The cost to restore such a piano to good working condition could run $12,000 or more, which, unless it's a Steinway, is far more than the $4,000 or $5,000 it would take to buy a new one.

The piano, once the pride of many American living rooms, seems out of tune with a growing number of households. People who own old uprights, especially the oak and walnut ones, often have the same ...

A recent New York Times story about old pianos clearly struck, as it were, a chord. In case you missed it, the article reported that many pianos from the early decades of the 20th century — a ...

John Ficarra was the editor of Mad magazine from 1985 to 2018. It took all of 90 seconds for two workers to load my old Baldwin upright piano onto a dolly, roll it out my front door and position ...

Discovering that old upright in 1976 made Boston decide to teach himself to play piano. “I figured if I was going to mess around on an old piano, why not learn some older songs,” he said.

Covered by a glass case in The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland sits an old, plain and well-used Starck upright piano. It’s far from a beautiful concert stage piece. Those are almost always ...

Old upright pianos in Australia are facing a tipping point. The tuning life is running out for some pianos at the 100-year mark An estimated 10 pianos a week in each capital city are getting the ...