Glenn wrote: > >> > >>Are pianos now out of the reach of the average person? > > > >A decent new piano can be had for about the same cost as the latest-rage > >computer, and less than a lot of laptops............ > > > >Leslie Bartlett > > Are you sure this is a good analogy? A decent computer is now a "grand" > (pun intended)! A "latest rage" computer is three grand and so are decent > laptops. A car analogy might be better: $18,000 for decent car - lasts xx > years, etc. -------------------------------------------------------------- About 25 years ago, Ken Serviss (of the Piano Hospital, Vancouver, WA) pointed out to me that a good new piano had always cost about the same as a new Cadillac. Still does. Del
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