The Beethoven Foundation accepts piano donations depending on condition of the piano. If your donation is accepted, they pick up your piano for free. Plus, you get a receipt with your donation for a tax deduction. Pianos for Education will pick up a piano in all 50 states for free.

View The Best Piano for Beginners Below

1. Alesis Recital | 88 Key Beginner Digital Piano. Find Lowest Price. Check Sweetwater Price.
2. Hamzer 61-key. CLICK HERE FOR PRICE. This one is a very affordably priced choice from Hamzer.
3. Casio SA76. Check Amazon Price.
4. LAGRIMA 88 Key. VIEW PRICE.
5. RockJam 54-Key. CLICK HERE FOR PRICE.

I’m here to tell you how to get one for free… or nearly free.

1. Craigslist. People are lining up to give away pianos for free or super cheap.
2. Ebay. A rarely-used (by me, at least) Ebay search setting could be the key to your free piano.
3. PianoAdoption.com.

The answer is: it depends. Old pianos can continue to sound wonderful for many years with regular maintenance and care, but even pianos that have deteriorated can often be restored to their former glory, and in many cases made to sound even better than when they were new.

40 to 50 years

When looking to acquire a used piano, age matters. If the piano is older than 40 years old, generally, take a pass on that piano. The exception to this is owner care. If the owner had the piano service annually, then a 40 year old piano is much better than a 25 year old piano that hasn’t been serviced even once.

Why are pianos more expensive than other instruments? The simple answer is because pianos are more expensive to manufacture than lesser quality instruments. Fact: Pianos are mostly made of wood. And not just your run-of-the-mill pine-lumber, but fancy shmancy mahogany and ivory.

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The Most Expensive Pianos

• John Lennon’s Steinway Model Z ($2.37 Million)
• Red Pops for (RED) Steinway ($1.925 Million)
• Kuhn Bösendorfer Grand Piano ($1.2 Million)
• Marilyn Monroe’s Baby Grand Piano ($662,500)
• The Casablanca Pianos ($602,500 & $3.4 Million)
• The Dying Swan ($409,000)
• Fazioli Brunei ($400,000)

Here are the world’s 10 most expensive pianos.

• Bösendorfer Opus 50 $750,000.
• Fazioli M Liminal by NYT Line $695,000.
• Fazioli Gold Leaf $450,000.
• Blüthner Supreme Edition with 24K Gold inlaid lid $420,000 and up.
• Boganyi $390,000.
• Blüthner Lucid Hive Extravaganza $200,000 and up.
• 2021 Piano Collection.