pianorental.uk

Rent a beginner upright acoustic piano

A real piano with real strings and real hammers, not a keyboard. Ten pounds a week. No minimum contract, so if the lessons do not stick you send it back.

£10a week

Billed £40 every four weeks. Prices include VAT.

Check your postcode and book

The whole offer

Rental
£10 a week, billed £40 every four weeks in advance.
Delivery
£159 to a ground floor room. Collection at the end is included in that price, not charged again later.
Tuning
Tuned in your home about 10 days after delivery, once it has settled. Then tuned again every year. Both included.
Minimum term
None.
To send it back
Four weeks notice. Rental stops at the end of your next billing period and we collect it.
Stairs
£99 per floor, which covers carrying it up and back down again. First floor books online. Second floor needs a photo assessment first. We do not go higher.
Deposit
None. Card on file for the four-weekly payment.
Where
England, Scotland and Wales. Your postcode sets your delivery day.

How it works

  1. Check your postcodeEvery postcode area has a fixed day we are in it. That day is your delivery day and it is why this costs £10 a week and not £30.
  2. Book onlineYou pay the £159 delivery and your first four weeks today. That is £199 on a ground floor.
  3. We deliver and position itTwo of us, ground floor room of your choice. We have moved tens of thousands of pianos.
  4. A tuner comes outAbout 10 days later, once the piano has settled into your heating. Included.
  5. Keep it as long as you wantOr give four weeks notice and we collect it. Nothing more to pay.

The piano you get

A modern small upright. Full size keyboard, 88 keys, three pedals, in tune and ready to practise on. Makes like Yamaha, Kemble, Zender and Bentley, depending on what we have.

These are pianos that came to us through Piano Recycling and part exchange. Every one is checked over before it goes out, and anything that will not hold its tuning does not become a rental piano. They are second hand and they look it in places. They play properly, which is the part that matters when you are learning.

We do not rent digital pianos, grands or anything for events.

Questions

Is there really no minimum contract?

Correct. You give four weeks notice whenever you like and the rental ends at the end of your next four week billing period. In practice that means about eight weeks is the least anyone pays, because you have already paid for the period you are in.

What happens if we decide to keep it?

Talk to us. We would rather sell you the piano than drive out and collect it, so there is usually a sensible number to be had.

Who pays for tuning?

We cover the tune about 10 days after delivery and one tune every year after that. If you want it done more often than that, it is £79 and we will arrange it.

We live in a flat on the second floor.

Send us photos of the stairwell first and we will tell you honestly whether it is doable. Second floor is £99 per floor and only after that assessment. Third floor and above we turn down, because we would have to bring it back down again and the risk is not worth it to either of us.

Is there a lift in my building?

Only counts if it takes a piano. An upright is about 1.5 metres wide and most domestic lifts are not. The booking form asks, and if you are not sure, send a photo.

What if it gets damaged?

Normal wear is ours to deal with. Anything beyond that is yours, and most home contents policies will cover a rented piano if you tell them it is there. No deposit either way.

Can I choose which piano?

No. You get a checked, tuned, playable beginner upright from stock. That is how the price stays at £10 a week.

Why is the delivery charge £159 when the rental is so cheap?

Because moving a piano is the expensive part and we do it twice, once out to you and once back. The £159 covers both trips plus the tuner. The weekly price is low because the pianos came to us through recycling, so we are not paying off an instrument.

Ready?

Check your postcode, pick your day, done in a couple of minutes.

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