Have an outside tuner check out any piano you want to buy. The owner is difficult and tough to…read morenegotiate with.

I purchased a used upright from Christine's Piano for a significant sum of money. It came with a…read moreten-year warranty and one free tuning. The first time I had the piano tuned by my own tuner, he told me that the piano had serious structural damage that was "extremely unusual for a high quality piano" and would prevent it from being kept in tune. The structural damage includes numerous sound board cracks, rib separation, and a splintered and cracked bass bridge. He also noted mouse urine staining inside the piano, showing it had been improperly stored and maintained in the past. Given the extensive damage, the piano is clearly not worth anywhere close to the amount of money that I paid for it. I contacted Christine and asked to return it for a refund. She refused, and claimed the warranty doesn't cover any of the damage. She offered to exchange the piano for another piano of the same make and model--if I paid her another $5,000, because the other piano was in "better condition." I do not recommend that anyone shop from this business. At the very least, do yourself a favor and have any piano from this business thoroughly inspected by your own independent piano technician before you make an offer.

Excellent service! Ask for Charlotte Woods, she is such an expert and is great with communication.read more

I had an amazing experience with Johnson's piano moving. I played for 18 years and gave it up after…read morecollege and have been wanting to get back into playing for years now. Johnson's has a warehouse with a few used pianos in varying conditions at an extremely affordable price with moving fees included! They allowed me to come and play the pianos and pick one to purchase and it was delivered 5 days later. The move was seamless, the crew called to give me a 30 min heads up and they were on time, professional, friendly, and got the piano up 2 flights of stairs in perfect condition in less than an hour. It has brought me so much joy to reclaim a childhood hobby at a truly affordable price and I could not be more grateful for the opportunity. Thank you Johnson!!!

The team was extremely careful and efficient- highly recommend them. My piano is an inherited baby…read moregrand so it's got some miles on it and they handled like a baby.

William was scheduled to tune the piano. He told me it was not yet ready for a tuning and…read morerescheduled that piece for October. Believe the care given and attention to climate control throughout the year in this house kept the piano in tune. William and I spoke of the concerns and issues with an 84 year old instrument and asked a variety of questions as to touch, key response, etc. After further discussion we decided to use this time to address those issues. His attention to detail, willingness to answer all questions, and good work made a noticeable improvement in key response/touch. I couldn't be happier with this young man's good work.

He was prompt very communicative and did a great job tuning our piano which had not been tuned for…read morea few years.

This is the place to go in the DMV if you're looking for a new Yamaha piano…read more We were first-time piano buyers looking for a new U1. From what I read online, most piano dealers will quote an MSRP or "SMP (suggested maximum price)" with the expectation that you will haggle down the price. We went to our local Yamaha dealer [not Downtown Piano Works] and met with a sales associate recommended by our piano teacher. His first offer was already less than MSRP: I'm terrible at haggling, but I figured I'd try anyway and ask for a better price. A day later, he came back with another $500 off the price. I was feeling pretty good about myself and was getting ready to go to the store before his "offer expired." On a whim, minutes before I left, I thought I'd try the next closest Yamaha dealer, which happened to be Downtown Piano Works. I typed a chat message into their website, expecting a canned AI answer. Instead, Dan, the owner, responded right away. He told me to call him on his cell phone, and without hearing the other store's "lowest" price, he quoted a price that was $1500 less. There was no haggling, no wondering if I was getting a worse deal than everyone else on the internet. We drove with the kids an hour to Frederick just to make sure this wasn't too good to be true, and it wasn't. Dan and Theresa opened their store on a Saturday night, three hours after I'd first messaged their website. By the time we left, we were the owners of a new Yamaha U1. If you're in the market for a new Yamaha acoustic piano, within driving distance of Frederick, and want to avoid the usual stress of new piano shopping, I'd definitely try clicking chat on their website.

I put a deposit down on a Clavinova 775…read more Well, first off world class customer service. Dan and Teresa were very nice and warm. Competitive pricing. Anyway, I had to cancel the order a few days later. Refunded me immediately. Honest and trustworthy owners! Thanks and sorry it didn't work out. Great music store!

Chaz has been tuning our piano for over 6 years! He arrives on time, tunes our piano, and then…read moreplays it beautifully to verify that it's in pitch. I highly recommend Pitch Perfect Tuning!

Always on time, always professional and clean, always a pitch perfect tuning!! I've used them for…read moremany years and highly recommend them!

I was ISO a Baby grand rental for friend. There many choices, we will be making a choice on the…read morefinal piano soon. They were very helpful.

Make sure to confirm actual tuning expected cost. I was quoted one thing and at time of tuning…read morecharged more due to the fact piano had not been tuned recently. Somehow some additional process (over-tuning? or repeat tuning ) was needed for the tuning and yet it took the same amount of time or less than it usualy took before by others. Price was a little on the high end to begin with and it took off even more. Given the time constraint for an event I had to bite the story and move on.