purchase second-hand pianos from individuals |
| August, 1994 |
Started to export to Australia
and other overseas countries |
| August, 1995 |
Built workshop and office in Sakai city, Osaka |
| January, 1997 |
Started to broadcast TVCM |
| February, 1998 |
Renamed to "Takemoto Shoten
Co., Ltd." |
| December, 1998 |
Built head office (Takemoto
Bldg, 6F Building) near Sakai Train Station |
| December, 1999 |
Built Second Takemoto Bldg.
near Kishiwada Train Station |
| May, 2001 |
Installed new computer-based stock operation system |
| March, 2002 |
Exhibited our pianos at MusikMesse in Frankfurt, Germany, for the first time |
| May, 2002 |
Moved warehouse/workshop to new building in Kishiwada city, Osaka |
| October, 2002 |
Exhibited our pianos at Music China in Shanghai, China, for the first time |
| January, 2003 |
Exhibited our piano at NAMM Winter Show in Anaheim, U.S.A., for the first time |
| February, 2003 |
Installed new painting, drying, and polishing facility in Kishiwada workshop |
| August, 2003 |
Sales Department moved to 3rd floor of Takemoto Bldg covering increased staffs. |
| April, 2004 |
Renamed to "Takemoto Piano Co., Ltd." |
| November,2005 |
Registered trademark of "TAKEMOTO PIANO" |
| March, 2009 |
Built workshop and office in Sakai city, Osaka |
| January, 2010 |
Increased capital |
COUNTRIES IN BUSINESS
OVER 36 COUNTRIES INCLUDING:
U.S.A., KOREA, SPAIN, U.K., GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, ITALY, MYANMAR,
MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, VIET NAM, FRANCE, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, SINGAPORE,
HONG KONG, PHILIPPINE, TAIWAN, PORTUGAL, AND SO ON.

GENERAL INFORMATION
| JAPANESE
NAME |
TAKEMOTO PIANO
KABUSHIKI GAISYA |
| ENGLISH
NAME |
TAKEMOTO PIANO
CO., LTD. |
| ADDRESS |
3-107-16 KANNABE, SAKAI-KU,
SAKAI-SHI, OSAKA 590-0984
JAPAN |
| TELEPHONE |
+81-72-232-3374 |
| FAX |
+81-72-232-5775 |
| E-MAIL |
info@used-piano.com
info@secondhandpiano.com |
| CAPITAL
STOCK |
100,000,000 JPY |
| PRESIDENT |
Yasuo Nakamura |
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