That puts me in mind of a woman who bought one of those Pearl River console pianos. This is arguably one of the worst "new" pianos I have ever tuned. She was so proud that she got it 50% off and only paid $8000 for it. She asked me what it was worth (I refrained from saying $10) and I feigned ignorance of the brand's retail cost. I was just sick when I heard that she paid so much for it especially since the piano cost more than her house (singlewide trailer) ----- Original Message ----- From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 8:53 PM Subject: Piano Fiasco > Tuned for a new client this evening. They just bought their first piano a > couple months ago. First tuning. The lady asked me what I thought the piano > was worth. 1985 Yamaha C3. Very good condition. Sounds real nice. Real > clean. I told her you could figure somewhere around a 25% loss in value > every five or ten years. A C3 now costs about $20,000. So figure hers might > be worth somewhere between $10,000 to $13,000 at a dealer, and perhaps > $8,000 to $11,000 in a private sale. >
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