Disklavier

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Gary Connoley wrote:
> :) a quid is slang for £1 Pound. It sounds expensive to me. I brought a shop
> demo (nearly new) MPX100XG for £5500 two years ago.

A brand new U1 has a street price in the UK of around 4,200UKP (UK
pounds), and disklaviers are obviously more expensive than that.  Based on
what I saw when looking for a piano earlier this year, secondhand U1's
start at about 1,800UKP for a 25-30 year old model, up to about 3,500UKP
for nearly new.

I bought my MPX1Z disklavier (Mark IIXG U1) in April for 6,000UKP end of
line and had the DCD1 thrown in free. I think I paid 6,500 in total for
the piano, a decent stool, collection of disks, and delivery.

The list price in the UK of the DU1A new is 8,500UKP I believe, but would
expect to see discounts appear once more places have them in stock. In
April I was advised not to wait for a DU1A because it would be many months
before they came into the UK - most dealers were quoting October or
November (apparently Yamaha has a supply problem).

Anyway, 4,500 UKP is possibly a bit expensive in my opinion. The the
actual piano hasn't changed much in the last few years (soft close
fallboard being about the only obvious one - but this may be present on a
1996 model).

Personally, I wouldnt pay that much for a non-XG disklavier without the
silent function (which is very useful for me). It might be worth haggling
with the dealer though - they probably took it as part exchange on a new
model. I guess it depends if you need / want the features on the new
models and can get the price down a little.

Regards,

James