Boston 5' 10" evaluation

[Farrell]

I own a 1994 Boston GP178. I am quite happy with it. It is one of perhaps the three nicest pianos I service. I also used to do some work for a local Kawai dealer and am familiar with the RX-2 (someone wrote about one of those). I like those just fine. I suspect the Boston is of a little higher quality - better materials, etc. And the Boston's price reflects that. I think they are both nice pianos and their respective prices are reasonable for the pianos.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J Patrick Draine" <draine@attbi.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 3:55 PM
Subject: Boston 5' 10" evaluation


> Dear Folks,
> A customer requested me to evaluate a 5'10" Boston grand, reportedly 2-3 
> years old, with a QRS Pianomation 2000C unit. Being sold by a store 
> which sells mostly Chinese manufactured pianos and Japanese grey market 
> pianos. Asking price $16,000, or $14,000 if they pull the player unit 
> off.
> The potential buyer has no interest in the QRS unit -- they're getting a 
> piano to upgrade from a very small well worn no name grand, to something 
> their son isn't incredibly frustrated with (he's a good pianist). What 
> is the wholesale/retail value of a QRS installation anyways?
> I went out, inspected it, looks & sounds good.
> Anybody out there who works on them have any comments -- quality, 
> pricing?
> Also, my Pierce atlas isn't brand new -- anyone able to give the year of 
> manufacture for this Boston GP 178 "II" # 132905?
> 
> Patrick Draine
>