About Mark Goodwin Pianos - Established 2002

[Photo above shows my Uncle Ronnie assessing a piano even though it has a leg missing]

Mark Goodwin Pianos started trading in 2002 and become registered as a Limited company in September 2003. You can view our 20+ year company filing history on our Companies House Page

Here is some more information about how I ended up running a piano shop.

Mark Goodwin (standing) with Uncle Ronnie at piano

The above photo is my first warehouse. I’ve moved twice since then.

I have been playing the piano since I was seven years old when I started taking lessons from a local piano teacher once a week. Despite my desperate pleas to give up playing, my Mum insisted that I keep practising for one hour per day (half an hour before school, half an hour after school). I would much rather have been out climbing trees and riding my bike, but by my mid-teens I became glad of my musical skills and learnt to love the piano (thanks Mum!)

I studied music at GCSE, “A” level, and degree level.

I graduated Leeds university with a 2:1 BA (hons) degree and returned to Oldham. My uncle Ronnie (in the photo above) got in touch to say that he had a few Bechstein grand pianos in his house that he needed to sell. I offered to try and find a buyer for him and two weeks later I had sold the piano to a private buyer from Japan who flew all the way to England to see the piano and pay with cash that was wrapped in beautiful wrapping paper.

I sold a few more of Uncle Ronnie’s Bechstein grand pianos and before too long I realised I was in a position to be a Bechstein wholesaler. I filled a warehouse with restored & unrestored Bechstein & Steinway grand pianos. Over the next few years I realised that the real demand for pianos here in the UK was for high quality modern pianos for sensible prices, and that’s why I became a specialist in Yamaha U1 and U3 pianos.

Fast forward to 2025 and we have sold thousands of Yamaha pianos to happy families in every corner of the UK and now also have a successful wholesale business providing these same pianos to many other piano shops all over the UK. I handle the business management side of things, website, marketing, budgeting, ordering, etc. and my lovely wife, Julie, is in charge of customer service, replying to email and phone enquiries.

And that’s where I am today, selling modern upright pianos to people from all over the UK & Europe….. and I’m LOVING IT! It’s such a privilege to help people progress along their musical journeys. We love our work here and we look forward to helping you find your dream piano.