funny you mentioned it - because i just e-mailed mr. wilder and asked how much he would charge since he runs a recording studio (of which i noticed there was also a professional marimbaist - which i think is the guy i heard a while back. he did some kind of awesome techno move to remove extraneous sound). i am so excited. i am going on sunday. the piano, he said, was slightly out of tune - but noone will care since it is just the basic sound of the piano, right. the quality.
now, i have to also be some sort of quiet guru of the noises i'm getting out of the piano. was thinking today - the first thing i will do instead of playing a piece of music is do my little thing from the bass on up. each note chromatically. if i come upon 'trick notes' - i talk him down $100. per note. if i find the entire engine has been tampered with - i will throw a fit and talk him down another $10,000. i hope that it hasn't been re-engined. i want the original hardly played piano that is still in good shape after 21 years. the original guy bought it just because he had money. it was a piece of furniture.
now, why would someone sell this very nice piano after 20 years? i want to know if there is a blue book of sorts on bosendorfer pricing. but, it hasn't been over played, right? so, it might be less 14 years of any kind of serious playing. that would qualify it for a six year age price range? i don't know. all i know is that if it was estimated at 112,ooo in 2000 then it's a matter of how well it's been holding together and how the strings are? how do you test the quality of strings? how they stay in tune? the only thing i am kinda wondering - is it has been tuned every two months?! i cannot afford a piano that needs a $75. tuning every two months. is this typical - or can it stand going a lot longer (say six months). will it go out of tune faster because of the longer strings - or should i always ask them to tune it sharp?