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Originally Posted by FastCarFan
As previously recommended, any used piano should be thoroughly checked out before purchase. A PPI, like with a used Porsche.
Interestingly, I think of a Steinway much like I think of a Porsche. Both are worth the $ & can cost a lot to maintain. But both offer true excellence & satisfaction, qualities often lacking in products today.
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I showed this thread to my wife yesterday... in addition to being wonderwife and working as a commercial banker during the day, she is a piano teacher (currently 16 students) in the evenings. She also has a bachelors in Music and has played for the last 26 years. Her comments were almost exactly what FastCarFan said above.
-Get a PPI (i.e. get to know someone who is at least a tuner or even better a professional restorer and have them check out the piano). A cracked soundboard is the equivalent of bad leakdown numbers on a 911... and can cost as much or more to repair.
-Pianos are like cars... she was a bit incredulous that the Porsche guys were discussing mass-produced Asian pianos.
FYI, she also likes Boston pianos... she once taught for an adult piano "camp" in VT which had 25 of them.
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Grant
In the stable: 1938 Buick Special model 41, 1963 Solex 2200, 1973 Vespa Primavera 125, 1974 Vespa Rally 200, 1986 VW Vanagon Syncro Westfalia, 1989 VW Doka Tristar, 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser, 2011 Pursuit 315 OS, 2022 Tesla Y
Gone but not forgotten: 1973 VW Beetle, 1989 Porsche 944, 2008 R56 Mini Cooper S
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