how to sell a piano?
i have had two grand pianos in my living room for a long time now
and have finally decided one is enough. to sell i guess i will put an adv on craigslist and a small classified in the local paper..
i am looking for suggestions for how to sell a grand piano...
any ideas?
thanks..
i am not trying to sell it on this site... i know that is not what this site is for.... i am looking for advise on how to sell a piano.
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if you don't now, gather some knowledge on the piano, how old it is, where it was made, what it's made of--and just some knowledge of pianos in general--functions of the keys, hammers, strings, bridge, soundboard, pin-block, case--a good idea to find out what they are made of too.
place an ad somewhere in a place where people will be looking at pianos for sale. when they phone' be courteous!--don't tell them too much about the instrument--the idea here is to have them come and look at it. when they come over dress well, gave a clean tidy house--no jeans/sweatshirts-- offer coffee even--treat it as it were the greatest piano in the world, offer some of this knowledge you have gained--but don't overdo it, but be ready if they ask for it, and you'll have it sold in a week.
(i was once a piano salesman..at a steinway dealer )
should one state a price above what you really expect to get for it, like is standard for selling cars? the advantage of this is that when you ask for a higher price peoploe think the instrument is worth more, and then feel like they are getting a deal when you lower the price. maybe this isn't standard practice for selling pianos, though.
some other advice: you have a limited set of people who will be looking for a grand at any one time. don't advertise it until you have done everything to prepare it (everything casparus said above).
my neighbor made a mistake of trying to sell his house while he was in the process of getting it cleaned up, and everybody who was looking for houses saw it in the first week of advertising and very few have seen it since he got it cleaned up.
marksdg--this should answer your question as well.
but i guess i was more kind of hoping for ideas on how to advertise or market it.
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