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If you are in the market for a piano upright, grand, or baby grand, it is a big commitment read this book first. If there is to be a piano in your future, the single indispensable reference is the piano book by larry fine. Moreover, the book is well written and fun to read. Yet when you shop for a piano youre up against a vast variety of brands, models, and styles, competing claims, and strange terminology. The piano technicians guild website includes more information, and you can buy several books and pamphlets that contain more details. Tips, guide for buying a new upright or grand piano. If you are buying a new piano, you also need to buy the yearly supplement book current version is 20012002 annual supplement to the piano book, also by larry fine. Download 20052006 annual supplement to the piano book. This book has chapters on how a piano works, buying a new piano, buying a used piano, piano moving, piano care, and a special chapter entitled a consumer guide to new and recently made pianos, which includes brand by brand listings and rankings in a number of categories.
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Not only is it, the indispensable guide for buying a piano, it contains wellwritten sections and diagrams on how a piano works, how to care for and maintain a piano and how to evaluate used pianos. Piano buyer is a semiannual piano buying guide that will help you make a fast informed decision concerning the purchase of a piano or digital piano. Hundreds of thousands of pianos are bought and sold each year, yet most people buy a piano with only the vaguest idea of. Thousands of small firms turned out millions of pianos during this time. This book is a onestop, uptodate information source for virtually everything you need to know about buying a pianoincluding the latest pricing. Finally, here is a book to guide you through the process with practical information on every aspect of buying a new or used piano. If you are buying either a new or used piano with strings as opposed to a purely digital no strings piano, you must buy this book. Piano tuning classic pianos of denver, colorado formerly.
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A piano is one of the most expensive purchases a household will ever make, and buying a piano can be difficult, confusing, and time consuming. Includes information on storage, inspecting individual new and used pianos, the special market for steinways, and more. Buying and owning a new or used piano by larry fine link to chapters to order this book there is one additional thing to be aware of when buying a used piano, particularily a used yamaha piano. How to sell or donate your piano selling a used piano can be a challenge. You can get a lot of advantage after read this book. How to buy and care for a piano for 30 years the piano consumers bible, now in its fourth edition.
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