snip >Anyway, I think the awkward situation is clear. In their mind I "recommended >the piano", and in my mind I told them that $2500 was a fair market value >for the instrument, that there were no major problems with the piano, and >that they really need to spend around $1,500 to make the piano function at a >minimally acceptable level. Take this situation just one step further and >you could find somebody suing someone else. > >It seems to me that a written report would be required to minimize such >situations from arising. I hate written reports. I would have to up my >inspection fee. How do you'all address this potential danger? They heard what they wanted to hear. The fact that they got a tuner to look at the piano is a plus. On that note, we had a church that we were talking about purchasing a Yamaha grand. Turned out they found a used Yamaha grand for a real steal. Told the people they were going to go ahead and buy it. Turned out that it's not a Yamaha, but a Weber, it's not a 6' grand but a 4'11." None of the musicians have played it yet even. We had a lengthy conversation about what uses the piano would be used for etc. and a strong recommendation by me that they really needed to get their musicians to play the piano first. When I evaluate a piano I always ask what are they planning on using the piano for and who will be playing it. -- Glenn Grafton Grafton Piano & Organ Co. 1081 County Line Rd. Souderton PA 18964 http://www.graftonpiano.com/ glenn@graftonpiano.com 800-272-5980 The box said "Requires Windows 95, or better." So I bought a Macintosh.
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC