The black is a lacquered black, not flat.  The finish would match a lacquered black piano - although if you are matching a real piano, you probably want to get a piano bench from a piano company.  For me, this is going with a digital piano which is flat black so the match isn't great.  The lid stay is a bit flimsy and sometimes takes a few tries to either stay up or to go down.  My biggest complaint is the sticker that said "made in china" was attached to the outside visible surface and was not easy to remove.  Goo gone did the trick but I shouldn't need to clean the visible exterior of furniture to remove a manufacturing sticker.