When Karen from Bellevue, WA came into Northwest Pianos, we started the exciting process of finding the perfect piano for her.
Karen was looking for a Yamaha C3 Grand Piano for her new home, and we had the perfect piano for her!
The process of finding the right piano starts with getting to know you! Once we figure out what size piano would work for your home, we ask about features and styles that are important to you.
Finding the right piano for your price range is always a rewarding feeling for us!
For Karen, she was about to move to Georgia, so wanted to be able to have her new piano shipped to her. We were able to coordinate shipping for her, and her new Yamaha C3 Grand looks absolutely gorgeous in her new home in Georgia!
She’s so happy with her purchase, and it fills us with such joy to know we were able to help her find her dream piano.
One of the most exciting shifts in the piano world right now is the rise of battery-powered, portable pianos. Instruments like Roland’s GO:PIANO88 show that full-sized keybeds, high-quality sound engines, and wireless operation can coexist. Roland
Across the U.S., piano sales have taken a nosedive. A recent CBS News article reported that in 2024, only 17,294 pianos were sold — compared to hundreds of thousands in past decades. CBS News The reason isn’t lack of interest in music; it’s economics, cultural change, and preference shifts. Young people are renting, using digital subscriptions, or choosing digital pianos as introductory tools.
In 2025, one of the most fascinating developments in piano technology is happening at the intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics, and musical expression. A research team recently introduced PANDORA, a diffusion-based policy learning framework that enables robotic hands to play piano pieces with precision and expressive nuance. The system uses language models to measure stylistic quality and musicality, blending human emotion with algorithmic accuracy. arXiv