New Pianos in NJ

Are you looking to buy a piano in NJ? Rockaway Music offers a wide array of piano products and services including new pianos, used pianos, digital pianos, player pianos and many more...

Acclimatizing to a new piano

Getting a new piano is a great feeling for every aficionado, but considering how different people are with their playing styles, you need to ensure that you’re ready to go.


Here’s how to prepare your new beauty:

Have an easy warm up

If you have a new piano, then it might not be the best to test it out with music that you already worked on. A lot of the time, you’ll find that an unfamiliar piano can throw some nasty surprises at you- especially when you don’t know much about it and you’re playing anew song.


So, try to have an easy warm up that will help you to try the piano out. Most players warm up with a chord and a scale progression. You should play your scale in several octaves, so that you get to experience the piano’s full range. The chord progression will also help you to get a proper sense of how to balance the bass and treble. Keep in mind that you’ll also need to use the sustain pedal on the chords to familiarize yourself with the pedal.

Tune to the piano’s feel and sound

While you warm up with a new piano, you need to be in tune with the piano. If you just go through the motions, then you won’t be able to spot if there are some changes that need to be made. These are some important things you need to consider:

1. If the piano is in tune: You don’t want to play a piano that’s out of tune. It’s even worse when the piano is only partially out of tune- you’ll find that only a few keys will be off, and that can be really distracting.

2. The tone of the piano: It your piano mellow or bright? Do the notes ring out easily, or do you feel more like they’re trapped in the piano?

3. The ease of playing: The action of the keys for two pianos will never be the same. Some have loose action, while others tend to feel stiffer. There is an increased likelihood that your piano is at one end of the spectrum or the other. So, make sure that you get used to the piano before you start to play.

4. The piano’s range sound: A lot of the time, you’ll find different sounds on the low, middle, and high ranges of sound. So, you might find yourself trying to compensate as you play. If the bass keys are easier to play than the treble, you’ll want to tone the left hand down a bit. If the high notes are really loud and the lower notes are dull, then you want to increase the intensity on the left side.

5. Checking for physical problems: There are a lot of moving parts in every piano, and breaks are rather common. Becoming familiar with the piano will help you to understand if there are any issues you need to get fixed right away.

For more information about pianos in NJ, contact Rockaway Music at: (973) 984-8800

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Piano Sales in NJ

Are you looking to buy a piano in NJ? Rockaway Music offers a wide array of piano products and services including new pianos, used pianos, digital pianos, player pianos and many more...

Selling or donating your old piano

Organizing a piano sale for an old piano can be a bit of a challenge. For quite a while now, the value of pianos at all price levels have all but plummeted. Used pianos for sale are may more than the people looking to buy them, essentially meaning that buyers are able to get the best deals whenever they want to get a piano.


Several conditions have made it difficult to get a proper profit on a piano sale. Some of these factors are inherent to the used piano sales, whole others are just due to recent conditions. In general, some of them include:

1. The increased level of globalization and computerization of manufacturing processes. Essentially, these two have made it easy to get new, cheap consumer-grade products from places like Indonesia and China. Why struggle to attend a piano sale somewhere else, when you could just order a piano from China?

2. Digital pianos have also become the industry standard. They’ve become better in touch and tone, and thanks to the increase in the number of producers, prices have also falls significantly. So, for people on a limited budget, it might be better to just get a digital piano as opposed to purchasing an acoustic one

3. A lot of old people are now selling pianos that they no longer need. The increase in supply over demand has led to a significant price drop

4. The growth of the Internet- especially, websites such as Amazon, eBay, and Craigslist- has made it easy to purchase a used piano

5. A lot of people who organize piano sales are looking to move. This time pressure essentially makes them comfortable with selling for really low prices

There’s also the fact that if you have a limited budget, you might not be ready to move a piano to another location- especially now that there are quite a few costs that you need to pay to ensure that the piano is delivered in proper condition.


Regardless, a typical buyer cost will include:

1. Moving an upright piano will cost between $200 and $500. If you’re moving a grand piano, the you’re looking at paying up to $550 or $600. Costs could also increase due to shipping, if you’re moving the piano over a great distance or if the destination will be a tad challenging.

2. You could also end up paying between $200 and $300 to tune and pitch-raise a piano. Most pianos that are on sale will need a pitch raise, especially if they’ve not been used for years.

3. Repairs on pianos can cost between $200 and $400. Most pianos over 10 years will need this service done if they’re to sound good.

For more information about pianos in NJ, contact Rockaway Music

at: (973) 984-8800

Rockaway Music - Your Trusted Source For pianos in NJ.