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throwaway17373805/04/20251 replyview on HN

Did you look into how much it costs to move it and have it tuned? It’s a significant fraction of the supposed savings.


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pclmulqdq05/04/2025

Yeah, free pianos are usually being sold at the appropriate market price. Often they are badly beat up: the action may not have been maintained, the strings may have been detuning for 5+ years, some notes may not even be tunable any more. On top of that, the moving and setup costs are huge.