Piano Price Point - Consumer Guide to Pianos

What is Piano Price Point? Piano information that has been gathered and sorted into price ranges, also known as price points. Simply, Piano Price Point is a free online comparative look at all makes and models of new acoustic pianos on the market today. Read About Us

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SEARCH NEW PIANOS BY PRICE (MSRP)

The Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) are prices established by each company, presented in $USD. The MSRP is the “List Price” of a piano. This is not the sale price of the piano but rather, the highest price the piano will be listed at. Often, stores may discount pianos heavily and so it is a good idea to shop locally to find what price a piano may be purchased for. By clicking on any of the price points below, you’ll be able to see all of the piano models available in that particular price range.

Upright Pianos Under $5,500 MSRP

Upright Pianos $5,500-$6,000 MSRP

Upright Pianos $6,000-$7,000 MSRP

Upright Pianos $7,000-$9,000 MSRP

Upright Pianos $9,000-$12,000 MSRP

Upright Pianos $12,000-$15,000 MSRP

Upright Pianos $15,000-$20,000 MSRP

Upright Pianos $20,000-$30,000 MSRP

Uprights Above $30,000 MSRP

Grand Under $13,000 MSRP

Grand Pianos $13,000-$15,000 MSRP

Grand Pianos $15,000-$17,000 MSRP

Grand Pianos $17,000-$21,000 MSRP

Grand Pianos $21,000-$26,000 MSRP

Grand Pianos $26,000-$35,000 MSRP

Grand Pianos $35,000-$45,000 MSRP

Grand Pianos $45,000-$55,000 MSRP

Grand Pianos $55,000-$65,000 MSRP

Grand Pianos $65,000-$80,000 MSRP

Grand Pianos $80,000-$100,000 MSRP

Grand Pianos $100,000-$140,000 MSRP

Grand Pianos Above $140,000

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

This compilation of articles is comprised of interviews and facts about how pianos are made. The interviews go direct to the source of piano manufacturers and parts makers. There are articles also written that help describe how pianos function. It is our intention at Piano Price Point to bring about education and deliver an accurate representation of the truth in the piano business.

Piano Touch with David Stanwood

I was speaking with someone recently about this blog post on touch, describing it as "an interview with a piano mathematician". "There are piano mathematicians?" was the reply. If people only knew how many calculations go into the engineering of a single instrument, they would be astounded. Today we have the privilege of speaking with David Stanwood, a piano technician who also happens to be a published author specializing in piano touch metrology. (Metrology being ...
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Visiting Pearl River Factory

On this latest trip to China, I managed to catch a glimpse into the transformation of Pearl River Piano. Already the largest piano company in the world manufacturing more than 130,000 pianos annually, Pearl River Piano has its sights set on even greater advancement. One hundred thirty thousand pianos annually equates into about 400 pianos being manufactured per day. Imagine though what it must be like to produce 400 pianos daily. With roughly 225 tuning ...
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NAMM 2018 Piano Review

This year in sunny Anaheim, California, the NAMM show once again had a fantastic display of beautiful pianos. From inexpensive to opulent, there are pianos for everyone to see and enjoy. Present this year (in alphabetical order of brand): Baldwin, Bluthner, Bösendorfer, Brodmann, Emerson, Fazioli, Geyer, Grotrian, Hailun, Hallet Davis, Hardman, Irmler, Kawai, Kayserburg, Knabe, Mason & Hamlin, Mendelssohn, Niendorf, Pearl River, Perzina, Ravenscroft, Ritmuller, Samick, Sauter, Schimmel, Schulze Pollmann, Schumann, Seiler, Wilh. Steinberg, Steinway, ...
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Baldwin Piano Then And Now

If you live in North America, you'll surely be aware that Baldwin is a household name. In fact, my first job involving pianos was in the local Baldwin dealership. They have been around since 1862 and were at one point the largest piano manufacturer in North America. At the NAMM trade show this year, I caught up with Tom Dorn (pictured on the right) as I was curious how Baldwin has changed over the last ...
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Visiting Petrof Piano

I walk up the stairs of the bell tower in the town of Hradec Králové (“City of the Queen”). The stone steps are worn because many have visited this monument built nearly 450 years ago. Massive beams are used to support the bell that appears to be about 5 feet tall. I think about the challenge of building a tower out of stone and then raising this 8 ton bell to a height of almost ...
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Hailun Piano Factory ~ A First Glimpse

Three weeks ago I was in a discussion with Basilios Strmec of Vienna International (North American distributers for Hailun, Petrof & Sauter) regarding the creation of virtual piano factory tours on Piano Price Point. After a slight pause his first response was, “Glen, how flexible are you?” “Pertaining to what exactly?” was my reply not having any clue where he was headed. “I’m leaving for China in 10 days and if you can clear your ...
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SEARCH NEW PIANOS BY BRAND

If you’re looking for the lineup of current models from a particular brand, simply click on the corresponding logo below. These brands represent the largest contingency of manufacturers in the world. Each piano maker has a different signature in methods of piano making and subsequently each brand offers something different musically. Combined, they represent hundreds of thousands of pianos made annually.

Seiler

Essex

Hallet-Davis

Irmler

Heintzman

Johannes-Seiler
Johannes Seiler logo

Sauter

Hailun

Young-Chang

Bechstein

Kingsburg

Hardman

Kawai

C-Bechstein

Kayserburg

W-Hoffmann

Albert-Weber

Baldwin

Ravenscroft

Mason-Hamlin

Cristofori

Wilh-Steinberg

Schimmel

Petrof

Brodmann

August-Forster

Steinway

Bluthner

Weber

Haessler

Bosendorfer

Fazioli
fazioli

Wyman

G-Steinberg

Ritmuller

Pearl-River

Estonia

Story-Clark

Samick

Pramberger

Shigeru-Kawai
Shigeru Kawai piano logo

Palatino

Steingraeber

Gerhard-Heintzman

Ronisch

Perzina

Grotrian

Boston

Knabe

Yamaha

Schulze-Pollmann

Zimmermann

SEARCH NEW PIANOS BY SIZE

There are 4 common sizes of upright pianos and 6 categories of grand sizes available. For a detailed description of each size, click on the desired size of piano. Upright pianos are qualified by height and grand pianos are measured by length. Assuming that most pianos have 88 standard-sized keys, piano width is similar. Depth of upright pianos range from 21″ to 27″ (52cm-67cm).

Console
Under 44.5" / 114cm

Studio
45-46.5" / 115-117cm

Professional
47-49" / 118-124cm

Lg-Professional
50-55" / 125-140cm

Baby-Grand
Under 5'5" / 1.65m

Medium-Grand
5'6"-5'10" / 1.67 - 1.77m

Large-Grand
5'11"-6'4" / 1.80 - 1.93m

Extra-Large-Grand
6'5"-6'11" / 1.98-2.10m

Semi-Concert-Grand
7'0"-8'6" / 2.12-2.60m

Concert-Grand
8'11-10'2" / 2.70-3.10m

RESEARCHING PIANOS

I’ve heard this statement many times before: “I’m just doing my research on what piano to buy”. But what does this actually mean? What do people research when they say that they’re examining a piano? Isn’t a piano just a piano? This series of 5 articles gives a foundation of components in piano manufacturing. Find out the subtle differences that vary from one maker to another.

Hammer Felt

Believe it or not, piano hammers are really varied. They might look the same from one piano to another but really they’re not. Here are some of the variables that make piano hammers so different: the felt quality, the wooden moulding, the manufacturing process, shaping and voicing. And the subtleties in each of those categories are so vast, we could speak about them for days. Continue Reading

Piano Rims

The rim is the outer wooden frame surrounding the soundboard. Generally, it is thought of as a rigid, reflective surface to bounce the sound waves back again into the soundboard. If you were to liken this to a drum, the skin would be the piano soundboard, freely oscillating and held firm at the perimeter by the drum rim and shell. But much of the character and the body of the tone come from the rim and the skin under compression. So too in piano manufacturing, the rim of the piano plays an important role in tonal character of the piano. Continue Reading

Soundboards

When doing research on pianos, what role does the soundboard play? After a key is struck on the piano, the hammer is activated to strike against the strings. The vibration of the strings, in turn transfers the vibration through the bridge to the soundboard. It’s the job of the soundboard to act as a transducer, transforming the vibrations of the strings into audible waves of sound. Continue Reading

Bridges

The soundboard magnifies the tone of the piano strings. The part responsible for this is called the bridge because it acts as a bridge between the strings (sound source) and the soundboard (amplifier). The bridge is one of the central pieces in piano manufacturing. Continue reading

Actions

To understand the differences in piano actions, we first need to look at the makeup of the components. Piano actions consist primarily of wood. Hornbeam and maple are used extensively for these parts. Steel is used for brackets while aluminum is often used for common rails connecting all of the parts for each of the 88 notes. Jointed parts are also made from nickel or chrome brass pins inserted into the wood and rotate quietly on cloth bushings. Continue Reading