[CAUT] Selling Used P22s; was Position Announcement

[Jim Busby]

Jeff,

Utah supposedly has more pianos per capita than anywhere else. Mormon culture, pioneer heritage, or whatever. It's almost a given that every home has a piano. Now, BYU is church run, so folks tend to "trust" that these pianos are better <G>. Yes, this is definitely a different market here... That being said, we usually have starting bids high and if they don't sell we can wait. I've lived in Arizona, and Texas, and used pianos aren't as rare a commodity there. 

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of tannertuner
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 7:31 AM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Selling Used P22s; was Position Announcement

Reason I ask is I've got one about 13 years old on consignment in like new condition on my floor and no one is biting. Sold new for $4K then, which translates to around $5500 now. Problem is, sitting in the same room with Pramberger PV118S, people would rather buy a new piano with better tone and a 12 year warranty.
Jeff

--- On Tue, 7/20/10, Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu> wrote:

> From: Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Position announcement, James Madison University
> To: "caut at ptg.org" <caut at ptg.org>
> Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 9:01 AM
> Hi,
> 
> I dunno. The market here for used pianos is crazy! We use a
> closed bid system and one went for $2400.00. If they don't
> sell we lower the starting price. We keep them in really
> good condition too.
>