Piano Buyers Guide

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Buying a piano is a major purchase and should not be considered lightly. We have purchased and/or serviced over 20,000 pianos in the last 45 years and know how easy it is to buy a lemon or pay too much! We believe piano owners should be educated and we
are we hope to help you develop a good understanding of this incredible instrument. Within this Buyers Guide, you will find as much educational information you will need to make the proper decision when you finally purchase your piano. A piano is typically a lifetime investment and you want to be sure you have no regrets.

The greatest advise one can exercise is, if you are buying a piano is to have a qualified piano technician do an evaluation for you. Without doing so you run the risk of buying a beautiful looking piano that is not tunable and whose repair cost can easily exceed it's value. At PianoUSA.com, we hope to be a resource for you in finding and establishing a long term relationship with a piano qualified technician in your area. Select technicians will have a “PianoUSA.com Certified” designation. These technicians have passed our Certification Criteria and qualify for this designation because of their exceptional skills and reputation. Through our network you will have the opportunity to have a qualified professional who is unbiased evaluate the instrument before you buy.

Preface:

Chapter 1: Who Sells Pianos?

Buying From An Individual
Buying a piano from an individual can work to your advantage but only when a technician serves as a protecting agent. Buying from an individual is a cost effective way and when combined with a qualified technician, you not only have a great savings, but the security knowing the piano is in good condition. There are pros and cons in with this method of purchasing a piano and you need to know the full picture.... (read more)

Buying From A Retail Dealer

Buying From A Retail Full Line Store is typically a safe way to buy a sound piano. You might pay slightly more but they provide totally different services. A buyer can gain an advantage by using an Agent/Technician as those within our Piano Network. We have relationships with exclusive brand dealers and also know exactly what they pay for the piano and can negotiate a price below what the average consumer can negotiate. The technician is typically paid a small evaluation fee or as with "PianoUSA.com Certified Technicians" are paid a small percentage of the total savings the technician has saved you from the sellers listing price and the actual negotiated price. Thus, you save hundreds to thousands of dollars.... (read more)

Buying From A Wholesaler or Technician

There are wholesalers who will sell to the public. CAUTION!!! Some wholesalers are piano brokers only. They "wheel and deal" pianos and typically are not piano technicians or are self taught wana-be technicians who really are only in the "furniture" business. They have been known to sell problem pianos to unsuspecting people and respond only with: "it's your piano now." The only piano wholesalers that one should buy from are professionally trained technicians or piano professionals with good credentials and who .... (read more)

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