

The “book” part consists of a collection of how-to articles on the many aspects of buying a piano. Piano Buyer is a hybrid book/magazine/website. Piano Buyer is supported by advertising, but is editorially independent of any manufacturer or dealer. A smaller book, Piano Buyer Model & Price Supplement, containing only models and prices of acoustic pianos, and prices and specifications of digital pianos, is published in print form semiannaully.
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All the old feature articles are also available free online. In 2009, Piano Buyer was created to bring The Piano Book and Annual Supplement into the 21st century.Īt first published both online and in print, Piano Buyer became online-only in 2019, with the best articles from the previous decade saved in printed form in the book The Best of Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer. An Annual Supplement was published each year from 1996 to 2008 to keep the information on brands, models, and prices of new pianos up to date. The most recent, fourth, edition was published in 2001 and, though out of date in its coverage of new pianos, is still in print. It is the successor to The Piano Book and the Annual Supplement to The Piano Book.įor those not familiar with it, The Piano Book: Buying & Owning a New or Used Piano, by Larry Fine, first published in 1987, was, for many years, the principal consumer guide to buying an acoustic piano in the United States and Canada. Piano Buyer is a consumer guide to buying, selling, and maintaining new, used, and restored acoustic pianos and digital pianos, and is published online twice a year (Spring and Fall).
