3 OPTIONS

I answer some of your questions

$40.00 CAD

Email exchange of questions about the piano you want to give away or buy.
Complete remote assessment OR help in choosing a piano

$125.00 CAD

You send me several photos and details. For the evaluation of a single piano, you can also send me a video. You will get a paper QUOTE sent by email. OR I help you find the best piano on the classified ads. We can review up to 30 pianos but I am already aware of the best deals and I can share them with you.
On-site assessment (in situ)

$200.00 CAD

I go to the person's home to assess the piano.

$40.00

$125.00

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The evaluations are below in the comment section

I've been helping people get the best piano at best possible price since 40 years.

It is important to hire the service of a professional to evaluate the piano you plan buying.

I will help you make an informed choice and avoid losing large amount of money.

Whether it be for a new or used piano, I am available for an online piano appraisal at only $125 (see comments bellow)

Complete/professional piano appraisal services with written report for:

Insurance claim after sinister
Any piano you have come across on the Internet
A piano you spotted on a classified ads portal
To sell your piano
Purchase of many pianos for a school or institution
Helping chose a piano and pick up the best in a piano store
A gift to a piano passionate and knowledgeable person and you want to make sure he gets the best
Get a piano for a jazz venue or other
Just to reward yourself and at the same time build a quality family legacy

Click here to pay $125.00

DISTANT PIANO APPRAISAL

For a COMPLETE appraisal including the date your piano was built and a written report, please click on the following button for a 100% secure server payment (I wont even see your credit card information)

Now ENHANCED with photos and graphics to illustrate the review!

Use the comment form at bottom of this page to send me information about your piano like:

Make
Model (upright piano, grand piano, table piano, etc.)
Serial Number (lift upper lid and the Serial number is on top of the iron plate for an upright piano and somewhere before the tuning pins on a grand piano)
Measure the height of the piano from floor to top on an upright and the longest distance possible on top of a grand piano lid.
Are the strings, tuning pins, or any metal parts rusted?
Does all the notes play?
Does it sound nice?

Following your $125 payment, I will answer your comment by private email so that you can send me photos of the inside of your piano by replying to my email.

Instructions for piano dismantling

PS if it's an upright piano, open the top lid and the front panel to take photos near hammers, mechanic and the strings. Under the keyboard, please take off the lower panel. It is held in place with only one spring. Take pictures of the strings, bridges and the soundboard. Just examine the inside of your piano and you will soon discover how to dismantle it. You wont need any tools.

Here is a (French) video from my PIANO TUNING TUTORIAL with which I teach piano tuning. You will have more instructions than necessary to take your photos but you will understand how the piano is built.

Don't forget to remove the lower panel under the keyboard and take photos:

PS note that this visual assessment from photos does not replace an "on site" assessment, that is to say in real. Therefore, it is not accompanied by any guarantee apart from my willingness to help you. You can also make a video with your Smartphone playing a chromatic scale from the highest note to the lowest and send this recording to me for a more accurate appraisal.

Click here to pay $125.00