Used guitars, pianos and brass on willhaben via Telegram

Players in Austria hunting one particular instrument on willhaben can get each new ad as a Telegram card with a photo, the price and a button straight to the seller’s listing.

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Search on willhaben, sort by newest

Build an instrument search on willhaben

Go to the Marktplatz, pick the musical instruments category, and search by model rather than type: Stratocaster, Yamaha P-125, Roland TD-17, Bach Stradivarius trumpet. Set a price range in euro and a region, or all of Austria if the seller can ship. Sort so the newest ads come first.
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Copy the link, paste it into mxsender

Hand the link to MXSender

Paste the address of that results page into MXSender and choose Telegram. Email is available on the same search too.
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New listings land in your Telegram

Watch the cards arrive

Each new ad appears as a card with its photo, title and price, plus a button to the listing. Every search carries a hashtag, so a guitar hunt and a piano hunt stay apart in one chat.
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Paste the willhaben search link you want watched — we’ll check we can read it, then set up your alerts.

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Which used instruments get snapped up in Austria

Austria has a strong music-school and brass-band culture, and a well-priced beginner instrument is often taken by the first family that calls. Digital pianos with weighted keys, student trumpets and clarinets, and mid-range electric guitars from known brands all tend to move quickly. Well-known amps and pedals do too, especially around Vienna and Graz where many bands rehearse.

Being early matters because sellers rarely hold an instrument for anyone. They agree a time with whoever asks first and turns up.

Wording a search that is neither too wide nor too narrow

Gitarre alone brings hundreds of ads, from toy guitars to boutique ones. A single exact model can bring nothing for weeks. The middle path is a model family plus a price window: Telecaster between a sensible floor and your ceiling, or Digitalpiano gewichtet with a top price. Add the region only if you will not accept shipping.

If one wording brings nothing, try a second spelling as its own search. Austrian sellers write E-Gitarre, E Gitarre and Egitarre, and each is a different search on most sites.

Testing a guitar, a keyboard or a horn

Guitar: sight down the neck, play high up the fretboard for buzz, turn every knob for crackle. Keyboard: press every key and both pedals, try headphones out. Brass: valves should move freely, slides should not be stuck, and soldered joints should be intact.

Pay when you have played it. For shipped items, use the payment option willhaben itself provides rather than a bank transfer to a stranger. A famous brand far below market price deserves questions about the serial number and receipt.

Sharing instrument cards with a teacher or bandmate

Telegram is handy here because the second opinion is usually someone else. Forward the card to your teacher, or put the search into a group with your band, and the photo and link come along. The chat works on phone and desktop alike.

A search that is not urgent can be muted: the cards keep arriving without a sound.

Plans and check frequency for players

Free checks one search every 30 minutes. Starter, $5.99, checks five searches every 10 minutes. Pro, $14.99, gives twenty searches and our fastest checks. Telegram and email come with every plan.