The general opinion of Petrof is that they don't make 'em like they used to they make 'em much better than they used to and with more consistency. The other alternative would be a new Chinese or Indonesian grand of similar size. 11.5 would also be appropriate for a similar age and size Yamaha C2L or Kawai RX2. IMO 11.5k is an appropriate price for a Petrof P IV that's five to ten years old with no problems and no history of violence. I can't imagine a professional dealer taking on that piano unless he got it dirt cheap or made a lot of money on making the repairs and is doing the sale on consignment. I wouldn't buy any 25-year-old Petrof that had been battered with a pitchfork, a hayyfork, a scythe, a mattock, or any farm implement. I can't siggest what I consider an appropriate price on that Petrof because I wouldn't even think about buying it. You like this piano enough to buy it, and some nameless clown on the Internet is shouting that it's overpriced. 'Does anybody know if I'm being offered fair pricing? The Yamaha is 8K and the Petrof 11.5.'.

Since you started another thread about basically the same question, I'm supposing that you want opinions that say it's a good, or at least a fair deal. I shudder to think of what the opening price was.Ī 2000- 2005 Petrof IV at that price would be a different matter and a very different piano. You say that you have worked the seller down to 11.5k.

The pinblock and stnew rings are positives, but they don't make the piano younger and comperable with more recent Petrofs. Maybe it's the intrigue of the pitchfork.Ī 25-yr.-old Petrof IV which has been worked on because someone took a pitchfork to it is not a great find, and 11.5k is not in any way a good price for the buyer. I don't know what circumstances Steve is talking about that give him a feeling the price is reasonable.

If you want to pay X amount for a piano, you should do it. I was just saying that it was high, a simple fact. When I made the comment on your other thread that the price was very high, I was not warning you that it might be high.

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