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Piano Buying
When people people hire a piano technician to service their piano, they expect that the technician will leave the piano in tune. This is a perfectly reasonable expectation. However, there are situations where it is impossible for the technician to leave your piano perfectly in tune.
Please do not get your beginning student a beat up, old piano. What are the chances they will enjoy playing the piano when given such an instrument? How well would a child enjoy skiing if they were shoved down a slope on some old wooden skis?
As a piano technician, I am often called upon to service pianos that people have newly acquired for free. Sometimes these pianos are legitimate, fully-functioning pianos. Most of the time they are not worth the fuel required to haul them to the dump.
