It is published by the editors of the law journals at columbia university, harvard university, the university of. How to determine the value of a used piano our pastimes. After signing up to your membership i discovered my piano s actually worth a lot more than expected. This section lists the average resale prices for used pianos. After signing up to your membership i discovered my pianos actually worth a lot more than expected. Once youve collected all the necessary info, you can get a dollar amount. In addition to the values of almost 3,000 piano brands and models, this book is a goldmine of information for any piano owner or enthusiast. We are an undergraduate student organization at harvard university dedicated to creating a community for pianists on campus, and to providing student pianists with the opportunity to perform and learn about piano music. Unfortunately, we are not able to answer specific citation questions. Jul 19, 2019 the bluebook is the style manual that governs how american legal documents are cited in legal memoranda, court documents, and law journals. But i love my vincent baby, and thats no harvard lie. Have an old piano and are wondering about its value. How old is my piano made by harvard piano company of cincinnati ohio and s.
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If you are a harvard llm student and you need information about using perma to create permanent links, go to 14. Harvard book store is temporarily closed to the public through sunday, may 3rd. Many people looking to buy or sell a seek to appraise its value by means of a socalled blue book of pianos. If you are buying or selling an upright or grand piano, discover the prices of new pianos or current resale market value of used pianos, any brand, right now. Since there is no used piano price directory or blue book as there is for other merchandise, like cars for example, piano pricing can be very confusing for most. In actuality these old instruments may be worth very little at all. The standard citation guide for american legal writing, the bluebook is widely used throughout legal practice, by paralegals, attorneys, professors, and students. It can be a challenge to determine if youre paying a fair price for a piano. Meetings or events of any size should be reconsidered. Because local market forces have a huge influence on piano prices, it is common to. Piano blue book piano prices manufacturers suggested. The bluebook of pianos the guide to new piano prices. Since there is no used piano price directory or blue book as there is for other merchandise, like cars for example.
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A grand looks better in a room, and the pianist is more favorably impressed by the view when he sits down to play a grand, compared with an upright, which usually stands with its back to a wall. A uniform system of citation 10th edition created date. A uniform system of citation, a style guide, prescribes the most widely used legal citation system in the united states. The chickering plant located in east rochester, ny was closed in 1982, and chickering was sold to the wurlitzer piano co. The price and list, at least on the four different makes i looked at, appears to be an exact copy of the 20072008 supplement to the piano book. It is published by the editors of the law journals at columbia university, harvard university, the university of pennsylvania, and yale university. Official guide piano grades beware of bogus claims of bluebook prices, others claim bluebook prices. The age of your piano is determined by the serial number. Abbreviated reporter names can be found in table t1. Blue pages first section of rules for practitioners, organized as. This guide is designed to give a brief overview to some oftenoverlooked bluebook rules and some general tips on using the bluebook. These brand names listed here accounted for over 97% of all grand pianos sold in the united states during the last 20 years. A depreciation schedule, such as the one in piano buyer, shows how much a used piano is worth as a percentage of the actual selling price of a new piano of comparable quality.
Generations of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on the bluebooks unique system of citation in their writing. Merritt room, eda kuhn loeb music library, harvard university. Now you have access to the complete piano pricing that before was only available to piano dealers. Introduction bluebooking tips and resources libguides. This guide is not a substitute for the bluebook, but rather a source to be used to locate rules in the bluebook bluepages p. This is a list current used piano prices of these models made after 1985. Piano bluebook prices steinway piano gallery of naples. We believe that our work is important for piano owners and lovers. The harvard university department of music is devoted to the study and practice of music, and exists to provide a firstrate musical education that gives students advanced skills in music as well as knowledge of music history and repertory.
It appears that they will sometimes use msrp or wholesale price sheets that are decades old. The bluebook also has citation rules for legal memoranda and other practiceoriented materials the blue pages, which students in lrwa2 use for their memo assignments. Click here for our current phone hours and other contact information. A blue book of pianos is a compilation of prices of new and used pianos, which can be used to give you an estimate of a pianos value. The harvard book award or harvard prize book is an award given out by the alumni of harvard university to the topperforming students in 11th12th grade reading classes in nearly 2,000 selected high schools from around the world. A spinet is a smaller type of harpsichord or other keyboard instrument, such as a piano or organ. Piano serial numbers identify the 1 age of your piano, the 2 pianos year of manufacture, as well as 3 the circumstances surrounding the production of your piano, including factory history, manufacturing processes, and company ownership and oversight. You may also want to buy a copy of the book mastering the blue book or something similar to help you understand how to use this book. Like antique books, antique pianos are not worth a lot of money just because they are old. Note that the only hsph courses listed in the blue book are those that have been petitioned previously. A uniform system of citation edition 20 available in other format. I took the link to the blue book and noticed the same thing as did teclado. Blue pages this guide covers the bluebooks white pages, which provide citation rules for academic papers. The piano buyer article has since been revised to include these comments.
The purpose of this article is to comment on and clarify the information in piano buyer on determining the value of a used piano. It is vital to understand that piano values are determined by many factors, and a blue book can by its nature only give you a ballpark figure. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, the bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal authorities upon. Blue pages are mostly used in briefs, motions, memoranda, and opinions. Hathitrust is a partnership of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
New york, and later this merged into the aeolianamerican piano company in 1932. To make an offer on this instrument, please submit your information in the requested fields below. It gives complete, practical guidelines that explains the. The value of a specific piano model may be determined on the basis of the price shown.
It wasnt till i stumbled across your piano calculator website that i finally got some answers. How to determine the value of a musical instrument. The weber piano company is a former piano manufacturing company based in new york city. The problem here is that so many older brands are now made by companies different from the original, in different factories and parts of the world, and to different. The best book of this sort, a practical, downtoearth price guide, workable, easy to follow guidelines. Hal leonard keyboard style series keyboard instruction. Did you recently inherit a piano and wonder if its worth restoring to enhance its value. Many people looking to buy or sell a seek to appraise its value by means of a so called blue book of pianos. Free piano prices guide new or used fair market value. Some pianos do not have serial numbers when they are manufactured as house brands for large retailers. However, according to the blue book of pianos, this manufacturer was winter and. Included are general values based upon formulas used in my 35 years of experience buying, selling, tuning and restoring pianos.
If you have interest, and can provide the 5 digit serial number from your piano, most likely located inside piano, stamped or carved into cast iron plate. We are glad to consider reasonable offers on our instruments, but we do ask that these be serious inquiries only. Bluebook of pianos piano information and appraisal. The latest supplement to the pianists musthave reference the piano book, this comprehensive guide provides list prices for more than 4,000 currently manufactured acoustic and digital piano brands and models, as well as advice on how to estimate actual street prices to help negotiate the lowest possible price. Piano technical services pts tunes, maintains, repairs, restores and rebuilds the collection of approximately 200 pianos in the faculty of arts and sciences at harvard university. How to determine the value of a used piano pianobuyer.
Submit an offer thank you for your interest in this instrument. Hubbard, frank 1967, three centuries of harpsichord making, cambridge, massachusetts. Used, in excellent condition some are worth more than original price. You will need the serial number, the date and the manufacturer name. But, i did also note that the blue book doesnt list the pianos from the sejung line. A blue book of pianos is a compilation of prices of. The pianos have a solid aaa alaskan sitka spruce soundboard, renner blue hammers. Pianos also have numbers other than serial numbers, such is the case with part or patent numbers. Hal leonard keyboard style series keyboard instruction harrison, mark on. Our primary responsibility is to the harvard university music department where approximately onequarter of the keyboard collection resides. Look in an piano blue book to see what your piano is worth. The standard citation guide for american legal writing, the bluebook is widely used throughout legal practice, by.
Citation format examples for footnotes general rules times new roman, size 10, 1 line spacing, justified. How old is my pianomade by harvard piano company of cincinnati ohio and s. Hammill and awhina 2007 comment that one of the primary objectives of offering generic study skills programs to students is to familiarise those students with the basic expectations of academic writing. Common room reservations harvard university housing. Qrt is a global illustrated book publishing group founded in 1976. A blue book of pianos is a compilation of prices of new and used pianos, which can be used to give you an estimate of a piano s value. Later bought by john church co, and moved to cincinnati. If you find our application useful, please support our. This guide contains price information of new piano that is distributed in the united states of america.
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