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How much does a piano cost?

Typical cost
3,000–200,000 $

A keyboard instrument whose hammers strike strings under a cast-iron frame carrying about 20 tonnes of total string tension.

New uprights $4,000-10,000; new concert grands $150,000-250,000. Used uprights are often given away free.

By type

Pianos vary by type, so a single figure would be misleading.
Type Typical cost
upright piano 3,000–25,000 $
baby grand piano 10,000–60,000 $
concert grand piano 120,000–300,000 $

How that compares

Piano against things of a similar money.

Jet ski 6,000–25,000 $
Motorcycle 2,500–35,000 $
Golf cart 4,000–20,000 $
Piano 3,000–200,000 $
Hot tub 4,000–18,000 $
Photocopier 1,500–25,000 $
Tuba 2,000–30,000 $
Hospital bed 900–40,000 $

How to read this figure

The range here is wide, and that is the honest answer rather than a hedge: the cheap and expensive ends of this category are genuinely different products, and the price gap between them is real.

Prices are in US dollars and are indicative only. They date faster than anything else on this site — treat them as an order of magnitude. Installation, delivery and tax are excluded unless the note above says otherwise.

More about a piano

Common questions

How much does a piano cost?
A piano costs 3,000–200,000 $. New uprights $4,000-10,000; new concert grands $150,000-250,000. Used uprights are often given away free.
Which type of piano is the heaviest?
Of the types listed here, concert grand piano is the largest at 120,000–300,000 $.

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Sources

  1. Typical range compiled from manufacturer specifications — At One Place

How these figures are compiled and checked