---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 9/22/03 1:41:03 PM Central Daylight Time, RADKINS@coe.edu writes: > I've been asked by a small local music > school that teaches elementary and jr. high students > if $55,000 is a fair price for a new Steinway B. > Richard The MSRP of a S&S B, according to the Ancott book, is $60,000. Retailer don't usually give more than a 10% discount, except where they think there would be more business in the future. Last year, UA got a new B for $46,000, when the MSRP was $55,000. But then, we're trying to become an all Steinway school, and in the summer, we bought almost $200,000 more in pianos from the same dealer. So to answer your question directly, yes, $55,000 is a fair price, especially if this is going to be a one time deal. As far as whether the B is the right piano for the space, in an elementary school? Personally I think they could get by with an L, and they could save a lot of money if they bought any other 6' piano. But if the administration has their heart set on a B, why not? Wim Blees University of Alabama, which just got beat by NIU, my alma mater. GO HUSKIES. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/cd/54/97/f4/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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