Piano upgrade time
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@Mik said in Piano upgrade time:
Wed in haste, repent in leisure. Lots of pianos in the world.
As a fond disciple of JRR Tolkein, i remember many words of truth supplied by him through his characters. One of them being a creature called an Ent. I could type his name here but it would literally take me a dozen years typing at 100words per minute to do so. Let’s make it simple for we humans though and call him Treebeard for now. Probably the most sage character in the saga of the war for the ring that ended the third age of middle earth. I wont list all of his sage here except for one theme he always harped on about when it came to us beings that do not grow leaves and branches. Hasty he called us. And it was not a term of endearment, not at all. It was a deficiency in us that usually led to bad results. As a result, i try to emulate the ways of this ent, this caretaker of nature, this hater of all things tyrannical, this soft soul for those who display goodness in character. Hasty is the one thing i try to avoid at this latter stage of life, but i do thank you for the kind reminder Sir Mik of the river Cleveland.
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As you can see from Larry Fine's 2024 addendum, he has placed the New York Steinway B at an SMP price of $138,800. This is not MSRP, this is Suggested Maximum Price. Now after listening to Klaus's piano story of a few years back, he has given me the notion that these pianos can normally be haggled down to 30% off list price. Not quite sure what list price is defined as though.
The Blue Book of Pianos denotes what is called Manufacture Suggested List Price for the B at $95,600.
And finally, Piano Price Point website only denotes an MSRP for the B at $142,900.
Are we confused yet??@NobodySock said in Piano upgrade time:
As you can see from Larry Fine's 2024 addendum, he has placed the New York Steinway B at an SMP price of $138,800. This is not MSRP, this is Suggested Maximum Price. Now after listening to Klaus's piano story of a few years back, he has given me the notion that these pianos can normally be haggled down to 30% off list price. Not quite sure what list price is defined as though.
The Blue Book of Pianos denotes what is called Manufacture Suggested List Price for the B at $95,600.
And finally, Piano Price Point website only denotes an MSRP for the B at $142,900.
Are we confused yet??I'm not an expert on this at all (maybe @LuFins-Dad can say more about this) but my impression is that the amount of wiggle room depends a lot on the manufacturer. I seem to remember that Steinway usually doesn't offer much discount, but Kawai and Shigeru Kawai can often be had for 30+% below list price. That's at least the situation over here in Germany.
