Piano Fiasco

[Farrell]

Hi Robert. Thanks for responding.

> Recently a local couple sold their C-3 for I think around $15K which I
inspected
> and thought to be in pretty good shape.

How old was it? Was I grey-market?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "robert goodale" <rrg@unlv.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: Piano Fiasco


> Farrell wrote:
> <snip>
>
> >  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.
> >
> > She looked at me in horror and told me that she had just paid $19,000
for
> > the piano. She bought it at a dealer blowout - 50% off -
> > going-out-of-business sale.
>
> I haven't checked recently but I think a C-3 runs closer to about $25K
new.
> Recently a local couple sold their C-3 for I think around $15K which I
inspected
> and thought to be in pretty good shape.  $19K is probably too high,
particularly
> when you can get a completely rebuilt (inside and out) plain case Steinway
M or
> Mason & Hamilin A for a little more than that.  Yes, they probably got
taken,
> but I can assure you many more have been taken far worse than that.
>
> > Now perhaps it is not good to mention names
> > here, so I won't. I'll just call the dealer (which I understand is the
> > largest dealer chain in the US) Mr. B. Now you may ask why the subject
of
> > this post has the word "Fiasco".
>
> Nuf' said.  The dealer of which you B-speak is a Fiasco \:-).  I have
heard many
> sad things, even just recently.  The best thing that can be done in this
case is
> educate, educate, educate.  Buyer beware!
>
> Rob Goodale, RPT
> Las Vegas, NV
>
>
>