[quote=MANmom]I am a piano/guitar/voice teacher, he is still quite young. Most of my students quit when it gets hard, around year 2. Do you play? Buying a piano is a good investment if you enjoy it. I have a Yamaha G5, I only tune it every year to year and a half, and it gets a lot of play. Depending on where you live you can tune every year or so. More moisture in the air, the more it will go out of tune. Moving it will also affect the tuning, so “recently tuned” doesn’t mean a whole lot. Most people can’t really hear it when the piano is out of tune anyway. Have you tried Piano Warehouse in San Marcos? Last time I was there they had several good used pianos. The suggestion of renting a piano is also a good one, if he quits in a year or so, you are not bound to the instrument. But having one in the house even if he is has stopped lessons is a good thing. I have a son who loves to play piano but has never taken a lesson. He asks me how to play his favorite songs, I show him and he plays it. You can also look up how to play songs on Youtube, he has learned several from there. Also if your son ever wants to pick up guitar or another instrument, it is useful to have a keyboard or piano in the house to tune things with. I suggest you either rent for a while and keep looking. Times are tough right now, you might come across a great used Yamaha U that someone needs to get rid of…also, Encore Piano movers are the movers I use, I just moved to my new house with my G5 and it is perfect.[/quote]

thanks, I’ll keep that in mind when it’s my kid’s turn 🙂