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This article is from the Piano Purchase and Maintenance FAQ, by Isako Hoshino rmmpfaq@yahoo.com with numerous contributions by others.

2.1] I want to buy a piano. Where do I start?

Most of the questions asked in this newsgroup about piano
purchase and maintenance, if they can be answered at all, are
answered in the book, "The Piano Book: Buying & Owning A New
Or Used Piano" (Third edition, 1994, Brookside Press).
People who are new to the field are strongly recommended to
get hold of this book and read it.

The author of the book, Larry Fine, with the input of at
least a hundred other technicians nationwide, has spent the
last ten years and three editions of the book refining the
advice so the book is really the best place to start for this
kind of information. After reading the book, then one is
ready to hear and evaluate what others have to say on the
subject. If there are any questions or if you need
additional information beyond what is covered in the book,
everybody is welcome to post to RMMP. There are many
newsgroup members who are Registered Piano Technicians (RPT),
who are most qualified to give this advice and who, in this
newsgroup, have given the best advice.

For those with web access, you can also look at the
Electronic Piano Buying Guide at URL
http://www.golden.net/~mgd/pibg.htm for more information.

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