Used piano market

[Jim Kinnear]

Hi David
If I could sell a few of these beasts . .  I might 'fancy up ' the existing
showroom.
I list many on my website, and though this rarely brings business, it is a
good tool for those people who inquire . .

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Jim Kinnear
www.kinnearpiano.com
Collingwood, ON, Canada

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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 1:31 PM
Subject: RE: Used piano market


> Sounds like you need a fancy showroom...sometimes an investment in your
business is all it takes.
>
> David Ilvedson
>
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>
> ----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
> 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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