DONATE A PIANO

Thank you for your interest in donating a piano! We would love for your piano to be the next instrument we donate to a family, organization, or school that would love to have ready access to the transformative power of music! To see if your piano is a good fit for our program, please fill out the form linked below. You should get an immediate response to your inquiry.

If you have any questions regarding your piano donation or would just like to contact us directly, please feel free to contact our Piano Donations Coordinator, Danny Ravensberg, at [email protected]  or 314-616-7688.  Thank you!

Locating the Serial Number

If you have an upright piano, please consult the following diagram:

If you have a grand piano, the most common place to find the serial number is underneath the music rack. Try to removing or sliding the music rack to expose the gilded plate underneath, then consult the following pictures to help you locate the serial number.
Sometimes the serial number is stamped on the soundboard underneath the strings.
Kimball pianos may have a specialty location behind the keybed. This is looking from the tail-end of the piano.
Or Contact:  Danny Ravensberg – [email protected] or Telephone: (314) 285 5852

Donated Pianos as a Tax Deduction

Pianos for People has tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; therefore, donations of cash and goods are tax deductible. EIN: 47-4084512

Pianos for People is unable to provide tax advice, and we recommend that you consult a tax specialist to clarify guidelines for donating an instrument. It is the responsibility of the donor to determine the fair market value of the instrument, and for claims of more than $5,000, you must have the instrument formally appraised. As the beneficiary of the donation, IRS regulations prohibit Pianos for People from providing an appraisal. Unless an appraisal is provided to Pianos for People from a third-party technician, the tax receipt will acknowledge the donation with a description of the instrument, without stating a value.

The following IRS links may be useful to you.