The number of vintage upright pianos for sale has been increasing, with many being given away for free, reflecting a decrease in demand. The issue stems from the pianos being heavy and often out of tune, making them less appealing to buyers.
Janine Gosbee has been trying to give away a vintage upright piano, but hasn't had any takers. She's finding out the heavy old beauties are simply not wanted anymore. Janine Gosbee was surprised there were no takers for her vintage upright piano, 'considering I'm trying to give it away for free.' Scroll through an online for-sale site like Kijiji or Facebook Marketplace and you will almost always spot old upright pianos on offer, either for free or for a very, very low price.
The wooden pianos can be beautiful, but the ads tend to stay up a while because the instruments are very heavy to move and often out of tune. 'At one point in time, I thought at least every other home had a piano, because I could drive down the street and say, 'I've been there, I've been there, I've been there,'' says Mike Klomp, who has been tuning and repairing pianos on Prince Edward Island for more than 35 years. Klomp used to take free upright pianos, fix them up and sell them. Now he won't take them, because there is no market for them.This 'ski-ano' (yes, a piano on skis) is spreading joy in northern B.C. woods 'I couldn't even resell it, because the amount that I would have to put into it would exceed the amount I would ever get for it. It's unfortunate,' he said. Janine Gosbee of Cornwall, P.E.I., was given an old upright a few years ago, when her daughter started learning piano. But now her daughter is in a school band program, and has dropped piano lessons. Gosbee has had the piano listed as free for several weeks — but the ad has garnered only three lukewarm inquiries. Sometimes furniture makers or crafters can reuse parts of old pianos, including the cabinet or keys. 'Most of them were actually just asking about the measurements of the piano for a place to put it in their home. So that's kind of an issue too — just people having the space in their home for it,' Gosbee sai
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