Used piano market

[David Ilvedson]

Sounds like you need a fancy showroom...sometimes an investment in your business is all it takes.

David Ilvedson



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From: gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:51:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Used piano market

>Dear Jim,
>     The used piano market here basically stinks. One
>fellow in Atlanta has the Steinway and Mason
>rebuild/sales market pretty well sewn up for the whole
>region, and he is doing well. Like you, I suspect, I
>have many very finely crafted uprights sitting in
>storage which will probably rot or go to the dump
>before anyone wants them.
>     Why? Electric keyboards have taken away the
>market for "starter" pianos, which is what peoipole
>generally see uprights as. Also: few people have ever
>seen what a carefully restored "no-name" upright or
>grand can do, so they buy cheapo, lighlty built modern
>junk instead. And with the importation of nice clean
>odor free cheap stuff from Commie China, who can
>compete? I know of a few people who sell fine old
>American pianos, nicely rebuilt, and get decent money
>for them. But these folks have fancy showrooms in
>which to present them, and cater to customers who
>hasve plenty of cash and are not interested in driving
>all over town to shop.
>     Thump



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