Heeding the advice of Will Truitt, I'll not respond to the choir director's question: "Is the YA C3 really $10,000 more piano than the KA RX2?", other than to take Scott's suggestion to consult Fine's pianobuyer.com site. Terry Sheetz On Sep 1, 2009, at 10:29 AM, pianotech-request at ptg.org wrote: > Send pianotech mailing list submissions to > pianotech at ptg.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pianotech-request at ptg.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pianotech-owner at ptg.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pianotech digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: manufacturers/pricing (Floyd Gadd) > 2. Re: manufacturers/pricing (pianofritz50 at aol.com) > 3. Bench plans (Chuck Behm) > 4. Re: manufacturers/pricing (Mike Spalding) > 5. Re: manufacturers/pricing (ljinno at googlemail.com) > 6. Re: manufacturers/pricing (David Love) > 7. Unusual dampers (pianolover 88) > > From: "Floyd Gadd" <fg at floydgadd.com> > Date: September 1, 2009 6:53:39 AM CDT > To: <pianotech at ptg.org> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] manufacturers/pricing > Reply-To: pianotech at ptg.org > > > www.pianobuyer.com > > > Scott Helms wrote: > > Hi Terry - > > You need Larry Fine's book, "The Piano Book", which includes an annual > supplement which lists MSRP for currently produced pianos. Actually, > he > has a new website that has this info on it, but unfortunately the > name of > the site escapes me right now. I believe the website is being > published in > lieu of a new Annual Supplement (which is the part that listed > MSRP). The > book (and I'm sure the site too) is full of VERY useful information, > not > just pricing but other info about various piano makers. Good luck! > > Scott > ------ > Scott A. Helms, Registered Piano Technician > www.helmsmusic.net > > > > > > From: pianofritz50 at aol.com > Date: September 1, 2009 7:17:17 AM CDT > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] manufacturers/pricing > Reply-To: pianotech at ptg.org > > > Scott, thanks for the tip on The Piano Book website. I found it. > > The website starts at: http://www.pianobuyer.com/enter_email.php > You fill out a short "qualifier" page... probably so they can send > you notices of > updates to their book... and then you gain entrance into a slick > database qualifier > page, which allows you to qualify what type, size, manufacturer, and > price range piano that you might want to see. > > Bill Fritz, StLouis/PTG > > > > From: Mike Spalding <mike.spalding1 at verizon.net> > Date: September 1, 2009 6:54:04 AM CDT > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] manufacturers/pricing > Reply-To: pianotech at ptg.org > > > http://pianobuyer.com/ > > Scott Helms, RPT wrote: >> Hi Terry - >> >> You need Larry Fine's book, "The Piano Book", which includes an >> annual >> supplement which lists MSRP for currently produced pianos. >> Actually, he >> has a new website that has this info on it, but unfortunately the >> name of >> the site escapes me right now. I believe the website is being >> published in >> lieu of a new Annual Supplement (which is the part that listed >> MSRP). The >> book (and I'm sure the site too) is full of VERY useful >> information, not >> just pricing but other info about various piano makers. Good luck! >> >> Scott >> ------ >> Scott A. Helms, Registered Piano Technician >> www.helmsmusic.net >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> I'm newly on the list so don't know protocol here about discussing >>> manufacturers and pricing. I have a school choir director I >>> occasionally tune for who is involved in purchasing a 6' grand and >>> two >>> local distributors with competing Japanese manufacturers are after >>> the >>> sale. I don't know current appropriate pricing for the pianos being >>> considered and wonder if anyone here could put prices into context. >>> Could someone contact me directly if have experience with new >>> Japanese >>> piano values? >>> >>> Terry Sheetz >>> PTG Associate >>> Twin Cities >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > > From: ljinno at googlemail.com > Date: September 1, 2009 7:11:10 AM CDT > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] manufacturers/pricing > Reply-To: ljinno at googlemail.com, pianotech at ptg.org > > > Does this site cover the UK market prices? > > ------Original Message------ > From: Floyd Gadd > Sender: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org > To: pianotech at ptg.org > ReplyTo: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] manufacturers/pricing > Sent: 1 Sep 2009 12:53 > > www.pianobuyer.com > > > > > From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> > Date: September 1, 2009 10:13:12 AM CDT > To: <pianotech at ptg.org> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] manufacturers/pricing > Reply-To: pianotech at ptg.org > > > I don't think it's out of bounds to advise on pricing as long as you > know > what you're talking about. New prices can be tricky though as > manufacturers > have all types of leeway. > > David Love > www.davidlovepianos.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf > Of William Truitt > Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 5:53 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] manufacturers/pricing > > Terry: > > I don't understand why you or any of us should properly have > anything to > offer to the choir director regarding pricing. Define > "appropriate". Who > decides what is appropriate and by what measure? > > Given the wretched state of the economy, the lowball nature of > school sales > in general, and the two competing dealers; it is unlikely that the > school is > going to pay too much. This is a private transaction between the > choir > director (school) and the dealers. We don't belong there. If asked, > we can > give our professional opinion on the quality and durability of the > makes and > brands, if we have had exposure to them. That is within our province. > > Will Truitt > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf > Of Terry Sheetz > Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 8:16 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: [pianotech] manufacturers/pricing > > I'm newly on the list so don't know protocol here about discussing > manufacturers and pricing. I have a school choir director I > occasionally tune for who is involved in purchasing a 6' grand and two > local distributors with competing Japanese manufacturers are after the > sale. I don't know current appropriate pricing for the pianos being > considered and wonder if anyone here could put prices into context. > Could someone contact me directly if have experience with new Japanese > piano values? > > Terry Sheetz > PTG Associate > Twin Cities > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090901/6cb6eb3e/attachment.htm>
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