Step by Step Guide to Buying a Piano
Two: Determine Why You Want To Buy a Piano.

 
  As human beings, we are often times motivated by things that we don't actually bring to a conscious level of thought. When buying something, we expect the thing we buy to give us something we need and want.  Motivations are a very private thing, and we don't often share them with people that we don't know or trust.  In fact, we often don't even think about them consciously most of the time.  

If you are new to the buying process, you may discover that you will reach a major mental block somewhere along the way that stops you from proceeding in your piano purchase. This might be because you suddenly come up against some emotions that you just didn't expect.  As much as we like to think of ourselves as logical and rational people who make our buying decisions without a hitch, often the process of buying a piano has just the right blend of emotional content to give us a surprise. If we are expecting something from the piano that we didn't even think about, it can be an emotional experience to discover that what we thought we wanted is in fact in conflict with what we now realize we really want.  

It can be helpful to know what other buyers who have been through what you are going through now, feel have motivated them in their search for a piano. I have categorized the six most basic reasons people want to buy a piano.  As you read through them, consider whether any of these reasons apply to you.    

 

  
 

Select any of the following options that apply: 

I want a piano so that:

I can enjoy the music it produces. (This may be because I am playing it myself; my children, spouse or relatives are playing it, visitors or guest pianist's are playing it, or it will be played by an automated player mechanism of some type)

Others can enjoy the music it produces.  (This can include buying a piano to give children a piano to practice on during their piano studies, giving a piano as a gift to a spouse, child, grandchild, or just having a piano in your home so that others who come over can enjoy it when they are there)

To benefit someone important to me. (This can include buying a piano to give children a piano to practice on during their piano studies, giving a piano as a gift to a spouse, child, grandchild, or just having a piano in your home so that others who come over can enjoy it when they are there).

As an investment. (This includes wanting to get a good value for the money you pay, even if you don't intend to sell it.  It also includes having a sense of appreciation for something that goes up in value every year)

For it's romance value. (This includes wanting to have a piano with character, uniqueness and history.  Or wanting a piano that you can grow fond of and feel is something special, no matter what age it is)

To enhance my social environment and the social environment of those important to me.  (This includes wanting to have a piano that will  match the statement you have made with the furniture and other items of art in the room that surround the piano.  It includes knowing that your friends and those you care about will appreciate the piano as much as you do and that it will provide a rich basis for conversation and interest in social gatherings).

Take a minute to say in your own words why you want to buy a piano: 

 

       

 
 

 
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