Tips For Novice Piano Shoppers

Our six year old daughter decided that she wasI learned that pianos are like automobiles. They value is
interested in delving into the world of music, andnever appreciated with time. The piano has in the
specifically the Piano. Hey! wait a minute.... rewind, itexcess of seven thousand friction points, that wear
was my wife's and my decision. Much to ourwith time and if humidity is not kept in check the
daughter's delight yet disappointment at being pluckedelements play havoc on its innards. So in reality antique
out of twinkle toeing at ballet classes and plunked intopianos are never like a piece of antique furniture. You
the world of the black and ivory, our little darling justmust never forget that they have a mechanism within
loves the piano now.them that has to be regularly maintained or else they
Well the first step to the process was finding a pianoprove to be just white elephants in the home.
instructor. For our own personal reasons we decidedSubsequent research on the topic of used pianos
against private tutorial and opted for the school instead.posed this question to me. Would you buy an old beat
The next step was to shop around for a Piano. Forup vehicle for your teen and expect him/her to learn
this I turned to my guru, Google. Yes the internet is thethe basics of driving without contending with safety
final frontier for sound advice. Tips from how to makeissues of the jalopy at the same time? Would that be
an elephant sneeze to how to bake carrot muffins,fair? How then can we expect our five or six year old
there is a plethora of information to be had. Howeverto excel in a new skill if we placed before them a
not for the faint hearted as you can be inundated withpiano that has seen better days?
information, that will confuse you. Discernment is theI am certainly not advocating against the acquisition of
key.used pianos, there are definitely scores of them out
Used or New? These were the questions I put out.there if regularly kept up could no doubt prove to be
Turns out that there are almost daily postings on sitesstunning instruments. But if you are faced with the
like Kijiji for used pianos. Because of our limitedchallenge of deciding on a piano for a young learner,
knowledge in Pianos, I spent hours on debating withthen and if it is financially feasible for you then please
myself.choose one that has not so much mileage.... if you get
Amid the mass of pianos offered by their somewhatmy drift. Your young musician will thank you in the long
sentimental owners, there are many great looking usedrun.
pianos out there, but the question is would they live upGood luck the musical aspirations of your child.
to the expectations of their new owners.