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Yes, next time I move I will sell or donate my $100,000 piano and simply buy a new one in the new place.

by pclmulqdq 1y ago

zeroonetwothree 1y ago
Or just don’t have one? Most people don’t own $100,000 pianos and somehow they make do.
- codedokode 1y ago
  I am sure most people wouldn't refuse to have a $100 000 piano if they had space for it.
- glitchcrab 1y ago
  But they do have one, so your point is moot.
- iamacyborg 1y ago
  What a weird take.
- rwallace 1y ago
  Eh. I mean, I don't have a piano, but I think a world in which no one ever does anything that can't be done on a laptop computer, would not be a better place.
- pclmulqdq 1y ago
  If you take the ratio of amount of time I play my piano to the TCO of my piano, I am expecting to spend something like $2-5 TCO / hour of entertainment (without considering resale value in ~30 years) over my life. That is a ratio that is better than most forms of entertainment. It rivals computer games, which are also pretty good on TCO / hour of enjoyment. That is even the case with a very high-end instrument. Perhaps more people should have things like pianos.
Der_Einzige 1y ago
A guy near me literally gave away a Steinway piano. Like, a real one worth at least 8K (verified it online). Me being too slow to get it is one of my great regrets in life.
- throwaway173738 1y ago
  Did you look into how much it costs to move it and have it tuned? It’s a significant fraction of the supposed savings.
  - pclmulqdq 1y ago
    Yeah, free pianos are usually being sold at the appropriate market price. Often they are badly beat up: the action may not have been maintained, the strings may have been detuning for 5+ years, some notes may not even be tunable any more. On top of that, the moving and setup costs are huge.
vunderba 1y ago
Having had a piano (an older Yamaha upright not even a grand) damaged in a move in the past - I will NEVER EVER allow general movers, no matter how highly rated they are, to handle any expensive musical instruments of mine. A couple of my friends have used Modern Piano Moving in the past to move a concert grand reliably and they seem to be pretty highly rated. https://www.modernpiano.com https://www.modernpiano.com

Yes, next time I move I will sell or donate my $100,000 piano and simply buy a new one in the new place.

zeroonetwothree 1y ago

Or just don’t have one? Most people don’t own $100,000 pianos and somehow they make do.

codedokode 1y ago
I am sure most people wouldn't refuse to have a $100 000 piano if they had space for it.
glitchcrab 1y ago
But they do have one, so your point is moot.
iamacyborg 1y ago
What a weird take.
rwallace 1y ago
Eh. I mean, I don't have a piano, but I think a world in which no one ever does anything that can't be done on a laptop computer, would not be a better place.
pclmulqdq 1y ago
If you take the ratio of amount of time I play my piano to the TCO of my piano, I am expecting to spend something like $2-5 TCO / hour of entertainment (without considering resale value in ~30 years) over my life. That is a ratio that is better than most forms of entertainment. It rivals computer games, which are also pretty good on TCO / hour of enjoyment. That is even the case with a very high-end instrument. Perhaps more people should have things like pianos.

Der_Einzige 1y ago

A guy near me literally gave away a Steinway piano. Like, a real one worth at least 8K (verified it online). Me being too slow to get it is one of my great regrets in life.

throwaway173738 1y ago
Did you look into how much it costs to move it and have it tuned? It’s a significant fraction of the supposed savings.
- pclmulqdq 1y ago
  Yeah, free pianos are usually being sold at the appropriate market price. Often they are badly beat up: the action may not have been maintained, the strings may have been detuning for 5+ years, some notes may not even be tunable any more. On top of that, the moving and setup costs are huge.

vunderba 1y ago

Having had a piano (an older Yamaha upright not even a grand) damaged in a move in the past - I will NEVER EVER allow general movers, no matter how highly rated they are, to handle any expensive musical instruments of mine. A couple of my friends have used Modern Piano Moving in the past to move a concert grand reliably and they seem to be pretty highly rated. https://www.modernpiano.com https://www.modernpiano.com