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Thank you for your reply, Gill. I went back to the piano shop with a friend of mine who used to restore and repair and tune pianos with his father in the south of France. He was surprised to see the sorry condition of the pianos, and thinks that it would be a mistake to buy anything from this shop. ...

There is a piano manufacturer in Toulouse (France) called Chavanne. I have tinkered around on one in the showroom, and it seems like a really fine instrument, especially for the price. Mr. Chavanne has offered to deliver the piano to my home in Andorra and to tune it, which is very tempting. However...

I'm looking for a good piano for my little daughter and meself, good and inexpensive I've come across a piano "Alexander Hermann" in a music shop. It is at least 15 years old -- it is made in GDR-- but I believe that it is "new". It seems to have the wood messed up a bit, perhaps...