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sorry you may have misunderstood me; the 'why not..' part was what the music dept. would say, not my thoughts i may not have formal technician training, but then i haven't had a single piano lesson yet i can play the rach 3. what i do have is enthusiasm to learn, and i wouldn't attempt any repairs o...

believe me, it's not a lack of money (it's a specialist performing arts school) - they bought the b1s and the c3 without playing either. as for a technician visit, not very likely. why pay someone when a helpful 6th - former will fix them up for free? one of a trichord group of strings on another ya...

having played fine examples of both makes, i can say that i personally much prefer a bechstein, challen or bluthner to a steinway, as the renner action especially on newer or reconditioned models always seems slightly unforgiving compared to the schwander action found on challens etc. the tone quali...

couple of lifetimes? though the challen seems at face value 'battered', as it is built (as my dad would say) like a 'brick chickenhouse' it is perfect inside; surely the purpose of the case is to take the knocks? on the other hand, though i can't really comment on the c3 (as it is only played rarely...

Thanks, David! Is it possible to contact the buyer directly (email etc)? Luckily I did German GCSE and could probably cobble together a message.

Luckily, I saved the 'Bay for sale page in my favourites! The item no. was 180115435957, the seller was mlex2005 and the buyer was 123neuschulz. This is the page

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... NARL:UK:12

OK, let's clear this up. The piano merchants who removed it saw an old, beat-up grand. No-one told them that it was built as one of a very limited series for the BBC in the 1930's to a very high specification because the available microphones were so bad, and is (i believe) possibly the only one rem...

So eBay-trawling piano dealers buy pianos for what they're worth, do they?

Firstly, 'PianoGuy' assumes the estimate was given by the school, in fact i sought the estimate myself (i am a student at the school) , by which time the piano had already been removed. This quote was its approximate worth UNRESTORED! I tracked down the C3 suppliers (paid to take it away), who told ...

On the contrary, a professional piano restorer gave a 'conservative' estimate of 10,000 pounds!

A gorgeous 9ft concert grand (built specially for the BBC in the '30s) was recently removed from my school (they paid to have it removed, and it was replaced by a hateful Yamaha C3). I phoned the piano movers, who told me it would be 'disposed of' but i subsequently found it on eBay. Does anyone kno...