I may be getting a free piano. It has been painted over, and needs work. I was thinking about restoring it, but know nothing about them. Anyone here know anything about pianos?

I can't find any info. online about the company or piano.

Well i got a piano here at my place but dam they cost a lot to move my friend cause they are very very heavy and whats wrong with the piano you getting? there should be a name in the piano that you can look up if you got the name and make of it? and whats wrong i maybe can give you info:) but some pianos not even worth fixing if they are huge and old cause some parts may be hard to find:) or may not play to well cause tone:)

Open up the hood of it should have name inside don't worry about the paint on outside cheers:)may have a code there to number and date it was made too:)

Pianist since 1985

My brother Buddy Lee taught himself how to play...

You got an opportunity...learn to play.

If you try once and give up...you are a p**sy.

If you try and fail then try again and again to succeed....then you id it right.

i hate it when they fall on you... that kinda sucks...

yes may break your feet unless good steel toe boots lolllllllllll

Yup, I figure my worst case scenario is that I receive a gift, and I have tried to learn the keyboard, and haven't really followed through. The piano can't be much different.

It's a Bremen 3/4? it has a number, 1381 it looks like. I can't find anything online about it though.

I'm not sure if it's playable or not, but I don't see how it can hurt to at least give it a shot and learn something new.

Moving cost is free - fuel costs. I can move it myself. I'm just wondering what I can do with it, IF it's still available. I see it as a great learning opportunity, at worst. Who knows? I may be able to make a little cash off of it, but that's not what I want it for.

I'm kinda thinking about fixing it up and giving to my grandma as a gift. I'm sure she would enjoy it.

I have a white one. Been playing it for years :)

Hi, a piano is a wonderful instrument and still have mine, started playing one when I was around seven or eight years old or so. I would recommend you use a piano mover which may cost you around $200 or more dollars. The sounding board is what makes or breaks a piano. It is the strings that are attached to each hammer for all the piano keys. Eighty eight keys then eighty eight strings, strings like a harp that is inside your piano. If it is not properly moved the sounding board may crack if a you hit too many bumps on the road. A piano when moved has to be secured soundly onto the vehile and wrapped/protected so it does not move or get bumped around.

You may want to pay for a piano tuner to see the piano you are buying so he or she may give you an idea of the sounding board's condition. A good piano tuner would know. If a piano is kept in an dry environment, they may be a good chance the sounding board would be in poorer condition. Wood needs moisture and the board hosts the strings, with a dry board the sound of the vibrations of the strings would make a difference in the sound the piano would make.

If you know nothing about piano and in order to invest your money wisely it would be good to learn more otherwise to restore it properly, better yet for you to hire someone to restore it for you. A piano is a delicate instrument and may be expensive to restore if new hammers, felts and keys are being replaced. As for the outside, it is the inside that is most important. For the sound a piano produces is by what the quality and shape of the inside of the instrument.

http://www.a2zyp.com/Repair+Shops+&+Related+Services/OH12.php <<< in Ohio different places that you can get info about your piano and repairs:) too cheers good luck my friend best to ask the stores cause theres so many makes and models and they will tell you exactly what you need and proper info cause i think there should be more then just 1381 and 3/4 but check that web shows numbers closer to you if your in Ohio whats on your profile cheers:)

Pianos are great from what I have seen in the movies...

if you hit a certain key pattern it can open a secret passage way in your mansion.

You can use them to break the hand of a henchman who has failed you. (Harlem Nights)

Jerry beat the hell out of Tom with them all the damned time.

Bugs bunny can play with his ears and toes when he visits.

Plus, they often appear in higher class porns.


As far as playing....I got nothing for you. I got a bad@#$ keyboard gathering dust in my storage shed.

Yay! I talked to them today, they still have the piano. I told them I would pick it up Tuesday, if they don't give it to anyone else by then. I'm a little excited about it now, but I'm not going to set my heart on it just yet.

I've moved pianos before, so I know to be careful. Thanks everyone for the helpful information, I knew I could cont on my good friends here at Mingle to help me out when needed. :)

Try once, give up --- p**sy.

Try and try and try and try... and try, and succeed --- you're doing it right.

Try and try and try and try... and try, and still no good --- what then, krupa?

You never try... and never quit, coz there is nothing to quit --- what then, krupa?

I believe any person has the right to quit any time, without needing to feel as p**sy. I have done that all over the landscape of my life, and nobody ever told me I was a p**sy for it. Not just with pianos, but with all kinds of other, unrelated stuff as well.

Failure is not easy to bear, if someone digs it in for us, well, how does that make one feel? for the digger, for the diggee.

If it's cheap and it's easy or cheap to move, or if it's free, then why not.

These days the electric pianos take up a much smaller space. They have better sound -- yes, the grand piano can be imitated perfectly, and improved, by electronic means. Violins are still a mystery to musical instrument makers, a Stradivarious still can't be equalled in a new violin. I don't know about other instruments.

But about pianos, I know that by now very cheap keyboards can be bought that not only do piano, grand piano sound perfectly, but with a few switches and a few nobs to turn, you can do almost anythign with them. They can be an orchestra, anything. They are programmable, too. Their key presses perfectly match the klaviatura of a piano, as far as how fast or how slow you press a key, or how far down. They have the same 'feel' as well: they have a bounce, a give, a resistance exaclty like a grand piano. And that can be set too, to make itself feel like an organ, a synthesizes, anything.


So if you are getting the piano for free, fine, it's a good, a very good project. But if you are serious about learning or playing, the cheapest and BEST thing to acquire is an electric piano keyboard.

Oh, and you can play the electric ones with earphones, so it's only you who hears yourself play -- no necessity to make the neighbours climb the walls during practice, or make them burn down your house and drive you out of town.

Sounds like an awesome gift. I would just be careful what you get yourself into. Moving them is a big job and because of their extream weight you can really do some damage so be careful. Maybe check your insurance and see if you need a rider policy. At least be sure you don't have it go thourgh the floor of your vehical or property.

I love re-doing old pieces so hope you have a lot of fun with the project. Cleaning a piano is defintely and art so you may want to really do your homework and get experienced tutor. You would really hate to damage it.

Such a valuable and often sentimental gift as a piano can sometimes come with "strings" attached. So I would think about it. Get somethig in writing maybe. Especially if it is a gift from and older person. Pianos sometimes are kind of "family" possessions and I have seen people get really emotional about having their family piano given away. Hate to see you get caught in a family fued.

The lucky thing is there are DVD's that can help teach you to play. I think taking lessons is from a skilled teacher is definitely a nice personal investment. I still remember my piano teacher fondly. Hopefully you will have the same great experience.

its all cool bro i hope you get that piano my friend you can even learn for free off of you tube :)people put there how to play and lessons its cool, but watch your back dude on lifting and have a great time with it i would also get a couple different quotes on tuning it and fixing it, cause some try to rip people off, cheers have a great day

I've had keyboards and guitars before. They have these kits that are not very expensive at all for learning, it has some books and stickers to put on the keys, may get one if the piano is worth fixing up for sound.

found this.

http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/271110/Bremen%20Piano.html

A Bremen is a Gulbransen by another name. They were made in a separate factory in Franklin Park, Illinois between 1952 and 1960.