There was a time when pianos were a fixture in many American homes. Gathering around the instrument to sing and dance was a family tradition, undoubtedly altered by the spread of streaming services and social media.

Despite plummeting sales in recent years, the piano continues to find its way into people's homes.

In 1925, it was estimated by the Blue Book of Pianos that 306,584 pianos were sold, while only 17,294 were sold in 2024, according to a music industry census.

Hannah Beckett, a piano technician in northern Virginia, can attest to the fact that fewer people are buying pianos.

"It's been a hard year," she said. "It's kind of a perfect storm of a lot of geopolitical events, economic status, general trends in the culture."

Beckett said people have been forced to make decisions th

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