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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 03, 2010 07:35 PM

Hi all,

My son took a piano lesson for his extra class. Now I have to buy a piano for him.

I was searching on classified ads an got surprised that many pianos were offered $3000 above. However, at the same time I also found Pianos offered for free ($0), so now I am confused.

Those free pianos were old (antiques) stuff. I know they need re-tuning. But I was tempted to have (for its uniqueness and for my son's class)

But why are they free? in fact some are really antique stuff such as a pumped piano, a player piano (can play itself), a made in 1890s piano, and even there was a "Wurltizer" piano offered for free, a name that so famous in the Jukebox industry.

Is that because the weight and the size? if so why no one offering jukebox for free, old and heavy item too [Big Grin]

(I wish, I wish...).

So what do you think if I get these free pianos for my son, is it good or bad for his piano lesson?

thanks

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Winbert

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 03, 2010 09:40 PM

Hey Winbert,

It has been one of my life's dreams to learn to play the piano. Nothing is stopping me but time, talent, and having one to play. (Translation: aint happening!)

The problem you run into with pianos is it's possible for them to get in pretty bad condition: right down to pressing a key and hearing nothing but a "tap" because the action isn't connected to the hammer anymore.

If you can go all the way through the 88 keys and at least hear some kind of note come out for every key, it's a good beginning. If not, it could get ugly in terms of cost of repairs.

Given the average kid's attention span, maybe it might be better to rent one for a while?

I once saw a guy that hated Pianos...called them "mechanical blunderbusses". I disagree: to me it's the most beautiful instrument ever created!

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Dan Lail
Film God

Posts: 2110
From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 03, 2010 11:09 PM

Winbert,

You might buy him a small portable electronic keyboard for starters, then if he shows interest, you can look for a huge back breaking room taking ominous overwhelming loud grandiose beautiful piano. [Big Grin]

One of the first gigs I did years ago was with a very inebriated piano player who announced he would be performing tonight on a Wurtilizer. [Eek!]

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Michael O'Regan
Film God

Posts: 3085
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Oct 2007

posted October 04, 2010 02:49 AM

I once had an intensely refreshed piano player throw up over his keyboard and just keep on playing through it (literally) as if nothing had happened.
[Big Grin]

I'd tend to agree with Dan - get a portable of some kind to begin with. There must be a million beautiful pianos lying around unused because the son or daughter lost interest.

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Douglas Meltzer
Moderator

Posts: 4554
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 04, 2010 04:27 PM

Winbert,

Antique pianos are wonderful, but they can be very costly to refurbish. I doubt if it would just need to be tuned. The sound board might need work, the felt and strings will probably need to be replaced, and there are often problems caused by humidity. A free piano that doesn't work is only useful as a display stand to put projectors on.

Doug

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