Hi I was wonderin if anyone could help out with my problem!?!?!?

I'm planning on gettin a piano, the one i have is digital and i feel when i go to perform for my exam its a totally different feel!! soo i was hoping to get an acoustic but they're £1000! and i dont have tht money! HELP WHAT CAN I DO???

Oh ye can piano's go upstairs easily??

If you're looking to move the piano upstairs, you'd probably be better off with a good quality, weighted digital piano. Not sure which make you are using at the moment - the best ones IMO are produced by Roland and Yamaha.

I used a Roland up to grade 4 - you can get one second hand for around £300-400, maybe cheaper. They're not the same as an acoustic but not a bad option if space and finances are limited. If you search the Forums you'll find endless discussions on digital vs acoustic pianos. The bottom line is that a good digital is better than a bad acoustic. And you can definitely get a digital up a flight of stairs!

Good luck in your piano hunting!

I agree. My flat is on the 6th floor and originally I was looking to buy an acoustic (with some sort of silent system for practical reasons) but to take the piano upstairs they charge per step(!!) or I could have the piano hauled up through the balcony (I didn't even dare ask whether I'd need to hire a crane as well ) So I ended up with a Roland digital which I'm very happy with. Of course it's not exactly the same as an acoustic but still very good and I never have any problem "adjusting" to my teacher's grand nor any acoustic pianos (when I can get my hands on one).

One solution to the high price of pianos is old fashioned Hire-Purchase, which most piano shops offer. You pay a weekly orr monthly rental fee (quite modest for a second hand upright), and at the end of 5 years the piano is yours. They claim that its a 0% interest loan, but it isn't really - if you buy the same piano outright for cash you get a hefty discount off the sticker price.

As for getting pianos upstairs. All specialist piano movers and many general house-movers can do this, but the specialist is the better bet. They have the equipment and they are used to doing it. You would be amazed at the narrow tricky spaces they can maneuver through, and the ease with which they shift a lump of upwards of 500 lbs of wood and metal.

A lot of shops include delivery in the price.

Our local paper is full of 'free for uplift' pianos. Yes, most of them aren't great but sometimes you can find a good one that stays in tune for longer than a month...

Mines is a Casio PX-700 it was fantastic at the begining but then the sound started, well, not to be as bright and happy.
But i'll look out for adverts in newspapers and maybe try to keep the piano in the dining room!!

Thanks for your comments!!