Piano Shopping for the Working Musician
No matter what you decide, a carefully considered piano purchase will yield years of high-level music-making for the professional musician.
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Hannah Beckett
- Jun 14
- 3 min
Acoustic or Digital: What’s Best for Me?
Should you buy an acoustic or digital piano? Many factors play into this seemingly simple decision, some practical, some not.
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Hannah Beckett
- Jun 13
- 2 min
Staff Picks
We feel we owe some specific recommendations to the many readers who have requested them.
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Hannah Beckett
- Jun 13
- 7 min
A Map of the Market For New Pianos (‘Ratings’)
This chart and commentary are intended to provide the newcomer to the piano market with a simple summary of how this market is organized.
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Hannah Beckett
- Apr 12
- 9 min
Five Mistakes First-Time Piano Buyers Make
Having sold pianos for more than 50 years, I’ve seen my share of costly mistakes. Here are the five most common.
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Hannah Beckett
- Apr 12
- 13 min
The New-Piano Market Today
This article summarizes the history of U.S. piano sales, manufacturing, and imports over the last 50 years.
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Hannah Beckett
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Piano Buying Basics
An acoustic (traditional) piano can be one of the most expensive and difficult purchases most households will ever make. Why so difficulult?
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Hannah Beckett
- Jun 13, 2018
- 8 min
Sales Talk
Certain technical features of pianos are frequently the subject of sales talk, but do they matter?
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Hannah Beckett
- Apr 13, 2017
- 9 min
Dealer Preparation of New Pianos: Should I Buy a Piano out of the Crate?
Bringing the instrument back to the level of musicality intended by the manufacturer is the responsibility of the dealer.
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Hannah Beckett
- Oct 15, 2015
- 11 min
The Benefits of Laminated Soundboards
The soundboard remains one of the least understood components of the modern piano.
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Hannah Beckett
- Jun 13, 2014
- 5 min
About Piano Prices
The subject of piano pricing is difficult, complicated, and controversial. Honesty about pricing is resisted.
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Hannah Beckett
- Jun 13, 2011
- 13 min
Nontraditional Materials and the Piano
As long as pianos continue to be built, nontraditional materials will have a place in their construction.
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Hannah Beckett
- Sep 15, 2010
- 18 min
Buying a Grand Piano Less Than Five Feet Long
Great strides have been made in the intelligent design and construction of small pianos.
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