Rutland, VT Piano Store
Rutland is a long way from Albany, and it is better to say so up front. If you are searching for a piano store in Rutland, VT, plan on a real drive of about two hours each way, so a trip to our showroom is a day out rather than an errand. What softens it is that piano delivery to Rutland County is free, which means the long drive happens once, when you choose, and the piano comes to you after that.
Hilton Piano Center is family-owned, run by Bob Hilton since 1992. In the showroom you can try digital keyboards, digital pianos, upright and grand pianos, and player pianos, along with a row of stage keyboards. We are inside Colonie Center mall at 442 Colonie Center, Albany. Phone (518) 362-7920 ahead of time so we can have your short list ready to play when you arrive.
From the Paramount Theatre at 30 Center Street, the trip is about 98 miles and approximately 2 hours 15 minutes. You head west on US 4 toward the New York line, then pick up I-87, the Northway, south toward Albany and exit for Colonie. Because the trip is long, set aside an afternoon. Bring a tape measure for the room the piano will live in, and a photo of the space if you can, so we can talk through size, finish and placement together before you head home.
Everything a piano owner needs is handled under one roof. New and used instruments are for sale, tuning and repair are available, and we move pianos, rent them and offer lessons. With free delivery into Rutland County, the sale does not end at the showroom door. Conversions to PianoDisc or QRS player systems, silent pianos and school or church piano labs round out the list. Rutland High School, Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Stafford Technical Center and Community College of Vermont all operate in the city, and school music rooms are where a piano lab does its best work.
Hilton Piano Center is the Capital Region’s only authorized Yamaha piano dealer, and an authorized Roland and Casio dealer. Our new line also carries Baldwin and Hallet Davis pianos, Dynatone models and QRS, and the pre-owned collection can include Steinway, Kawai and Yamaha when they come in.
Contact the store:
Hilton Piano Center LLC
442 Colonie Center
Albany, NY 12205
518-362-7920
The contact form works well if you would rather start by message. Include your Rutland ZIP code (05701 or 05702) and a note about the piano you want.
About Rutland:
Rutland was chartered in 1761 and named for John Manners, the 3rd Duke of Rutland. It was settled in 1770 and was once a capital of the Vermont Republic. Vermont's third city, incorporated on November 18, 1892, it counted 15,807 residents in 2020. The Wikipedia page has the fuller story.
Marble made the city. Deposits turned up in the early 1800s, quarrying became profitable once the railroad arrived in 1851, and the Vermont Marble Company formed in 1880 under Governor Redfield Proctor. Quarry closures in the 1980s and 1990s cost local jobs. The Amtrak Ethan Allen Express still stops here, and US 4 and US 7 meet on Main Street.
The Paramount Theatre is the room to know. George T. Chaffee built it in 1912 and 1913, and it opened on January 16, 1914 as the Playhouse Theatre, taking the Paramount name in 1931. It closed in 1975, then was restored and reopened in 2000 and now seats 830. The theatre's history page tells how the restoration went.
In Castleton, also in Rutland County, Castleton University occupies a 165-acre campus that traces back to the Rutland County Grammar School, chartered on October 15, 1787.