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>175,000 pianos and 150,000 typewriters I'd like to think it's nice that more people bought something expensive to perform music with in their homes than to do

by qbxk 2y ago

>175,000 pianos and 150,000 typewriters I'd like to think it's nice that more people bought something expensive to perform music with in their homes than to do labor with, and would like to bring back those days. But I suppose I'm just looking at the piano incorrectly and owning one then is no more than owning a big-screen TV today: if you want to have your friends over, you probably need to have one

defrost 2y ago
Piano's have a range in price, like anything else. Years back I got a second hand upright that was had to tune well due to an old frame and past issues, great for parties and stride, something that looked good and you could spill drinks on .. about $300 or so. A friend doing a music degree had parents that both played concerts, they had a music room in their house with a pair of quality baby grands for duets .. easily $140,000 for the pair if not more. Big screen TV pricing is about right for most piano purchases. Speaking of old hard to tune bad pianos: How a total disaster became the world’s best-selling piano album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIXMkZAcgRo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIXMkZAcgRo
- shrubble 2y ago
  When I was pricing baby grands (admittedly 10 years ago) they started at under $10k each in the USA. Were they Bosendorfer pianos or something like that?
  - defrost 2y ago
    I didn't pay attention the one time I saw them, it came up in a later conversation with friends who were serious about playing music and another who was getting into making instruments that these were a matched pair of artisinal piano's made by a craftsman of note talked about in hushed tones .. etc. Not the most expensive piano's in the world .. but collectables in the upper range. In musical terms I'm more the can lift heavy objects and hit things mostly in time sort.

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>175,000 pianos and 150,000 typewriters I'd like to think it's nice that more people bought something expensive to perform music with in their homes than to do

by qbxk 2y ago

defrost 2y ago
Piano's have a range in price, like anything else. Years back I got a second hand upright that was had to tune well due to an old frame and past issues, great for parties and stride, something that looked good and you could spill drinks on .. about $300 or so. A friend doing a music degree had parents that both played concerts, they had a music room in their house with a pair of quality baby grands for duets .. easily $140,000 for the pair if not more. Big screen TV pricing is about right for most piano purchases. Speaking of old hard to tune bad pianos: How a total disaster became the world’s best-selling piano album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIXMkZAcgRo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIXMkZAcgRo
- shrubble 2y ago
  When I was pricing baby grands (admittedly 10 years ago) they started at under $10k each in the USA. Were they Bosendorfer pianos or something like that?
  - defrost 2y ago
    I didn't pay attention the one time I saw them, it came up in a later conversation with friends who were serious about playing music and another who was getting into making instruments that these were a matched pair of artisinal piano's made by a craftsman of note talked about in hushed tones .. etc. Not the most expensive piano's in the world .. but collectables in the upper range. In musical terms I'm more the can lift heavy objects and hit things mostly in time sort.