Our Pianos

More than just a piano dealer

We are piano technicians as well. That means we don’t just sell pianos – we include a complete “prep,” which is a series of careful, final adjustments and thorough checking on every new piano that we sell. Kramer’s Piano Shop stocks an average of 90 pianos throughout five separate showrooms offering a wide variety of options. Choose from new and pre-owned acoustic pianos, including vertical pianos ranging in size from spinets, consoles, and studios to uprights, as well as, grands from baby grands to a 9′ concert grand.

Brands

Hailun

Established in 1995, Hailun is the only family-operated piano factory in China. Piano technicians, Chen Hailun and his wife, run the 400,000 sq ft, state-of-the-art factory, aspiring to build the best piano made in Asia. Hailun hired an impressive group of experts from Japan, Europe, and the U.S. to reach the highest quality standard. They also utilize the highest skilled workers by paying the highest wages for piano builders in China.

Knabe

Knabe pianos have a lot of history, originating in our backyard of Baltimore, MD. They are rated very highly in Larry fine’s New Piano Buyer’s Guide. Currently manufactured by Samick as a high-end piano, Samick has taken pains to build them using the specs of the Baltimore Knabe from back-in-the-day, only better. Their pianos feature lacquer finishes on the cabinetry, and Renner actions in their grand pianos.

Kohler & Campbell

A long established American company which was purchased by Samick Piano Company in 1996 and is now being manufactured under their direction and supervision. Samick has built a good, quality piano, far exceeding that of the original American company, combining great quality, performance, and workmanship with an affordable price.

Perzina Pianos

The Perzina (Perzina Brothers) Piano Company, established in Germany in 1871, was a prominent piano maker until WWI. In the 1990’s the company was purchased by Music Brokers International B.V. in the Netherlands. When manufacturing pianos in Germany was no longer economically viable, they moved the operation to Yantai, China. Since 2003, they have been building Perzina grands and verticals at their own factory.

Perzina verticals have several unique and interesting features, including a “floating” soundboard. It is unattached to the back at certain points for improved vibration. It also has a reverse or “concave” sounding board crown. As a result, Perzina pianos have a superior sound.

Their premium series of verticals come with Renner or Abel deluxe hammers. The cabinets of these pianos are beautiful, with deep, rich veneers, and great craftsmanship.

Over 90% of their parts come from Europe, including Degen copper-wound bass strings, Roslau strings, Delignit pinblocks, Renner hammers, English felts, European veneers, and Austrian white spruce sounding boards.

All Perzina grands have solid Austrian white spruce sounding boards, duplex scaling, and Renner AA or Abel hammers. A Perzina action is standard, with Detoa and Renner actions also available.

The pianos are unpacked in the U.S. and inspected, polished, regulated, and voiced before being shipped to the dealers. Perzina is one of the “Piano Buyer’s” staff picks of pianos that are recommended to the consumers, rated as musical standouts and good values. Perzina pianos are listed under intermediate-grade pianos in the “Buyer’s Guide” along with several other manufacturers of high quality, but for much less in price. You simply receive a lot for your money. We currently use Perzina pianos in our piano lesson studios.

Roland

Kramer’s has been a Roland digital piano dealer for over 25 years, and stocks models of entry level, middle, and high-end digital pianos. Roland digital pianos are well-known for their outstanding piano sound accompanied by the latest technology. Many schools, institutions, homes, studios, and churches utilize them.

We have them on our showroom floor so you can come in and try them out for yourself.

Preowned Pianos

Reconditioned

Includes:

  • 5-year warranty
  • 1 free tuning in home w/in 30 days of purchase
  • Delivery w/in 75 miles of the store
  • Piano Bench
  • See our Reconditioning Worksheet for a general checklist that we cover on our vertical pianos.

Rebuilt

Includes:

  • 10-year warranty
  • 1 free tuning in home w/in 30 days of purchase
  • Delivery w/in 100 miles of our store
  • Piano Bench

Dean’s List Pianos

Kramer’s Piano Shop has an alternative if you are looking for an inexpensive bargain piano.  We have developed our own inexpensive piano list for you to consider.  These are pianos that have not yet been reconditioned, so that you can purchase them at lower price points and decide for yourself how much work you would have done on the piano according to your budget.

How does the process work?

  • A thorough evaluation is done by owner/technician, Dean Kramer, who has over 45 years of experience.
  • You can customize the price of your piano according to your own budget. We will offer several possible options for you to consider for improving the piano, should you choose to do so. The amount of work varies for each piano due to several variables ranging from exterior work to interior improvements such as regulation.
  • We put a 30- day warranty on our Dean’s List pianos, however, should you choose a repair option for K.P.S. to do, then that work done will receive a 6 month warranty. Delivery is included up to 30 miles, if on the 1st floor and no more than 3 steps, and we put one tuning within 30 days with it as well.
  • A full reconditioning can always be done on the piano at a later date. Piano moving costs will be applied if the piano needs to be moved back to our store for the work to be done, and then delivered back to your home. Learn more about our piano reconditioning service. If we fully recondition a piano, it will receive a 5-year warranty, and delivery up to 75 miles, along with a tuning within 30 days of purchase.

 

 

What kinds of pianos are we offering?

  • Pianos with lots of life left on them.
  • Pianos with no structural problems.
  • Pianos that may not be popular in color or style to put on our sales floor.
  • Pianos that we have taken in on a trade and we don’t have enough space to keep it in our inventory.