Buying a piano

[NicMM]

MANmom,

Actually I have encountered all these names of seller and services online and wondered how good they are. It’s great that you recommend them.

Now I saw a used Kawai 502-T built in 1994 asking for $1400. Do you have a rough idea about the piano and price? 502-T seems to be a discontinued model, which I don’t see in Kawai website.

NicMM

[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]

[MANmom]

I would offer $1000 cash and see what they say…you may also tell them you still have to move it and tune it. If there is no rush, you have nothing to lose by offering them a low price, they just might take it in these times. I almost bought a Kawai, they are good instruments, Yamahas are better, I wanted the better one since I teach on it and use it daily, for your purposes a Kawai would be fine.

[MANmom]

I would offer $1000 cash and see what they say…you may also tell them you still have to move it and tune it. If there is no rush, you have nothing to lose by offering them a low price, they just might take it in these times. I almost bought a Kawai, they are good instruments, Yamahas are better, I wanted the better one since I teach on it and use it daily, for your purposes a Kawai would be fine.

[MANmom]

I would offer $1000 cash and see what they say…you may also tell them you still have to move it and tune it. If there is no rush, you have nothing to lose by offering them a low price, they just might take it in these times. I almost bought a Kawai, they are good instruments, Yamahas are better, I wanted the better one since I teach on it and use it daily, for your purposes a Kawai would be fine.

[MANmom]

I would offer $1000 cash and see what they say…you may also tell them you still have to move it and tune it. If there is no rush, you have nothing to lose by offering them a low price, they just might take it in these times. I almost bought a Kawai, they are good instruments, Yamahas are better, I wanted the better one since I teach on it and use it daily, for your purposes a Kawai would be fine.

[MANmom]

I would offer $1000 cash and see what they say…you may also tell them you still have to move it and tune it. If there is no rush, you have nothing to lose by offering them a low price, they just might take it in these times. I almost bought a Kawai, they are good instruments, Yamahas are better, I wanted the better one since I teach on it and use it daily, for your purposes a Kawai would be fine.

[NicMM]

I went to Greene Music warehouse, compared some acoustic and electronic pianos, finally decided to buy an acoustic piano. They feel different even to me.

I end up buying the pre-owned Kawai 502T with $1300. But I got free delivery, books, and two free lessons. So the cost of the piano is about $1150. There was another 15 years old Kawai CX-5H by someone else asking for $2000. That is an entry level piano too.

This seller I bought from is a good musician, and his performance on the piano really stroke a chord to a musical layman like me. I kind of shy of bargaining with him. But very happy with the deal. I am looking forward to taking lessons from him.

Albeit 15 years old, this piano looks new and the cherry finish fits my home perfectly. Open the lid, the hammers strike the strings and the mufflers move correctly. Open the door beneath, there was some dust there. I dusted with Swiffer and vacuumed and the dust was gone. There was a small stain on the leaf and seller promised to take the leaf to clean it.

Being a layman, that’s all I can tell.

-NicMM

[NicMM]

I went to Greene Music warehouse, compared some acoustic and electronic pianos, finally decided to buy an acoustic piano. They feel different even to me.

I end up buying the pre-owned Kawai 502T with $1300. But I got free delivery, books, and two free lessons. So the cost of the piano is about $1150. There was another 15 years old Kawai CX-5H by someone else asking for $2000. That is an entry level piano too.

This seller I bought from is a good musician, and his performance on the piano really stroke a chord to a musical layman like me. I kind of shy of bargaining with him. But very happy with the deal. I am looking forward to taking lessons from him.

Albeit 15 years old, this piano looks new and the cherry finish fits my home perfectly. Open the lid, the hammers strike the strings and the mufflers move correctly. Open the door beneath, there was some dust there. I dusted with Swiffer and vacuumed and the dust was gone. There was a small stain on the leaf and seller promised to take the leaf to clean it.

Being a layman, that’s all I can tell.

-NicMM

[NicMM]

I went to Greene Music warehouse, compared some acoustic and electronic pianos, finally decided to buy an acoustic piano. They feel different even to me.

I end up buying the pre-owned Kawai 502T with $1300. But I got free delivery, books, and two free lessons. So the cost of the piano is about $1150. There was another 15 years old Kawai CX-5H by someone else asking for $2000. That is an entry level piano too.

This seller I bought from is a good musician, and his performance on the piano really stroke a chord to a musical layman like me. I kind of shy of bargaining with him. But very happy with the deal. I am looking forward to taking lessons from him.

Albeit 15 years old, this piano looks new and the cherry finish fits my home perfectly. Open the lid, the hammers strike the strings and the mufflers move correctly. Open the door beneath, there was some dust there. I dusted with Swiffer and vacuumed and the dust was gone. There was a small stain on the leaf and seller promised to take the leaf to clean it.

Being a layman, that’s all I can tell.

-NicMM

[NicMM]

I went to Greene Music warehouse, compared some acoustic and electronic pianos, finally decided to buy an acoustic piano. They feel different even to me.

I end up buying the pre-owned Kawai 502T with $1300. But I got free delivery, books, and two free lessons. So the cost of the piano is about $1150. There was another 15 years old Kawai CX-5H by someone else asking for $2000. That is an entry level piano too.

This seller I bought from is a good musician, and his performance on the piano really stroke a chord to a musical layman like me. I kind of shy of bargaining with him. But very happy with the deal. I am looking forward to taking lessons from him.

Albeit 15 years old, this piano looks new and the cherry finish fits my home perfectly. Open the lid, the hammers strike the strings and the mufflers move correctly. Open the door beneath, there was some dust there. I dusted with Swiffer and vacuumed and the dust was gone. There was a small stain on the leaf and seller promised to take the leaf to clean it.

Being a layman, that’s all I can tell.

-NicMM

[NicMM]

I went to Greene Music warehouse, compared some acoustic and electronic pianos, finally decided to buy an acoustic piano. They feel different even to me.

I end up buying the pre-owned Kawai 502T with $1300. But I got free delivery, books, and two free lessons. So the cost of the piano is about $1150. There was another 15 years old Kawai CX-5H by someone else asking for $2000. That is an entry level piano too.

This seller I bought from is a good musician, and his performance on the piano really stroke a chord to a musical layman like me. I kind of shy of bargaining with him. But very happy with the deal. I am looking forward to taking lessons from him.

Albeit 15 years old, this piano looks new and the cherry finish fits my home perfectly. Open the lid, the hammers strike the strings and the mufflers move correctly. Open the door beneath, there was some dust there. I dusted with Swiffer and vacuumed and the dust was gone. There was a small stain on the leaf and seller promised to take the leaf to clean it.

Being a layman, that’s all I can tell.

-NicMM

[UCGal]

I hope your family enjoys learning and playing piano as much as our does.

[UCGal]

I hope your family enjoys learning and playing piano as much as our does.

[UCGal]

I hope your family enjoys learning and playing piano as much as our does.

[UCGal]

I hope your family enjoys learning and playing piano as much as our does.

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