bosendorfer research

[Stephen Airy]

What would you say I would expect to pay (not
including shipping) for a Bosey 290 that hasn't been
rebuilt?  I'm thinking like one that needs new
hammers, strings, tuning pins, etc, short of replacing
the pinblock and soundboard, and maybe gluing minor
cracks on the bridges.  I would prefer that it be able
to work with some major regulation and stuff, and be
able to hold a tune, albeit with somewhat loose tuning
pins would be ok but so long as it doesn't require a
major pitch raise every 3 months.

I can't afford one yet, I just am trying to price them
so that I'll know how much $ I need to save and will
be able to get an idea (once I get a job) of how long
it may take before I can get one.

--- Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote:
> In a message dated 7/25/01 9:21:33 AM Central
> Daylight Time, 
> dporritt@post.cis.smu.edu writes:
> 
> 
> > Wim:
> >  
> > How many used or rebuilt 9' pianos have you sold? 
> It's a tough market for 
> > those pianos.  Every musician wants a 7' piano,
> but few have the space, nor 
> > want to hear the volume of a 9' piano in their
> home.
> >  
> > dave
> > *********** 
> > 
> 
> I'm not denying that selling an Imperial grand is
> going to tough. How many 
> new ones do you suppose are sold every year? But 
> even at $100,000, a good 
> rebuilt Imperial Bosy is a good buy. It might take a
> year or 2 to sell, but I 
> think there is a market out there for them.
> 
> Wim 
> 


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