Piano isn't like buying any other items, like sofa cushion or electrical item television set where you get a discount for buying the demo set. But it's far more wise to buy a piano that's been on the showroom floor for months or years than one that is coming right out of the crate.
Most (if not all) new pianos could use a bit of adjustment and certainly tuning after shipment from manufacturing facilities and after acclimating to their new environment during the early stages of ownership until they settle. Pianos that have been on display have had some amount of this sort of work done (some more, some less - depends on how good the store is). Beside a piano in the showroom floor, it actually have lots of other people may have also played on it. Thus, this will reduce the "breaking in" period and will have given the dealer time to work out issues that may have arisen with that piano in the course of it being played. With this, the actual piano will reduces the number of unforeseen and unpleasant surprises when you've played the actual piano that will be in your home later. Thus, this saves you money on technician time in the future. i.e. more bugs will have been worked out.
As a general rule (not an absolute), a piano out of the crate is unlikely, for the above stated reasons, to be much like the one you played in the showroom. It needs to be prepped and played for some time before it matures into the instrument you fell in love with. Furthermore, a piano coming out of the box will be different because no two pianos are alike (even the same model.)
Most (if not all) new pianos could use a bit of adjustment and certainly tuning after shipment from manufacturing facilities and after acclimating to their new environment during the early stages of ownership until they settle. Pianos that have been on display have had some amount of this sort of work done (some more, some less - depends on how good the store is). Beside a piano in the showroom floor, it actually have lots of other people may have also played on it. Thus, this will reduce the "breaking in" period and will have given the dealer time to work out issues that may have arisen with that piano in the course of it being played. With this, the actual piano will reduces the number of unforeseen and unpleasant surprises when you've played the actual piano that will be in your home later. Thus, this saves you money on technician time in the future. i.e. more bugs will have been worked out.
As a general rule (not an absolute), a piano out of the crate is unlikely, for the above stated reasons, to be much like the one you played in the showroom. It needs to be prepped and played for some time before it matures into the instrument you fell in love with. Furthermore, a piano coming out of the box will be different because no two pianos are alike (even the same model.)
