Boston 5' 10" evaluation

[Wayne R. Lutzow]

Patrick:

I have a Boston GP178 #129334 that I bought 2 years ago from last December.
I paid $17,650 for it. Today in the store I work in it's selling for about
$21,000.

Hope this helps.

Wayne
PTG Sacramento Valley



----- Original Message -----
From: "J Patrick Draine" <draine@attbi.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 12:55 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
>
>