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When you click on a link for used pianos, most piano internet sites will display a long list of used pianos they have available.   However having been in this business a long time it is our opinion that it would be better to spend a little time educating our clients about pianos before we display our inventory which is constantly changing and at this point we cannot adequately keep our webb links up to date. If you want to skip this article and go right to the pictures skip down to the bottom of this page and click on the slide show link to see examples of the kind of used pianos we usually have in stock.

Our company not only sells pianos but we also service, rebuild and refurbish used pianos.   One of the most common questions asked is "how much do I have to spend to get a good used piano?"   Before we answer that question consider the following facts about the piano market.

FIRST     The price of almost anything is determined by supply and demand.   When there is a surplus of an item and it is relatively common, the price is lower. If gold was as common as pebbles then gold would be free for the picking.   Having said this it is a fact that you can get a piano for as little as nothing. I get calls almost every day from people wanting to give us there old pianos.  Most people are even happy to pay us to remove them.  These pianos are almost always worth what you pay for them or don't pay for them. The reason for this dilemma is that at one time in our country the piano was the entertainment center of every household.   There were no TV's or radios and the piano was the family entertainment center.   So almost every house had an old upright piano, and there are still many of these pianos left. They were amazingly well built to have lasted as long as they have.  Where else can you get so many 100 year old items that still work or can be made to function for the price that it would cost to repair and restore an old upright? However, all these old pianos need work, and unless you really know pianos most of them would cost you more to get working than they will be worth after you invest the money in them.

For example, I had one lady who purchased an old upright at an auction for $100.00 and then called us to move the piano, after all was said and done, she had more wrapped up in the piano than if she just bought a upright that we already worked up.  After we worked up a price on how much it would cost to fix the piano I suggested that she come and see what we have and she wound up buying a piano from us for the same price it would have cost to fix her auction bargain piano, and it was a far better instrument than the piano she already bought ever would be even after it was repaired.  I didn't want to tell her what we did with her $100.00 piano.   But I will tell you that it went where all bad pianos go when they are not worth fixing. Most people judge a piano only by its cabinet.   This is a grand mistake. (CLICK HERE TO SEE WHERE BAD PIANOS GO NICE CABINETS AND ALL).