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.

According to the Piano Technicians Guild (PTG), seasonal and even daily changes in humidity make a piano's wood parts swell and shrink. That affects tuning stability and how the keys feel.
In July 2026, Stanford reported on a study led by concert pianist Elizabeth Schumann, the Billie Bennett Director of Keyboard Programs at Stanford, with support from the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance.
Bonn — the city where Beethoven was born in 1770 — just wrapped up its month-long Beethovenfest, which ran from September 3 to October 3, 2026.
It was a homecoming in more ways than one. The festival's main venue, the Beethovenhalle, reopened in December 2025 after being closed for almost ten years of renovation. This September it was back at the center of the festival, with the London Symphony Orchestra opening the program.