Keys
Piano and keyboard prices
Acoustic piano, digital piano, keyboard. The keys family holds the single biggest first-instrument decision most families ever make, and the gap between a used upright and a new grand is enormous. We lay out what each costs and where a digital piano is the honest better buy.
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Digital Piano Cost: Beginner to Stage Prices (2026)
$350–$6,000
What a digital piano costs in 2026: a weighted 88-key beginner model runs $350 to $500, intermediate instruments $600 to $1,000, and console pianos $1,000 to $2,500.
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Grand Piano Cost: Baby to Concert Grand Prices (2026)
$12,000–$220,000
What a grand piano really costs in 2026: a baby grand runs $12,000 to $35,000, a full-size grand $40,000 to $80,000 and up, and a concert grand $130,000 to $220,000 or more.
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Harpsichord Cost: Kit to Handmade Prices (2026)
$2,300–$40,000
What a harpsichord really costs in 2026: a self-build kit runs $2,300 to $7,000, an assembled single-manual instrument $12,500 to $29,000, and a custom double-manual harpsichord $30,000 to $40,000.
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Keyboard Piano Cost: Portable, Digital Piano, Synth Prices (2026)
$150–$6,000
What a keyboard costs in 2026: a portable keyboard runs $150 to $400, a weighted digital piano $320 to $2,700, and a synthesizer $500 to $6,000, depending on how much of each you actually need.
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Organ Cost: Home Digital to Pipe Organ Prices (2026)
$3,000–$1,000,000
What an organ really costs in 2026: a home digital organ runs $3,000 to $15,000, a larger church digital or hybrid organ $15,000 to $45,000, and a pipe organ $200,000 to over $1,000,000.
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Piano Cost: Digital, Upright, and Grand Prices (2026)
$350–$80,000
What a piano really costs in 2026: a good digital piano runs $350 to $1,500, an acoustic upright $3,000 to $12,000, and grand pianos $12,000 to $80,000 and beyond.
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Upright Piano Cost: Console to Professional Prices (2026)
$4,000–$24,500
What an upright piano really costs in 2026: a console runs $4,000 to $7,500, a studio upright $5,900 to $11,500, and a professional upright $12,000 to $24,500 and up.
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MIDI Keyboard Cost: 25, 49 and 88-Key Prices (2026)
$49–$700
What a MIDI keyboard costs in 2026: 25-key controllers run $49 to $150, 49 and 61-key models $150 to $400, and 88-key weighted controllers $350 to $700.