“The Piano Book” and “Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer”: Reference books for pianists and technicians

The Piano Book, long considered a reference bible on buying & owning a new or used piano. There’s also the book ‘Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer’, which is a popular supplement to the piano book. These two books are the go-to reference books for experienced piano players and technicians.

As the name suggests, The Piano Book: Buying & Owning a New or Used Piano is not a book on piano instruction but is an awesome book to understand about the internal mechanism of the piano.

Its indispensable to buyers and owners of pianos, amateur and professional players alike, especially if your preference is for acoustic pianos.

Hundreds of thousands of pianos are bought and sold each year, yet most people buy a piano with only the vaguest idea of what to look for as they make this major purchase.

The Piano Book evaluates and compares every brand and style of piano sold in the United States. There is information on piano moving and storage, inspecting individual new and used pianos, the special market for Steinways, and sales gimmicks to watch out for.

An annual supplement, sold separately to The Piano Book, lists current prices for more than 2,500 new piano models.

Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer: Supplement to The Piano Book

If you’re an experienced piano player, a technician or some how related with the piano business, you’ll need the Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer: Supplement to The Piano Book.

For long, the The Piano Book has been considered any pianist’s must-have reference book, and this is the latest supplement to that book.

It provides list prices for more than 4,000 currently manufactured acoustic and digital piano brands and models, as well as advice on how to estimate actual street prices to help negotiate the lowest possible price.

A newer version of the “Best of Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer” is now available. Edited by piano authority Larry Fine, this book contains articles on buying and caring for an acoustic piano or digital piano. The articles are written by Fine and other leading experts in the industry and is rightly being promoted as “The Definitive Guide to Buying and Caring for a Piano or Digital Piano” as there are not many other books out there that cover these topics in so much depth.

Summarizing the essentials of The Piano Book, this new resource goes beyond the basics to offer extensive details on digital pianos and reveals all the information necessary to differentiate between a good deal and a great deal when buying a piano.

Anyone in the market for a new or used piano—including teachers, technicians, students, and aficionados—can make a more informed purchase using this definitive guide.

If you’re thinking of spending a few grands on a piano, you might as well get this resource and get more knowledge about pianos.

Updated twice a year with the most accurate information, the manual fully covers piano manufacturers, instrument models, prices, and current trends and conditions in the piano market.

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