Where to buy a pipa

[Meng Lelan]

A good quality beginner/intermediate pipa, where do you go and how much? Where in the Shanghai area, Taiwan, or anywhere else?

[count_zero]

To avoid getting ripped off, I'd suggest getting a teacher then asking your teacher to help.

[HedgePig]

There are two places where I've seen a number of stores selling musical instruments.

(1) Jin Ling Lu (金陵东路）This runs east-west. It's close to the Bund although you might have to walk west (away) for a couple of blocks before you reach the music shops.

(2) Around the Shanghai Conservatory of Music (approximately at the intersection of Fuxing Lu and Fenyang Lu / 复兴中路 and 汾阳路) There are fewer shops and they are a bit more spread out. I've also seen mostly Western instruments here and I can't specifically recall having seen a pipa although I probably wouldn't remember even if I had.

I have no idea about the quality at either of these areas.

[Meng Lelan]

Thanks hedgepig, that helps.