David,<div><br></div><div>We have a lot of Walter pianos around my area (Southern WI). They are very nice, well built pianos, and tend to retail on the higher end - a little more expensive than a comparable Yamaha or Kawai. I believe they should resale similarly. However, given the lack of name recognition, even around here where they are more numerous, they sometimes don't sell for what they should, IMO. So, if you want to sell it for "what it's worth," base your price upon a comparable Yamaha or Kawai, and go over that by 10%. YMMV.</div>
<div><br></div><div>William R. Monroe</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:21 PM, J Patrick Draine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jpdraine@gmail.com" target="_blank">jpdraine@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">David,<div>Amonth ago Our local Steinway dealer has a Walter studio traded in toward a pricey new S&S grand, and they sold the Walter to a customer of mine for $1,999. I'll be tuning it soon, but this was a really good deal for my customer (this dealer seldom prices low). Definitely more like a Craigslist price.<span></span></div>
<div>Great seeing you at Seattle,</div><div>Patrick<br><br>On Monday, July 16, 2012, David Andersen wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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.<br>
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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.<br>
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.<br>
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Appreciate you taking the time to think about this...<br>
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