My initial reaction is that you are certainly on the low side. Then I searched local craigslist and found this 5'1" Boston for $10K. Yeah, it's "much" newer, and has a DC installed, but still... The one Boston grand (also a GP-178) that I service semi-regularly (when she doesn't have her friend's tuner tune it) is not THE nicest piano in my clientele, tho' it certainly is nice. Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > Hello esteemed piano professionals. I have put my personal piano up for > sale - a Boston GP-178 grand. > > It is about 15 years old - serial number is 104642 - anyone have a Pierce > handy - I can't find mine? > > I don't buy and sell pianos and I don't work for a piano store - I've only > sold one piano in the past 10 years, so I'm not the ultimate expert at > establishing piano values. > > This is the nicest piano I service (well, except for pianos that I've > remanufactured!). It is as near showroom condition as a piano can be after a > few years. It is satin ebony. It has a fresh action regulation - the action > plays as good as any. My wife is the only one who plays it - and that is not > often and she is very easy on the piano - after 15 years the hammers are > barely marked where they hit the strings - I may have done some light filing > when the piano was new, but not since. The soundboard is excellent - nice > even tone across the scale - good sustain - no weak areas in killer octave > zone. > > I am in Tampa, Florida - prices here are typical mid-west USA prices. > Anyone care to venture an opinion on a fair selling price range? > > I have it advertised at $9,800 - and now that I have someone very > interested in it (they will be looking at the piano tonight), I feel that if > anything, I've got it priced on the low side of fair. I'm thinking that I > want to stand pretty firmly on that price. > > Opinions???? > > Thanks!!! > > Terry Farrell > Farrell Piano > > www.farrellpiano.com > terry at farrellpiano.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090504/dbbcdee6/attachment.html>
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