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Buying a pre-owned piano from Freehold Music Center can be a great option for many customers, but buying a used piano privately can be dangerous and costly. What appears to be a rare bargain may prove to be a real liability. Unless you are a piano expert, your best assurance is to rely on the judgment of the most experienced dealer in your area with a proven record of integrity and fair dealing. It is unwise to pick up an old piano privately “to get started with”. A poor piano offers discouragement to the child and is at best a questionable investment for the parent. Here are just a few of the many danger areas encountered when a non-expert piano buyer buys a piano privately:

1. PLATE – may be cracked or broken which cripples the piano musically and renders it useless.
2. STRINGS – bass strings may be “tired and tubby”, totally devoid of tone,
3. SOUNDING BOARD – may be cracked or worse yet, may have lost crown to become tonally deficient.
4. RIBS – may be broken or pulled away from soundboard.
5. BRIDGES – may have lost proper bearing; be broken, split, or cracked, necessitating a major expense.
6. TUNING PINS – may be loose, may have been previously “doped”, may require oversized pins, may require a new pin block. Avoid like the plague any piano with pins showing evidence of having been pounded.
7. PIN BLOCK – may be split and is very costly to repair. Since this is concealed, experienced judgment is required.
8. ACTION – may be literally worn out rendering piano useless. If rebushing is required, this is very costly. A complete regulation requires much time of an expert and is expensive if properly done.
9. HAMMERS – may be worn out or improperly filed so as to require replacement. Another costly repair.
10. TRAP WORK – the internal leverage controls of the expression pedals may need complete overhauling.
 

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