Annual Supplement to the Piano Book: Buying & Owning a New or Used Piano

Larry Fine's Supplement to the Piano Book is a definite buy if you're in the market for a piano. Excellent general overview of piano companies and their products + list prices for new pianos. Very informative and helpful if you're in the market for a new piano or are thinking of entering the market. It really is meant to supplement the Piano Book itself, unless you just want the current price lists and a short essay on the different piano companies. Most will probably find they really do need BOTH to make intelligent choices....especially if a used piano purchase is also a possibility.

Once I got my copy of the piano, I could hardly put it down. Being a piano enthusiast (and pianist) all my life, I was interested in the history of all the different piano manufacturers and how they rated one against the other. This book definitely does that and more. Also, having played a lot of different pianos (love those large grands, ha) during my life, and now owning both Yamaha C5 and Kawai KG5 grands, this book not only confirms my prior purchases; but also opens up many possibilities for future ownership of pianos from different manufacturers. As for the yearly supplements, these are a must, especialy in this climate of every changing situations with the different piano manufactureres, e.g. Baldwin, Chinese pianos, etc. Way to go, Larry Fine. We piano players salute you.

Once again, Larry Fine updates his extremely useful Piano Book. The basic information about pianos, piano makers, piano buying, etc. is all in "The Piano Book", and every couple of years he puts out a supplement. That way we can know what's improving and what to look out for. Thanks, Larry!

Very well written and complete. It includes the details that most of us not working in the piano field need in order to make a good decision.

Great book if you are shopping for a Piano. It gives you a wealth of information regarding pianos, piano manufacturers and the whole industry. This is the supplement to The Piano Book - so it has the updates on manufacturer reviews (lots of changes in the last 5 years due to Asian manufacturing, company mergers, and ones that are no longer in bus).