Why Getting a Free Piano Could Be a Bad Idea

Getting a free piano may seem like a good idea because, well after all it's free. You may think that all you have to do to get it in working condition is to get it tuned and it should be good to go. What most people don't know when getting a free piano is that in most cases the previous owner didn't have it tuned regularly and most of the time they hardly played it. This is probably one of the reasons the owner is trying to get rid of it for free. The problem is that it hasn't been tuned regularly so it takes a lot of work to get it in tune, very little playing and just sitting can cause lots of mechanical issues inside the piano as well. The tuning can be costly if it is really out of tune, but if there are repairs and other regulating issues that need to be fixed it can be very expensive to get it back into working condition. When tuning a piano that is very out of tune and has been sitting a long time most of the time the strings are in poor condition which could cause some of the strings to break. The solution to this problem is to have a piano technician look over any pianos you're interested in whether they are "free" or not. The piano technician will be able to tell you if the piano you are interested in is worth getting. Just because they are not giving it away for free doesn't necessarily mean the piano is in good condition. This will help save you money, resources, and time. You wouldn't want to get a piano just to find out it won't even play.