Piano Fiasco

[Patrick Greene]

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.
>