Kawai KG-6(RX-7)

[Farrell]

Ah, thanks. It suprises me how the prices seem to go up - or how much more a bigger piano is. Just  couple years ago I could pick up an RX-2 (5' 10") for $15,000.

Let's say a new RX-2 might sell for $18K now. A piano 18 inches longer sells for 10K more. Why does a slightly bigger piano command such a higher price - is it because it can or does it cost more to build? I just don't understand how it can cost much more to build becuase you use almost the same action (keys a tad longer), same pinblock, plate only has longer struts and maybe an additional one, belly wood is almost the same - maybe 25% more wood, but the labor would be similar, rim maybe a little more because it is bigger and thicker - but $10,000 worth? Or is it because they sell far fewer of these and simply handling something of a different size on a low-volume scale in the factory pushes the costs up?

I guess for a bigger difference think S&S M - $40K (I think less actually) and S&S D - $95K (close?). No way is there 2.5 times the amount of "stuff" in a D - why the huge price difference?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Piannaman@aol.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: Kawai KG-6(RX-7)


> In a message dated 6/5/03 2:58:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:
> 
> 
> > Yeah, but what do they sell for?
> > 
> > Terry Farrell
> >   
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Keith McGavern" <kam544@gbronline.com>
> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 12:35 AM
> > Subject: Re: Kawai KG-6
> > 
> > 
> > > At 10:36 PM -0500 5/29/03, Richard Moody wrote:
> > > >... I wonder what suggested list is for a new  Kawai 7'4". ...
> > > 
> > > Satin RX7, which is 7' 6", lists for about $40,000.
> 
> Terry,  
> 
> One just sold from a store that I contract for.  It sold for slightly less 
> than 30k in a really competitive market, but it had been around for awhile.  In 
> a store that has Kawais, Shigerus, Seilers, and even a Hamburg B, that RX-7 
> had the sweetest, warmest sound.  I pitch raised it in October, and it has held 
> it's tune well since, particularly for a new piano.  Don't know about the 
> longevity of it, but it is a very nice instrument.  
> 
> Dave Stahl
>