I wonder if a concert piano rental company like ProPiano might be something to look into? David I. ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Marcel Carey" <mcpiano@videotron.ca> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: 10/7/2005 1:45:08 PM Subject: RE : Nossa Lisa, D+, selling large instruments >Thanks to all of you who contributed to this nice thread. >Here a few thoughts: >There is a market for large rebuilt concert pianos, but it is kind of a >niche. Concert halls, universities, rental houses, etc. >What if the rebuilt piano was recorded (different pieces of different >styles) and the sampler CD was sent to a lot of universities and concert >hall with the option of piano exchange. The university could get this >piano if they have a similar piano they need rebuilt. So instead of >getting their piano rebuilt, they would get this piano and they would >know exactly what they are getting. Sometimes people are reluctant to >have instruments rebuilt vs new one because they are afraid the >rebuilding won't match or surpass a new one. With the demo CD >(inexpensive advertising) one could get the ball rolling and get a >supply of Ds to rebuild at the same time. The first one is probably >going to be the hardest to sell, but I would bet this would be a good >way to sell them. >Just a suggestion, >Marcel Carey, RPT >Sherbrooke, QC >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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