Pianos for Rent

Pianos for Rent

If you're thinking of pianos for rent, almost any type of piano you want is in the London area. Pianos are available for short term rentals for weddings, concerts, parties, and music festivals from the University of Western Ontario or long term on a monthly basis from us for your home.

We have Grands, Uprights, Digital Grands, and Digital Uprights available. Grand piano sizes range from 4' 7" to 7'6" and upright piano sizes range from apartment size to professional uprights. There is a wide variety of makes and finishes to suit your piano rental needs. We serve the home market and think our prices are quite reasonable.

All of our pianos for rent are tuned about 3 weeks after going out on rental and are delivered by the best piano movers in Ontario. You can visit our showroom and select which piano you would like to rent, and depending on availability, we try to provide whatever you like.

You can rent for as long as you wish with no obligation to buy. We have rented pianos to many visitors from Japan, China, South Korea, France, Germany, - in fact from all over Europe and Asia that wanted a piano from anywhere from 1 month to a couple of years.

During the entire rental period we will give you a credit of 100% towards the purchase of another piano - but not the one you rent. Because of the laws in Ontario, it cannot be the piano that you rent because if you go bankrupt the law interprets that situation as a "deemed purchase" and we lose the piano to the bankruptcy - even if you have not paid for it. (Guess how we learned that lesson.)

As you can see from the pictures on this page Plumb Pianos has a variety of new and used apartment-size pianos for rent available in different piano makes, sizes and colours to suit your style and space requirements. All of our pianos have full-sized keyboards and come with a bench.

Don't Buy A Keyboard and Here's Why

From years of experience in the piano industry and the piano lesson industry we have learned that the purchase of a keyboard is not a smart move. Believe me, it is better to rent than waste your money. There are several reasons.

1. Many keyboards have keys that are the too small and not the normal piano key size and students learn improper spatial co-ordination. When they outgrow the keyboard, they have to relearn this very important part of playing a piano.

2. Most keyboards are touch sensitive (the harder you hit the key the louder they sound), but they do not feel like a real piano. We find that when students finally get either an electric or acoustic piano, where the touch is weighted like a real piano, they progress much faster in their lessons. The reason for this is that they are practicing on one instrument and the teacher is teaching on a totally different animal.

3. Most keyboards only have 61 notes (some even worse with less) and students quickly run out of keys, usually within the first 6 months. We had a student that was still playing on a keyboard after more than 3 years. She was a grade A student in school, but struggled in her piano lessons. It certainly wasn't because she couldn't do it. She simply had the wrong tools for the job. Her parents never seemed to realize that you can cut down a tree with a steak knife - but progress is awful slow. Most kids get discouraged and quit long before the tree comes down.

Long Term Piano Rental Policies

You may rent either a new or used piano on a monthly basis. You may also do a rent-to-own program and apply 100% of your rental payments towards any piano.

The rates below are sample rates for electronic or acoustic pianos for a monthly rental period. Tuning is done after delivery. Any other tuning is 75% of our regular fee. Freight is charged for both to and from the location at the beginning of the rental period.

There is no minimum time period, however there is a minimum fee of $100 plus freight there and back - which costs about $130.

Electronic Piano $35.00 - 50.00 + tax

36" - 44" Acoustic $35.00 - 60.00 + tax

45" - 47" Acoustic $40.00 - 70.00 + tax

48" and taller Acoustic $50.00 - 85.00 + tax

Policies for Long Term Piano Rentals

1. A valid credit card number is required to pay for each month for the amount of the rental.

2. There is no minimum rental period but the minimum rent is $100.

3. Proof of Insurance is required from your insurance broker.

4. A deposit of $200.00 is required in case of damage. This will be returned after safe return of the instrument. Interest will not be paid on this deposit.

5. 1 Free tuning is included with each year of rental. If you want the piano tuned more often, the charge will be 75% of our current rates.

6. Any repairs or adjustments are free of charge.

7. We reserve the right to refuse rental for no reason at all.

8. 100% of rental payments may be used to purchase any piano other than the one rented. When the price of the one you want has been paid, we switch the piano.