Finding the right piano

I am beginning the search for our piano.

I wonder how long it will take?  Days?  Weeks?  Months?  Years?

Now that I see the piano as a member of our family I have a feeling I may be more discriminating than I might otherwise have been.

   

I wonder if this search will be like looking for a mate?  

or an adoptive child? 

or a new friend?

Will there be many pianos I will be forced to discard for some reason?  

Wait for years to finally be bestowed a piano given up by another family? 

 Will I happen to meet the piano and find we resonate together and become like long lost friends?