Top 12 Most Expensive Pianos | World’s Most Expensive Pianos

Most Expensive Pianos

If you’re even a moderate internet user, odds are over the last four or five years you’ve probably come across an article or video covering some of the world’s most expensive instruments. Pianos happen to stand out in this regard due to their size, cost to manufacture, and cultural significance throughout much of the world. […]

Piano Moving Fail | Estonia Grand Piano Destroyed | 7 Steps When Moving a Piano

Piano Moving

Piano Moving is supposed to be a boring, predictable, and relatively mundane part of the piano purchasing process, even an afterthought. And in many instances, this is the case. However, if many other instances, if the right questions aren’t asked and the piano movers properly prepped as to the type of space they’re moving the […]

Kawai KDP75 vs KDP120 Review | Successors to Kawai KDP70 & KDP110 Digital Pianos

Kawai KDP75 vs KDP120

Product refreshes are some of the most exciting times in the world of digital pianos. Whether it’s a beloved model getting an upgrade to make it even better, or a model that had some obvious flaws that are now getting addressed, there are a lot of different reasons to be excited about a product refresh. […]

Kawai CN201 vs Roland RP701 | Digital Piano Comparison

Kawai CN201 vs Roland RP701

With the massive improvement in digital piano technology over the past decade or so, it’s gotten to the point that even some mid-range models have emerged as legitimate alternatives to a used upright piano for many families seeking an instrument for a beginner or intermediate player. Today we’ll be comparing two such models as we […]

Yamaha vs Kawai | Differences Between Acoustic Pianos

Yamaha vs Kawai

Brands like Steinway and Bechstein are forever associated with the very origins of the piano industry, as well as the innovation of what really a lot of us think of as the modern piano. But few brands have had as large an impact on the modern piano industry as Kawai and Yamaha of Japan. In […]

Upright Pianos – Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Upright Pianos

Upright Pianos

In today’s we are talking about Upright Pianos – literally everything you need to know about Upright Piano. If you’re in the market for an upright piano, this is the article for you. We’re not going to tell you what piano to buy or how much money to spend, but we are going to cover […]

Where to Find the Kawai Serial Number & Where are Kawai Pianos Made?

kawai serial number

One of the questions we get on pretty much a daily basis from customers all over the world is where to find the Kawai serial number on their piano, and more specifically, where does Kawai put them on their acoustic pianos. This is of course very important information if you’re looking at a second-hand piano, […]

Upright vs Grand Pianos | Which is Better for You? | Common Misconceptions & Myths

Upright vs Grand Pianos

As one of North America’s largest piano retailers, we’re blessed to get to interact with piano shoppers looking for upright, grand and digital pianos face-to-face, every single day. As a result, we’ve been able to observe many of the common misconceptions a lot of people have with regard to upright vs grand pianos – specifically, […]

W Hoffmann T177 | Tradition Series | Grand Piano Review

W Hoffmann T177

The W. Hoffmann series of pianos from the C. Bechstein Europe parent company presents many choices for today’s piano buyer. The Vision series is the entry point to the line and offers a modern, handcrafted European piano from the Czech Republic for about the price of a professional Japanese instrument, while the top-end Professional series […]

Piano Buying Tips: 10 Common Mistakes People Make When Buying A Piano

Piano Buying Tips

Piano Buying Tips – 10 Mistakes to Look Out For Purchasing a first piano can be fairly intimidating, especially if you don’t already have a lot of experience with pianos. Fortunately, here at Merriam Pianos, we’ve seen the piano purchasing process through with literally thousands of customers since our inception, from beginners to concert-level piano […]