| How to Choose a Piano for Your Home | | | | require less maintenance than traditional pianos. Where |
| A piano graces a house like no other piece of furniture. | | | | as a traditional piano will require tuning, a digital piano will |
| Much like a television it provides a focal point for a | | | | always sound just as great as the day it was bought. |
| room. A piano provides an extra dimension while | | | | It's fair to say however that the digital piano lacks |
| entertaining, or simply in entertainment. It is a place to | | | | something in the style department. Many people |
| express one's creativity, to relax and unwind, a kind of | | | | consider buying pianos not simply for their sound |
| modern-day medication. The purchase of a piano is | | | | quality, but also for their beauty; a digital piano doesn't |
| not something to be taken lightly. Due to its expense | | | | provide this to the same degree. |
| and size, the piano really becomes a part of the family. | | | | The Difference Between a Grand and an Upright |
| The piano can spend many generations with one single | | | | Piano |
| family, so getting the initial choice right is vital. In this | | | | Generally speaking, the way we interact with both |
| article I aim to tackle the issue of buying a piano and | | | | types of piano is identical. They both have standard |
| examine the number of variables that one has to take | | | | keyboards. The main difference comes internally in the |
| into account. | | | | way the piano translates the key stroke into a physical |
| The initial consideration when one comes to purchase | | | | sound. The piano is effectively a hybrid between a |
| a piano is that of space. In modern houses space is | | | | stringed and percussion instrument. When you press |
| something of a commodity. The piano is going to be | | | | the key on the piano, a small hammer inside the piano |
| with you a long time so it's important that it sounds and | | | | is released and then hits the corresponding string. The |
| plays exactly as you would like it to. There are a | | | | string then vibrates and is left to do so allowing the |
| number of types of piano on offer, these include: | | | | sound to resonate. For this to happen, when the |
| Grand pianos | | | | hammer hits the string it must immediately bounce |
| Baby grand pianos | | | | back giving the string the ability to vibrate. The way a |
| Upright pianos | | | | piano does this is quite interesting and varies between |
| Digital pianos | | | | the styles of a piano. The upright piano relies wholly on |
| The best piano in any specific situation is wholly | | | | gravity for this action. The strings in the upright piano |
| dependent on the variables already mentioned. If one | | | | run vertically meaning that when the hammer hits a |
| has space in which to put it, a grand piano is a great | | | | string, the piano relies on gravity to take the hammer |
| option providing a true air of sophistication. It is true to | | | | away again. In a grand piano however, the strings are |
| say however that there are not many homes that | | | | laid horizontally, this creates an interesting engineering |
| could accompany such a large piece of furniture. In | | | | problem. In a grand piano the hammers hit the strings |
| which case one might consider a baby grand piano. | | | | from the side and so cannot rely on gravity to take |
| Like the traditional grand piano, a baby grand piano has | | | | them back to the starting position. Because grand |
| the same action and sound but can take up | | | | pianos rely not on gravity but on the quality of their |
| considerably less space in the house. The baby grand | | | | internal mechanism, the build quality of a grand piano is |
| piano can fit quite comfortably into a modern home. | | | | very important. |
| Then we have perhaps the most common of all home | | | | New or Used Pianos? |
| pianos, that of the upright piano. The upright piano sits | | | | With some products it's always better to buy new, |
| snugly up against the wall and has a much smaller | | | | with pianos however this isn't necessarily the case. |
| profile than a grand or baby grand piano. This type of | | | | Many people agree that older pianos resonate a richer |
| piano however produces a different sound from that | | | | and more mature sound than their newer counterparts. |
| of a grand piano and provides less of an impressive | | | | For people on a budget, the used piano may well be |
| focal point for a room. Lastly we have digital pianos. | | | | the option. So whether it be digital, traditional, grand, |
| These pianos come in the grand, baby grand and | | | | baby grand or upright, I hope I've given you all |
| upright varieties. They run on electricity and therefore | | | | something to consider. |