[pianotech] Need some help...

David Andersen david at davidandersenpianos.com
Tue Jul 17 10:33:44 MDT 2012


Thanks, Mike....


On Jul 16, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Mike Spalding wrote:

> David,
> 
> Couldn't agree with you more, regarding Seattle - I'm still buzzin'.  Thanks for your great class.
> 
> I tune a few CWs, and helped a customer purchase a 1981 a few years ago.  I don't remember the cabinet appearance, but I have it in my records as "studio".  He paid $2,200 for it, and we both thought it was a steal.  NOTE: this is small town Wisconsin. Like yours, all it needed was tune/regulate/voice.   So you'll have to extrapolate for location and age, but, hey, it's a data point for comparison.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On 7/16/2012 5:05 PM, David Andersen wrote:
>> Hey all---Seattle was fantastic; great teachers, great classes, great people, a few great pianos...an honor and a pleasure being there and, especially, being given the honor of teaching there. Really. I love it.
>> 
>> I've never really come across a Walter piano in my practice; at conventions or NAMM, yes, but never in the wild. So now I have a 1991 Queen Anne-style mahogany "tall" console; it's in immaculate shape, just needs some tightening, tuning regulatin' and voicing which I'll do.
>> Then it will look, sound and feel new and wonderful. At that point, what's a fair price for this micro-retailer to ask for such a sweet cupcake of a piano? Please don't guess; I'd like some experience-based answers, please.
>> 
>> Appreciate you taking the time to think about this...
>> 
>> DA
> 
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