Purchasing a Piano

Information about buying a piano: Piano Buyer Buying Guide

Interesting and helpful articles:

• Piano Buying Basics

• Advice about Used Pianos for Beginning Students

• Caring for your Piano

• How to make a Piano Room sound Grand

Where to Look for Buying a Piano in the San Jose area:

• Bay Area Piano Masters / San Mateo Piano (Kawai and Shigeru Kawai pianos) 

• Colton Piano Gallery in San Jose (Schimmel and other pianos)

• Steinway Piano Gallery in Los Altos

• Piedmont Piano Company in Oakland (variety of pre-owned pianos - always get a professional opinion before purchasing!)

  • Kassman Piano and DC Pianos also sell a variety of pre-owned pianos in Oakland 

• Best Piano Deals in San Jose (mostly pre-owned Yamaha and Kawai pianos)

• Craigslist and estate sales (used pianos sold by private sellers - always get a professional opinion before purchasing!)

Find a Registered Piano Technician (RPT) for piano tunings and/or professional opinions near you on the Piano Technicians Guild website

Piano Materials

Reading Books:

• Piano Town, lessons

Levels: primer, 1, 2, 3, 4

• Piano Town, performance

Levels: primer, 1, 2, 3, 4

• Piano Town Accompaniment Tracks

Primer, Level 1, Level 2

• Bastien Piano Basics, piano ("PIANO" should be pink and capitalized on the cover)

Levels: primer, 1, 2, 3, 4

• Bastien Piano Basics, performance ("PERFORMANCE" should be pink and capitalized on the cover)

Levels: primer, 1, 2, 3, 4

Music for Little Mozarts:

• Level 1 Books: Music Lesson Book 1, Music Recital Book 1, and Music Workbook 1

  • Music Lesson Book 1 Accompaniment tracks (Apple Music)

Theory Books:

Basics of Keyboard Theory, by Julie McIntosh Johnson

Levels: preparatory, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 

Recommended Metronome: Seiko Metronome