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Disklavier Upright Prices
By Larry Kellogg

Meta Brown wrote:
> The consistently high pricing mentioned in the Digest for Disklavier
> pianos really surprises me.  Some years ago (could be 10) a Yamaha
> dealer offer me a new upright Disklavier piano which sounded terrific
> for $7,000.  They must have sold thousands of uprights by now, and it
> is hard to imagine that all the owners love those machines too much to
> sell them.

I think people were referring to the price of Disklavier grands when they
talked about high prices.  Of course, none of the Disklavier pianos are
cheap.  I don't know the specific details of the piano that you were
offered, but your price is not far from the price I negotiated for my
upright Disklavier.  The MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price) is
entirely another matter; only an unwary buyer pays that.

Yes, there are used Disklavier uprights out there but I had a hard time
finding one when I went to look.  I finally decided that the newer models
had improvements that were worth paying for: they can play Midi files
more easily, have an improved pedal mechanism, have more engineering
experience behind them, ....

Regards,  Larry Kellogg

 [ Wayne Stahnke heard the production prototype of the new "Professional"
 [ Disklavier, and he reports that the changes in the key and hammer
 [ sensors and transducers areas yield a noticeable improvement in the
 [ pianos overall performance.  -- Robbie


(Message sent Thu 1 May 1997, 12:23:14 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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