Piano lessons to meet your needs, since 2009
Piano lessons to meet your needs, since 2009
To make the most out of your piano lessons in Toronto, it is essential to have a piano at home to practise on. If you are a beginner piano student, you may be concerned about making the investment in purchasing a piano right away. As piano teachers in Toronto may tell you, this creates a catch 22 - you don't know whether you want to pursue learning piano until you try out a few piano lessons, but you can't successfully try a few piano lessons without having access to a piano to practise on during the week in between your piano lessons.
Thankfully, a middle-ground can be found with piano rentals. Several music shops and piano dealers in Toronto offer piano rentals at reasonable rates, allowing students a low-cost option to test the waters of piano playing without diving in to the big investment of buying a piano.
If you are on a tight budget - and if you are lucky - you may be able to borrow one of the two digital pianos available at the Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch. The Toronto Public Library is a great resource for piano teachers and piano students alike, and this is another example of the wonderful free musical offering they provide (in addition to piano practise rooms, piano sheet music, and audio collections). Visit the TPL website for more information about how to sign out a piano.
The next best thing to the Parkdale TPL's free digital pianos, is the Toronto Long and McQuade's low-cost piano and keyboard rentals. Starting from around $50/month for a decent 88-key keyboard, Long and McQuade's piano/keyboard rental prices are quite a steal. They also have daily and weekly piano rental rates, offering lots of flexibility as you get started with your piano lessons in Toronto.
For renting a real acoustic piano in Toronto, our first recommendation would be Paul Hahn & Co. Pianos in Rosedale. Paul Hahn & Co. has an outstanding collection of high-quality pianos, many of which are available as monthly rentals. They don't have monthly rental pricing on the website, so contact the piano shop directly or stop by the Toronto piano store location for more information.
If you are in North Toronto, it's well worth a trip to Cosmo Music in Richmond Hill. Cosmo has great piano rental offerings, with 100% of your rental payments applied towards your purchase if you decide to buy the piano within the first 90 days of renting. Click here to view their current Toronto piano rentals price list.
Piano teachers in Toronto are themselves a great resource when making decisions about buying or renting pianos in Toronto. At your first piano lesson in Toronto you will have a chance to ask all of your piano questions, so be sure to request your piano teacher's thoughts on the types of pianos they would suggest for you, and the piano stores in Toronto that carry them. One thing all piano teachers in Toronto will unanimously agree on is that it is essential to practise between your weekly piano lessons. Whether you rent a piano, buy a piano, or use one of the piano practise studios in Toronto, being prepared for each piano lesson will allow you to make quick progress, have more fun, and get more more value for the time and financial investment you put into piano lessons in Toronto.
