How much is an average piano?

Question

What is the price range I should keep in mind, when buying my new piano? The piano will not be an electric keyboard, nor will it be a grand piano. Just those average ones. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

if you are in the uk and not that fussy you can get a standard upright piano pretty easily

look in your local free ads paper. i have one at the moment with 3 pianos free to collector.

i used to work for a removal company and they charged around £30/40 to collect and deliver a piano.

then you just gotta tune the damn thing...lol

Answer 2

The price range of pianos may often depend on:

1. Whether the piano is "new" versus a "used" or "preowned" piano;
2. The overall longest length of a set of bass strings which will determine the fullness of a piano, for example, there are spinet uprights, medium sized uprights and then the full studio model;
3. Whether the piano is produced by a major brand piano manufacturer, say Steinway, Bosendorfer, Fazioli versus Yamaha, Kawai, Boston, in which case, the quality and price are accorded brand entitlements;
4. How serious is the pianist when it comes to playing a piano, for example, is the pianist interested in the best sounding piano versus having a piece of piano "furniture," etc.

Once you can determine how to classify your piano needs as discussed above, then you can address the actual range of purchase prices. And should you take the easy solution and purchase according to a piano brand, it may not prove to be a worthwhile choice, since each instrument has a unique sound which cannot be mass produced.

If you choose to go with a very affordable, easy to tune, quick action piano, look into a Yamaha baby-grand piano [G series] or a Yamaha upright [Series U1, U2 or U3]. Prices at the low end for a used U1 upright start around $1,700 while a used baby-grand GA-1 [5' 3"] start at $3,500.

Keep an eye on craigslist.com for bargains.

Good luck!

Answer 3

That's a big question!

My local piano store has new and used upright and console pianos from about $500 to $5000. :-) Most folks start out in the $1500 - $3000 range, though. The piano I teach on cost about $2000. And it's not fancy at all, not impressive looking, but all my students tell me they like it more than than their own pianos -- I chose it for sound and touch! (And under the advice of my local piano store/expert, where I taught for 3 years.)

What you want is a good instrument that will hold pitch, that has a marvelous sound, and a touch that you like. That's why you can't just judge a piano by it's cover (how it looks). Each and every piano is different than the last.

Do you have a local place that sells pianos? Go and play every piano they have, even if it's chopsticks. You'll surprise yourself by very quickly identifying what you like and what you don't. :-) And don't worry, that's what you're supposed to do at piano stores.

Once you get a feel for what you like and what you don't, you'll be able to find a piano you love at whatever price range you're in.

Answer 4

go on ebay or craigslist.com and search for piano, that is always the fastest and most accurate way to find out what an item costs in the free market. Or go visit a music store.

Answer 5

$1500

Answer 6

This may not be what you're looking for, but there are a lot of Links on here.


http://www.concertpitchpiano.com/ListPrices.html

Answer 7

look into your yellow pages and make some calls.