Are you in the market for a new piano? Buying one is different than other purchases you make for your home.
Take a kitchen appliance, for instance. Let’s say your dishwasher breaks, and you need a new one. You do a little research, find out what separates the makes and the brands, and then start picking out features that mean the most to you. Want a quiet dishwasher? Want one with multiple cycles for different loads? You can find several that will do the job quite nicely. 
When you bring it home and install it, the dishwasher works as promised. And it will continue to do so week after week, month after month, year after year. As long as it is well maintained, it will continue to the job similarly over and over again.
That’s where the error occurs when people start shopping for a piano.
A piano is a piano, right? But that assumption isn’t accurate.
Because a piano is a living, breathing entity. It has a personality. It presents itself differently on any given day.
Maybe it’s because the piano has around 12,000 working parts in it. Maybe it’s because so many different things affect how a piano works and sounds.
Change the temperature in a room, and a piano can go flat or sharp.
When the air becomes dry, the sound can become brittle.
Add a little humidity, and the sound can become muffled.
But for most people, they don’t realize this when they start the search for a piano.
Some people buy a piano sight unseen. When they load it up and take it home, is it any wonder it doesn’t sound quite right?
And if the sound isn’t there, why would you want to play it every day?
If you are in the market for a piano, get in and play it. Tap the keys. Play a scale. Tinker out a melody. And listen.
Does it sound right to you? Do you connect with it? Can you see yourself making music together for years to come?
Only if the answer is yes is it time to buy.
