Buying a used piano?

What does a used piano, in good shape, tuned, and small enough for home, cost, roughly? We live in a small town, so I'm really going to have to look to find one. I did see electric roll-out keyboards for sale, but how do they sound? Thanks! (On the plus side, nobody would see or hear from me again!)

love,

Sopranette

 

I'm still looking through freecycle to find one. I went to Amazon to look at roll up ones, but they are all synthetic sounding, it seems. I saw a couple of old uprights in the basement of our church. I don't know if they're still being used. I'd love to ask about maybe buying one (DH could bring it home in his truck), but I'm still new to this church, and believe it or not, I'm very shy about asking. Our pastor would think I'm a nut!
When we bought this house, there was an upright piano, unused, sitting in the living room. The owners said we could have it, they didn't want to be bothered with moving it. Weelll, day we moved in..what was gone? You guessed it! (They also left a huge plowing attachment for an antique tractor in our shed, but took the tractor). Must have been pure spite, on his part, for whatever reason.

Love,

Sopranette

 

I'm STILL trying to find even one piano on freecycle...the site is huge! Am I going about it wrong, or is there a certain way to find what you're looking for?

love,

Sopranette

 

The subject line doesn't come up on my screen... old computer!

update: I called our pastor (it's easier for me to ask over the phone) about the pianos, and he said one might be available! He said it had been for auction, and someone had made a small bid, but had never picked it up. He's going to check and see if the man still wants it (after a couple years, I would say no, right?) It's not fancy, but neither am I! And he's not going to charge me anything for it! The Lord DOES work in mysterious ways! I'm going to choir practice tonight, so I'll see our pastor then. Maybe he'll have some good news!

love,

Sopranette

[Hey Sop, Keep your language clean.
This is a family board.
DHK ]

 

Okay, I'm going to confess something...I don't like choir. I'm not a people person. And I don't like new music. I prefere old hymns. Plus...doing practice at almost 8 o'clock is too much for me, having to wake up at 7 o'clock! If get the piono, I'll practice by myself. Is it wrong? I'll still sing with the old hymns, playing by myself for myself. I dont like the gosple songs. I don't like "new" songs, gosple and southlern style country stuff. Tracks and all that! There...I said it!


love,

sopranette

 

Singing with a choir just seems to be so stifiling, to me. I cannot seem to vary from the set directions right there in black and white. That's boring. We sang one of our first christmas songs last night. The music director was almost in tears over this song, when I just felt...well, nothing. Actually, come to think of it, every song follows the same pattern, soft, then building up to some crescendo. And some of the country stuff just sounds a little hokey. "New Kid In Town"? C'mon now! Harsh words, I know. They have done this for a number of years apparently, and being the new kid, it's not my place to say anything. She was just lamenting over the fact that the choir had dropped down to almost half in the past few years. Well, it's not the fault of the singers; there are some really impressive singers in there. I just doubt they'd be willing to try something with more life, more depth, some fire, especially at 8 or 9 o'clock in the middle of the week. So the piano will bring me some satisfaction with being able to play music that touches me, without interferring with the choir's set course of action.

love,

Sopranette

 

Then tell me, how am I, as part of a half hearted choir, feeling nothing over the words I'm singing, supposed to inspire others? Yes, in part, it does start with me. When you preach a message, do you just read what you've written down, and nothing else? I doubt it. It's the same with music.

love,

Sopranette

 

Okay, you win. As in all your posts. Actually, this board is always about being right, anyway, in your own minds. I know what I know, and you can't change that. So go on being "right". Talk about "me, me me"! This thread was about looking for a piano, not personal convictions. But that's the way it goes, it seems, on this site. Batttle after battle. Telling off one person after another... *yawn* Welcome to the "I'm always right, you are an imbicle" club.

Sopranette

 

Since when did using symbols become cursing? And how is this any of your concern, cc? This site...why does the simplest thread degenerate into he said, she said, all out brawl? I belong to secular sites that are tea parties compare to this!

Sopranette