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Pianos for hire and sale

Eshelby Pianos persevere to offer a wide variety of high-quality acoustic pianos for hire and sale as choosing and having a piano should be personal and meaningful. It is also a familial feature of a home, you should be able to get the piano that you want!

Because most of our pianos are available for both hire and sale, we have them listed together.

If it’s pianos, phone Eshelby Pianos!

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These are all of the upright pianos currently available.

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Arion Upright Piano (265)

Arion Upright Piano (265)

Serial number: 15095. Manufactured in 1897, this piano is a remarkable peri…

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B. Squire Upright Piano (120)

B. Squire Upright Piano (120)

On special, reduced price… Serial number: 66829. This piano was manuf…

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Bechstein Upright Piano (622)

Bechstein Upright Piano (622)

Serial number: 127392. This Model 8 was manufactured in Germany in 1926. Th…

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Bechstein Upright Piano (778)

Bechstein Upright Piano (778)

Serial number: 97529. This Model 8 upright piano was built in Berlin, Germa…

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Bentley Upright Piano (114)

Bentley Upright Piano (114)

Serial number: 60223. The piano was manufactured by the Bentley Piano Co. i…

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Bentley Upright Piano (285)

Bentley Upright Piano (285)

Serial number: 87962. This Bentley was manufactured in the 1950’s by the Be…

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Carl Ecke Upright Piano (460)

Carl Ecke Upright Piano (460)

Serial number: 18342. This superior quality piano was manufactured in Germa…

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Carl Weber Upright Piano (411)

Carl Weber Upright Piano (411)

This is a lovely looking small piano – a dainty, feminine feel accentuated …

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Danemann Upright Piano (201)

Danemann Upright Piano (201)

Serial number 77759. This Danemann was built in in the late 1950s, in Londo…

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Dienst Upright Piano (428)

Dienst Upright Piano (428)

Serial number 7841. Although not a very well-known brand, this piano is bol…

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Dietmann Upright Piano (429)

Dietmann Upright Piano (429)

It is surprising that the Dietmann brand is not as familiar as Otto Bach, a…

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Dietmann Upright Piano (713)

Dietmann Upright Piano (713)

Manufactured in Dietmann Factory in Wellington, the Western Cape, this pian…

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Eavestaff Upright Piano (013)

Eavestaff Upright Piano (013)

This ‘Eavestaff Pianette Minipiano’ was manufactured in London, England. Th…

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Ed. Seiler Upright Piano (770)

Ed. Seiler Upright Piano (770)

Serial number: 52972. Amidst the devastation and depression following the F…

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Fehle Upright Piano (008)

Fehle Upright Piano (008)

Serial number: 2702. This is a Scandinavian pianoforte with a light wood ca…

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Fritz Kuhla Upright Piano (505)

Fritz Kuhla Upright Piano (505)

Serial number: 15944; 94736. Fritz Kuhla is a very well-known and quality m…

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Fritz Kuhla Upright Piano (723)

Fritz Kuhla Upright Piano (723)

This piano was built in Langlau, Germany, in 1952. It is a Model U, standin…

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Gors & Kallmann Upright Piano (412)

Gors & Kallmann Upright Piano (412)

Manufactured in Berlin, Germany, this is an exceptionally good piano. It st…

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Gors & Kallmann Upright Piano (433)

Gors & Kallmann Upright Piano (433)

Serial number 120494. This piano was built in London in 1933 to the specifi…

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Gors & Kallmann Upright Piano (710)

Gors & Kallmann Upright Piano (710)

Serial numbers: 33485 and 3158. Pianos like this cannot be underestimated. …

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Haake Upright Piano (124)

Haake Upright Piano (124)

Serial number 34322. Built in Hannover in the late 1800’s, the piano has an…

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Hoffman Upright Piano (724)

Hoffman Upright Piano (724)

Serial number: 175451. This premier quality Hoffman piano was manufactured …

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Hoffmann Upright Piano (142)

Hoffmann Upright Piano (142)

On special, reduced price… Serial numbers: 17839; 3008. This piano was manu…

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Hoffmann Upright Piano (276)

Hoffmann Upright Piano (276)

Serial number: 898. This piano is a good example of a later South Africa ma…

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J.C. Campbell Upright Piano (125)

J.C. Campbell Upright Piano (125)

Serial number: 200813. Manufactured in America in about 1920, one expects t…

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John Brinsmead Upright Piano (127)

John Brinsmead Upright Piano (127)

Serial number: 80406. Manufactured in London in the early 1920’s, this pian…

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Kawai Upright Piano (654)

Kawai Upright Piano (654)

Serial number K14050. This K. Kawai upright was manufactured in Japan and r…

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Kemble Upright Piano (128)

Kemble Upright Piano (128)

Serial number: 102821. This Cameo Model Kemble was manufactured in the 1950…

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Kemble Upright Piano (236)

Kemble Upright Piano (236)

Serial number: 545565. This piano was manufactured in London in 1936 and ha…

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Kemble Upright Piano (289)

Kemble Upright Piano (289)

Serial number: 239361. This piano was manufactured in London in 1978 and re…

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Knight Upright Piano (012)

Knight Upright Piano (012)

This is a quality, good-looking piano with a mahogany casing. These pianos …

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Knight Upright Piano (207)

Knight Upright Piano (207)

Serial number: 6726043. Knight pianos are of a high-quality internal build …

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Max Halle Upright Piano (027)

Max Halle Upright Piano (027)

Serial number: 1917. This is a German piano, dating from around the 1930&#8…

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Monington & Weston Upright Piano (056)

Monington & Weston Upright Piano (056)

This piano was manufactured in London, England in the 1970’s. Repolis…

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Monington & Weston Upright Piano (068)

Monington & Weston Upright Piano (068)

Serial number: 65954. Manufactured in London, this is a lovely, compact pia…

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Niendorf Upright Piano (708)

Niendorf Upright Piano (708)

Serial number: 37963. This premier range quality piano was manufactured in …

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Otto Bach Upright Piano (029)

Otto Bach Upright Piano (029)

This is a lovely, tall piano with a rosewood casing manufactured in the Zim…

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Otto Bach Upright Piano (116)

Otto Bach Upright Piano (116)

Serial number 70259. This piano was manufactured in South Africa and it is …

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Otto Bach Upright Piano (216)

Otto Bach Upright Piano (216)

Serial number 6456846. Made in South Africa, likely in the mid 1970s. The c…

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Otto Bach Upright Piano (231)

Otto Bach Upright Piano (231)

Serial number: 16465. This Otto Bach was manufactured in the Zimmerman Fact…

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Otto Bach Upright Piano (243)

Otto Bach Upright Piano (243)

Serial number: 6456321. Otto Bach is likely the most well-known piano make …

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Otto Bach Upright Piano (261)

Otto Bach Upright Piano (261)

Serial number: 20300. This is a lovely example of the Otto Bach make. Altho…

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Otto Bach Upright Piano (328)

Otto Bach Upright Piano (328)

Serial numbers: 68479 & 38915. Finished in a satin sheen mahogany casin…

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Otto Bach Upright Piano (338)

Otto Bach Upright Piano (338)

Serial number: 68638. The piano was manufactured in the late 80’s in South …

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Otto Bach Upright Piano (367)

Otto Bach Upright Piano (367)

Serial number: 146130. This piano was made in South Africa and has a mahoga…

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Otto Bach Upright Piano (381)

Otto Bach Upright Piano (381)

This piano was manufactured in the Dietmann Factory in South Africa; it is …

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Otto Bach Upright Piano (445)

Otto Bach Upright Piano (445)

Serial number 17892; 95909. This piano was manufactured in South Africa, in…

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Otto Bach Upright Piano (502)

Otto Bach Upright Piano (502)

Serial number: 6557288. This Classic Model Otto Bach is proudly South Afric…

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Otto Bach Upright Piano (525)

Otto Bach Upright Piano (525)

Serial number: 6554581. This is a South African Otto Bach, built in the Die…

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Philadelphia and Lester Upright Piano (041)

Philadelphia and Lester Upright Piano (041)

This piano has a mahogany casing. It has a lovely console-design, the heigh…

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Rippen Upright Piano (101)

Rippen Upright Piano (101)

Serial number: 1372. This piano was manufactured in Holland, in 1960. The R…

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Rippen Upright Piano (321)

Rippen Upright Piano (321)

Serial number: 40418. This piano was manufactured during 1956-1959, in Holl…

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Rolex Upright Piano (736)

Rolex Upright Piano (736)

Serial number 20742. Rolex, built by the Nigashi-Nihon factory of Japan. De…

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Rosler Upright Piano (776)

Rosler Upright Piano (776)

Serial number 33425. Made in then Czechoslovakia in the 1950’s, this is the…

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Samick Upright Piano (700)

Samick Upright Piano (700)

Samick is a well-recognised Korean brand of piano. We have several of their…

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Samick Upright Piano (718)

Samick Upright Piano (718)

Serial number: 417303. Samick Model S-105. This piano was manufactured in K…

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Schiedmeyer Upright Piano (735)

Schiedmeyer Upright Piano (735)

Serial number 449/32 950. In a walnut re-polished case, this piano has a lo…

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Schimmel Upright Piano (662)

Schimmel Upright Piano (662)

Serial number: 186803. This Schimmel upright was manufactured in Braunsweig…

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Schimmel Upright Piano (663)

Schimmel Upright Piano (663)

Serial number: 240212. This Schimmel was built in Braunsweig, Germany 1983.…

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Schimmel Upright Piano (689)

Schimmel Upright Piano (689)

Serial number 46903. This Schimmel upright piano was built in Braunsweig, G…

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Steck Upright Piano (067)

Steck Upright Piano (067)

Serial number: 175146. This is a London-built Steck manufactured in the 193…

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Steck Upright Piano (129)

Steck Upright Piano (129)

Serial numbers: 54523, 12827 and 577. This piano was manufactured in London…

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Steinway Upright Piano (714)

Steinway Upright Piano (714)

Serial number: 347788. This Model 100 Steinway and Sons upright piano was m…

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Thurmer Upright Piano (234)

Thurmer Upright Piano (234)

Thürmer is a well-respected piano manufacturing firm in Meissen, Germany. T…

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Valentine Upright Piano (003)

Valentine Upright Piano (003)

Serial number 12889. Of English origin, this piano has a clean, neat mahoga…

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Weber Upright Piano (130)

Weber Upright Piano (130)

Serial number: 71278. Manufactured in London in 1914, this mahogany-cased p…

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Wickham Upright Piano (065)

Wickham Upright Piano (065)

Serial number: 300569; 7971. Relabelled Otto Bach, this console piano, with…

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Yamaha Upright Piano (603)

Yamaha Upright Piano (603)

Serial number: 972024. This spinet model piano was manufactured in Japan in…

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Yamaha Upright Piano (627)

Yamaha Upright Piano (627)

Serial number: 313000. Rebranded Edward Fischer, this Yamaha was manufactur…

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Yamaha Upright Piano (657)

Yamaha Upright Piano (657)

Serial number 3513188. This Model M5J Yamaha upright was manufactured in Ja…

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Yamaha Upright Piano (658)

Yamaha Upright Piano (658)

Serial number: 1083938. This Console model Yamaha was manufactured in Japan…

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Yamaha Upright Piano (665)

Yamaha Upright Piano (665)

Serial number D1975519. This Model U1 Yamaha was built in Japan in the 1970…

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Yamaha Upright Piano (706)

Yamaha Upright Piano (706)

Serial number: B 165801. This piano was manufactured in Japan and has what …

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Yamaha Upright Piano (709)

Yamaha Upright Piano (709)

Serial number: 1093687. This Model U3 Yamaha was manufactured in Japan in 1…

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Yamaha Upright Piano (732)

Yamaha Upright Piano (732)

Serial number: 869915. This piano was manufactured in Japan. This model Yam…

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Yamaha Upright Piano (755)

Yamaha Upright Piano (755)

Serial number: D3082153. This Model M1J was manufactured in Japan in 1980. …

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Young Chang Upright Piano (672)

Young Chang Upright Piano (672)

Serial number: 75881. This Model 108C Young Chang was built in the later 19…

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Young Chang Upright Piano (674)

Young Chang Upright Piano (674)

Serial number: 0038612. This Model U121 Young Chang upright piano was manuf…

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Zimmermann Upright Piano (066)

Zimmermann Upright Piano (066)

Serial numbers: 229700; R1660. Manufactured in Germany in 1967, this piano …

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Zimmermann Upright Piano (390)

Zimmermann Upright Piano (390)

Serial number: 222694. This piano was manufactured in Germany. Zimmermann i…

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These are all of the grand pianos currently available.

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Allison Grand Piano (955)

Allison Grand Piano (955)

Serial number: 55277. This anomalous and attractive Allison grand piano was…

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Bechstein Grand Piano (908)

Bechstein Grand Piano (908)

The serial number 123179 means it was manufactured in 1923, in Berlin, Germ…

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Bösendorfer Grand Piano (942)

Bösendorfer Grand Piano (942)

Serial number: 27780. This piano was manufactured in Vienna, Austria, in 19…

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Carl Ecke Grand Piano (901)

Carl Ecke Grand Piano (901)

The piano was built in Germany in the 1930’s. The German pianos of th…

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Challen Grand Piano (952)

Challen Grand Piano (952)

Serial number: 73709. This piano was manufactured in London in 1950. It has…

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Gors & Kallmann Grand Piano (935)

Gors & Kallmann Grand Piano (935)

Serial number: 63227. This piano was manufactured in Berlin, Germany. It ha…

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Ibach Grand Piano (932)

Ibach Grand Piano (932)

Serial number: 83747. This piano was built in Germany in 1921. Ibach is one…

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Metzler Grand Piano (926)

Metzler Grand Piano (926)

Serial number: 65163. This piano has small proportions and is finished in a…

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Monington & Weston Grand Piano (918)

Monington & Weston Grand Piano (918)

Serial number: 68265. This highly attractive grand was built in London in 1…

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Schiedmayer Grand Piano (921)

Schiedmayer Grand Piano (921)

This piano was manufactured in 1968. The model has beautiful cabriole legs …

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Steinway Grand Piano (909)

Steinway Grand Piano (909)

Serial number 291133. This is an exceptionally rare “modern” mo…

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Steinway Grand Piano (922)

Steinway Grand Piano (922)

Serial number: 219271. This Model M, 170 cm, Steinway was built in New York…

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Steinway Grand Piano (930)

Steinway Grand Piano (930)

Serial number: 393074; Model S. This piano was manufactured in Hamburg, Ger…

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Yamaha Grand Piano (953)

Yamaha Grand Piano (953)

Serial number: K J3783970. This Model GB1 Yamaha Grand was manufactured in …

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Yamaha Grand Piano (959)

Yamaha Grand Piano (959)

Serial number 6289303. This Model C1 Yamaha grand piano was manufactured in…

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Monthly Piano Hire

Eshelby Pianos supply quality acoustic pianos for rental/hire to areas in and around greater Johannesburg and Pretoria.

Hiring a piano is a great option if you are indecisive about which piano to buy, it is also a way to inexpensively see if a hobby is going to be long-term. As one continues to play, they are likely to develop a preference for the tone, touch and general feel of a piano. Each one is unique, even if it is made from the same manufacturer and is the same model.

Functional Piano Hire

Eshelby Pianos offer’s a substantial variety of distinguished grand and upright pianos for hire (view the pianos currently available) for short term hire: daily hire for special events – such as weddings, conferences, music videos – as well as for temporary hire – like music examinations, concerts, when your piano is being repaired or when a pianist is visiting.

Buying a piano

When you want to purchase a piano and look at at pianos for sale, it is always better to have an idea of what you are looking for as well as physically view and try out the piano in relation to others.

There are literally hundreds, possibly thousands, of makes out there, many of which are of the very best quality, but not necessarily well-known.

There are so many aspects to consider when purchasing a piano. We have detailed many considerations…