Thanks Chris. We are on a freeze budget wise. No new pianos for a while. I'm aware of another option. I'd really like a "Nossaman SD10"! I think that would be like a new D (except better). Jim From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Purdy Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:46 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] SD10 "Elephant graveyard"? I'm sorry about the blank email. Wrong button... If you are doing any new piano purchasing, use it as a trade in. Surplus sales, here anyway, are for bargain hunters and everything sells embarrassingly cheap. And as far as I know, our department doesn't even get the money. Outright sales, like on Ebay, are tricky if not impossible here. Your results may vary. If you are able and willing to donate it, I'm sure a local high school would love to get it. Community theater? Some other struggling arts venue? Chris On Mar 3, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Jim Busby wrote: All, What do you do with your 9' pianos after they've served their purpose? We have a 1975 SD10 that isn't a bad piano, has a Wapin bridge, OK sound. But as we bring in new pianos to the concert hall the older ones get pushed down the pecking order into classrooms, etc. Now we don't have any classrooms that will fit a 9' and need to surplus one out. Options; (?) 1. Surplus sale, eBay, etc. 2. Find a local school, etc. 3. ???????????? Any other options? Is there an "elephant graveyard" out there somewhere? (Remember those old Tarzan movies?) Thanks. Jim Busby BYU Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T. Registered Piano Technician School of Music, Ohio University Rm. 311, Robt. Glidden Hall Athens, OH 45701 Office (740) 593-1656 Cell (740) 590-3842 fax (740) 593-1429 http://www.ohiou.edu/music -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090303/89d23571/attachment.html>
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