See if the arts council or something in your area has a practice location. The one here owns a grand piano that is kept at the high school in a utility room. A lot of people don't know it's there, but anyone serious can get approved and go play it.

Otherwise I'd say that a baby grand might be a bit ambitious. Yamaha makes a lot of nice budget digital pianos. I know, horror. People say they're soulless, blah blah blah. You don't have to pay hundreds of dollars to get them tuned, you can plug in headphones, record on computers, etc. A lot of university music programs use electronic keyboards for keyboard classes. think about it.

This is a message posted on Yahoo Answers about music schools in the US.

"Depends on what style of music you do. Berklee is all about rock and contemporary, so if that's a fit, fabulous. New England Conservatory and Boston Conservatory are stronger in classical and etc.

Others you may want to consider - both pure music schools and full universities with excellent reps for their music programs - include:
- Boston University
- University of Hartford (the Hartt School)

If you're in NY, PA, MD, you can also look at:
- University of Rochester (Eastman School of Music)
- The New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
- Mannes Conservatory
- Julliard
- Manhattan School of Music
- Johns Hopkins (Peabody Conservatory of Music)
- Curtis Institute
- Oberlin
- SUNY Purchase
- University of the Arts
- Rutgers (Mason Gross School of the Arts)
- Carnegie Mellon"

"...i want to buy a used baby grand"

You might try Freecycle - which is an online community. The registration is free. I am sure there is one for your area. People try to dispose off their old unused stuff for free here which might include a piano. People had given away old upright pianos on two occasions in my area.

This has nothing to do with William Joseph.