Buying a used piano for a not too "beginner" player

[wcwlc]

I used to play piano for many many year and stopped when I went off to college.  Recently I started to play again using a borrowed keyboard.  Originally I had hoped to stay on keyboard for a little longer while and save up to buy a piano, but of course, I found that I miss play on a real piano and the cheap keyboard just wasn't cutting it.

I have an opportunity to buy a 1974 Baldwin Spinet piano that was in good care  for about $400.  I know it is a Spinet, but I like the way the piano sounded but quite frankly only needed a practice piano for a few years.

Do you think that is a good purchase?  All the keys plays fine with the exception of twp hammers are slightly sticky(I think it is the humidy because the piano is next to a window that is facing Hudson river).  I hope a good tuning job will do the trick.  A few friends of mine has agreed to help me move the piano and I need to make a decision soon.

Any suggestion would be welcome!

PS No I didn't pick up the book that tell me how much a piano would worth.  I didn't do any of my homework on the subject.  It was a splur of the moment kind of thing.

[jolly]

Acrosonic?

I'm not wild about spinets, but the price is Ok. Like mama said, "Do, until you can do better".

[jeremyjchilds]

  All the keys plays fine with the exception of twp hammers are slightly sticky(I think it is the humidy because the piano is next to a window that is facing Hudson river). 

400 bucks sounds about right. I woud be nervous about the "sticky keys" especially if they are nearer the top register.

This usually means that the piano needs to be repinned, ($800) and or rebushed (more)

this is a common problem that affects quite a few american drop-actions from the 70's

The exact same thing happened to my Grandmother's 30 yr old acrosonic...

let me know...