I don't think pianists are getting hard to find, GOOD pianists have always been hard to find, and they are getting even vebn harder to find. If your pianist is getting older, then perhaps finding someone young who is interested in playing, and getting them properly trained by your pianist is the ideal. Many churches with organs have this same problem, nobody learns the organ anymore, so a church with a century old pipe organ, finds it impossible to find anyone who is willing to play it, but still has to deal with the costs of keeping it maintained, and having a large space taken up by a rarely used instrument.<br><br>One problem with music players like this is they tend to be regimented in their performance, in other words if the music player is programmed to play at 98BPM, and the congregation likes to sing a certain hymn at 97BPM it will be slightly off, something a good pianist or organist can compensate for, many don't even realise they are doing it. Some of these pianists in a box also sound like a computer synthesizer from about 1975..... <br><br>Unfortunately selling the piano, and buying a keyboard is getting really difficult, we had two pianos, and one was given away and the other was scrapped, because the resale value on an upright piano has gone to nothing..... <br><br><br><br>