Saturday, November 12, 2011

Facts About Piano Restoration

Do you have an old piano sitting in your living room? Are you considering getting rid of your piano because it is an eye sore? If so, why not look into piano restoration. Piano restoration is a great way to restore the original beauty to your piano, but it also gives so much more.

One of the great things about pianos is how well they retain their value. Even better is that the older your piano is the more it is going to be worth. However, like with all other products the condition of the piano is going to affect how much value it retains. Piano restoration allows you to rebuild the piano to all its original glory, which also means an increase in the value. Once you have it restored in order to maintain its value make sure you take proper care of it!

Older pianos, specifically the ones built in the late part of the 19th century are some of the highest quality pianos ever built. If you happen to have one of those beauties sitting in your living room, it would be a shame to do anything but restore it. Today you will not be able to find any piano for sale that will match the quality and design of these older pianos.

One thing that people often overlook when it comes to piano restoration is that it will breathe new life into an old piano. Majority of the older pianos were built from the finest woods of their time, but they were also constructed entirely by hand. These qualities allow older pianos to be superior to newer pianos in terms of how they were built and how long they will last. This should come as no surprise as things today, pianos included, are often manufactured in other countries in mass quantities in some kind of manufacturing plant, all in terms of lowering the prices. Restoring an older piano increases the lifespan; it can then be passed on for generations!

Perhaps the biggest reason that piano restoration is so popular is because the piano being restored can be passed on through generations. In many cases parents pass down pianos to their children, the better the piano is built the longer it can be passed down from generation to generation. So that old beaten up piano sitting in your front room that was given to you by your mother is probably what one would consider a family heirloom, who knows how many generations it passed through before it got to you! Not only do these older pianos have an investment value, but they also have sentimental value, imagine sitting down and playing on a piano that has been in your family for a hundred years or even playing the same piano that your great grandmother played. Piano restoration makes all that possible, it is just like gaining back a lifelong friend!


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