Buying a piano

[Coronita]

[quote=NicMM]I have spent sometime on learning from websites such as Bluebook of Piano. I often encounter the message like “buy the best piano you can afford”…Also I heard that because the mechanical difference between the keyboard and piano, playing the keyboard actually can do bad to the hands of piano playing in a long run.

I have to admit, if it is for myself, I can easily put off such expensive purchase. But since it is for son, I kind of feeling guilty if I could afford it but didn’t buy.[/quote]

Um, if your son doesn’t like it, you’re really screwed because you’ll probably be in a predicament in which you’ll offer the piano free to anyone else that can move it themselves 🙂 Seriously, my parents were lucky that I wasn’t the first kid and that my sibling loved the piano. I played it a total of 2 years and hated it. My sibling played a total of 15 years, so it worked out for my parents.

you shouldn’t care about the first piano, unless you like to play yourself. Also, as a boy, I’m sure he probably will end up liking the outdoors more than playing the piano the at his age.

You don’t want to be that person that is selling the piano to some other person for 50-70% off of what you paid for…Because there are a lot of people in that category 🙂

[NicMM]

Flu,

Thanks a lot for the information!

NicMM

[quote=flu]What are you, asian or something? You need a violin with that too? I’m just kidding…..

To help with your question….a friend has made the suggestion that a good place to get pianos is call up local schools/universities. They sometimes end up tossing older pianos…If you deal with the moving, it often ends up being free. She got a piano with one of the pedals missing for free. She just had to rent a truck to move it.

You won’t find a steinway or something like that, but it should meet your needs.

This might help too..

http://www.pianoadoption.com/free_pianos_CA.htm

(Don’t know if it’s fake or real). Check craigslist and/or call your local schools/universities. Also check theaters/etc… (It might be tougher these days due to budget shortfalls in the schools/universities).

In seriousness, look also in the classifieds in Ranch 99 bulletin board outside the main entrance. If can’t read the classifieds, find a friend that can. There was some guy that was doing a relocation back to Shanghai that sold his baby grand for like $1k. (corp relo)[/quote]

[NicMM]

Flu,

Thanks a lot for the information!

NicMM

[quote=flu]What are you, asian or something? You need a violin with that too? I’m just kidding…..

To help with your question….a friend has made the suggestion that a good place to get pianos is call up local schools/universities. They sometimes end up tossing older pianos…If you deal with the moving, it often ends up being free. She got a piano with one of the pedals missing for free. She just had to rent a truck to move it.

You won’t find a steinway or something like that, but it should meet your needs.

This might help too..

http://www.pianoadoption.com/free_pianos_CA.htm

(Don’t know if it’s fake or real). Check craigslist and/or call your local schools/universities. Also check theaters/etc… (It might be tougher these days due to budget shortfalls in the schools/universities).

In seriousness, look also in the classifieds in Ranch 99 bulletin board outside the main entrance. If can’t read the classifieds, find a friend that can. There was some guy that was doing a relocation back to Shanghai that sold his baby grand for like $1k. (corp relo)[/quote]

[NicMM]

Flu,

Thanks a lot for the information!

NicMM

[quote=flu]What are you, asian or something? You need a violin with that too? I’m just kidding…..

To help with your question….a friend has made the suggestion that a good place to get pianos is call up local schools/universities. They sometimes end up tossing older pianos…If you deal with the moving, it often ends up being free. She got a piano with one of the pedals missing for free. She just had to rent a truck to move it.

You won’t find a steinway or something like that, but it should meet your needs.

This might help too..

http://www.pianoadoption.com/free_pianos_CA.htm

(Don’t know if it’s fake or real). Check craigslist and/or call your local schools/universities. Also check theaters/etc… (It might be tougher these days due to budget shortfalls in the schools/universities).

In seriousness, look also in the classifieds in Ranch 99 bulletin board outside the main entrance. If can’t read the classifieds, find a friend that can. There was some guy that was doing a relocation back to Shanghai that sold his baby grand for like $1k. (corp relo)[/quote]

[NicMM]

Flu,

Thanks a lot for the information!

NicMM

[quote=flu]What are you, asian or something? You need a violin with that too? I’m just kidding…..

To help with your question….a friend has made the suggestion that a good place to get pianos is call up local schools/universities. They sometimes end up tossing older pianos…If you deal with the moving, it often ends up being free. She got a piano with one of the pedals missing for free. She just had to rent a truck to move it.

You won’t find a steinway or something like that, but it should meet your needs.

This might help too..

http://www.pianoadoption.com/free_pianos_CA.htm

(Don’t know if it’s fake or real). Check craigslist and/or call your local schools/universities. Also check theaters/etc… (It might be tougher these days due to budget shortfalls in the schools/universities).

In seriousness, look also in the classifieds in Ranch 99 bulletin board outside the main entrance. If can’t read the classifieds, find a friend that can. There was some guy that was doing a relocation back to Shanghai that sold his baby grand for like $1k. (corp relo)[/quote]

[NicMM]

Flu,

Thanks a lot for the information!

NicMM

[quote=flu]What are you, asian or something? You need a violin with that too? I’m just kidding…..

To help with your question….a friend has made the suggestion that a good place to get pianos is call up local schools/universities. They sometimes end up tossing older pianos…If you deal with the moving, it often ends up being free. She got a piano with one of the pedals missing for free. She just had to rent a truck to move it.

You won’t find a steinway or something like that, but it should meet your needs.

This might help too..

http://www.pianoadoption.com/free_pianos_CA.htm

(Don’t know if it’s fake or real). Check craigslist and/or call your local schools/universities. Also check theaters/etc… (It might be tougher these days due to budget shortfalls in the schools/universities).

In seriousness, look also in the classifieds in Ranch 99 bulletin board outside the main entrance. If can’t read the classifieds, find a friend that can. There was some guy that was doing a relocation back to Shanghai that sold his baby grand for like $1k. (corp relo)[/quote]

[NicMM]

Flu,

Your experience as a son really assured me a lot. So I will feel no guilty now :).

NicMM

[quote=flu][quote=NicMM]I have spent sometime on learning from websites such as Bluebook of Piano. I often encounter the message like “buy the best piano you can afford”…Also I heard that because the mechanical difference between the keyboard and piano, playing the keyboard actually can do bad to the hands of piano playing in a long run.

I have to admit, if it is for myself, I can easily put off such expensive purchase. But since it is for son, I kind of feeling guilty if I could afford it but didn’t buy.[/quote]

Um, if your son doesn’t like it, you’re really screwed because you’ll probably be in a predicament in which you’ll offer the piano free to anyone else that can move it themselves 🙂 Seriously, my parents were lucky that I wasn’t the first kid and that my sibling loved the piano. I played it a total of 2 years and hated it. My sibling played a total of 15 years, so it worked out for my parents.

you shouldn’t care about the first piano, unless you like to play yourself. Also, as a boy, I’m sure he probably will end up liking the outdoors more than playing the piano the at his age.

You don’t want to be that person that is selling the piano to some other person for 50-70% off of what you paid for…Because there are a lot of people in that category :)[/quote]

[NicMM]

Flu,

Your experience as a son really assured me a lot. So I will feel no guilty now :).

NicMM

[quote=flu][quote=NicMM]I have spent sometime on learning from websites such as Bluebook of Piano. I often encounter the message like “buy the best piano you can afford”…Also I heard that because the mechanical difference between the keyboard and piano, playing the keyboard actually can do bad to the hands of piano playing in a long run.

I have to admit, if it is for myself, I can easily put off such expensive purchase. But since it is for son, I kind of feeling guilty if I could afford it but didn’t buy.[/quote]

Um, if your son doesn’t like it, you’re really screwed because you’ll probably be in a predicament in which you’ll offer the piano free to anyone else that can move it themselves 🙂 Seriously, my parents were lucky that I wasn’t the first kid and that my sibling loved the piano. I played it a total of 2 years and hated it. My sibling played a total of 15 years, so it worked out for my parents.

you shouldn’t care about the first piano, unless you like to play yourself. Also, as a boy, I’m sure he probably will end up liking the outdoors more than playing the piano the at his age.

You don’t want to be that person that is selling the piano to some other person for 50-70% off of what you paid for…Because there are a lot of people in that category :)[/quote]

[NicMM]

Flu,

Your experience as a son really assured me a lot. So I will feel no guilty now :).

NicMM

[quote=flu][quote=NicMM]I have spent sometime on learning from websites such as Bluebook of Piano. I often encounter the message like “buy the best piano you can afford”…Also I heard that because the mechanical difference between the keyboard and piano, playing the keyboard actually can do bad to the hands of piano playing in a long run.

I have to admit, if it is for myself, I can easily put off such expensive purchase. But since it is for son, I kind of feeling guilty if I could afford it but didn’t buy.[/quote]

Um, if your son doesn’t like it, you’re really screwed because you’ll probably be in a predicament in which you’ll offer the piano free to anyone else that can move it themselves 🙂 Seriously, my parents were lucky that I wasn’t the first kid and that my sibling loved the piano. I played it a total of 2 years and hated it. My sibling played a total of 15 years, so it worked out for my parents.

you shouldn’t care about the first piano, unless you like to play yourself. Also, as a boy, I’m sure he probably will end up liking the outdoors more than playing the piano the at his age.

You don’t want to be that person that is selling the piano to some other person for 50-70% off of what you paid for…Because there are a lot of people in that category :)[/quote]

[NicMM]

Flu,

Your experience as a son really assured me a lot. So I will feel no guilty now :).

NicMM

[quote=flu][quote=NicMM]I have spent sometime on learning from websites such as Bluebook of Piano. I often encounter the message like “buy the best piano you can afford”…Also I heard that because the mechanical difference between the keyboard and piano, playing the keyboard actually can do bad to the hands of piano playing in a long run.

I have to admit, if it is for myself, I can easily put off such expensive purchase. But since it is for son, I kind of feeling guilty if I could afford it but didn’t buy.[/quote]

Um, if your son doesn’t like it, you’re really screwed because you’ll probably be in a predicament in which you’ll offer the piano free to anyone else that can move it themselves 🙂 Seriously, my parents were lucky that I wasn’t the first kid and that my sibling loved the piano. I played it a total of 2 years and hated it. My sibling played a total of 15 years, so it worked out for my parents.

you shouldn’t care about the first piano, unless you like to play yourself. Also, as a boy, I’m sure he probably will end up liking the outdoors more than playing the piano the at his age.

You don’t want to be that person that is selling the piano to some other person for 50-70% off of what you paid for…Because there are a lot of people in that category :)[/quote]

[NicMM]

Flu,

Your experience as a son really assured me a lot. So I will feel no guilty now :).

NicMM

[quote=flu][quote=NicMM]I have spent sometime on learning from websites such as Bluebook of Piano. I often encounter the message like “buy the best piano you can afford”…Also I heard that because the mechanical difference between the keyboard and piano, playing the keyboard actually can do bad to the hands of piano playing in a long run.

I have to admit, if it is for myself, I can easily put off such expensive purchase. But since it is for son, I kind of feeling guilty if I could afford it but didn’t buy.[/quote]

Um, if your son doesn’t like it, you’re really screwed because you’ll probably be in a predicament in which you’ll offer the piano free to anyone else that can move it themselves 🙂 Seriously, my parents were lucky that I wasn’t the first kid and that my sibling loved the piano. I played it a total of 2 years and hated it. My sibling played a total of 15 years, so it worked out for my parents.

you shouldn’t care about the first piano, unless you like to play yourself. Also, as a boy, I’m sure he probably will end up liking the outdoors more than playing the piano the at his age.

You don’t want to be that person that is selling the piano to some other person for 50-70% off of what you paid for…Because there are a lot of people in that category :)[/quote]

[TemekuT]

My 2 cents as a piano hobbyist: rent a piano for the first year! Later, if your child is progressing and wants to continue, shop for a used piano. Be sure to pay a piano tuner to assess any used piano you are considering so you know the extent of the work required to bring it to good condition. Pianos are complicated instruments and although you the parent may think one sounds “fine”, there may be annoying mechanical issues that I, the pianist, can feel and that detract from the overall nuance of the performance.

…loving my Yamaha C2 Grand but lusting after a Bechstein…

[TemekuT]

My 2 cents as a piano hobbyist: rent a piano for the first year! Later, if your child is progressing and wants to continue, shop for a used piano. Be sure to pay a piano tuner to assess any used piano you are considering so you know the extent of the work required to bring it to good condition. Pianos are complicated instruments and although you the parent may think one sounds “fine”, there may be annoying mechanical issues that I, the pianist, can feel and that detract from the overall nuance of the performance.

…loving my Yamaha C2 Grand but lusting after a Bechstein…

[TemekuT]

My 2 cents as a piano hobbyist: rent a piano for the first year! Later, if your child is progressing and wants to continue, shop for a used piano. Be sure to pay a piano tuner to assess any used piano you are considering so you know the extent of the work required to bring it to good condition. Pianos are complicated instruments and although you the parent may think one sounds “fine”, there may be annoying mechanical issues that I, the pianist, can feel and that detract from the overall nuance of the performance.

…loving my Yamaha C2 Grand but lusting after a Bechstein…

[TemekuT]

My 2 cents as a piano hobbyist: rent a piano for the first year! Later, if your child is progressing and wants to continue, shop for a used piano. Be sure to pay a piano tuner to assess any used piano you are considering so you know the extent of the work required to bring it to good condition. Pianos are complicated instruments and although you the parent may think one sounds “fine”, there may be annoying mechanical issues that I, the pianist, can feel and that detract from the overall nuance of the performance.

…loving my Yamaha C2 Grand but lusting after a Bechstein…

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