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I found a three year old Yamaha G2 being sold from a private seller for $8,000. Haven't played it yet, but it sounds like it was well cared for. I've just begun my search for a new piano (currently playing on a 1937 Brewster) and I'm not sure if I should spend the money on a G2 because I would prefer a C3...on the other hand I'm a poor college student and it will probably be a long time before I can afford something of that quality (went to a "blowout sale" and the C3 still cost $28,000 new). First, does the G2 price sound right, and second, should I purchase the G2 and "step up" to the C3 at some point in the future?
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In my opinion the main advantage of "stepping up" to a C3 is the length of the piano. The G series is an artist performance series piano. However, I think the G series was discontinued much longer than 3 years ago. Find out the manufacturing date you the G2 as I think it will be older than you think.
Knabe 5'2" Louis XV Walnut circa 1927 Very part time piano broker.
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As mentioned above, I think the G series grands ended production somewhere in the mid-1990's. You may want to run that serial number past the Yamaha website.
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Hmm...I searched the yamaha website, but could not find a place to imput the serial number for the age. I did find a page that listed the years certain serial numbers were made and where at: http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA...nu_XC.html?CNTID=12173&CNTYP=GENERALbut I could not match the serial number I was given (2850143) with these. If anyone could find a link, it would be greatly appreciated.
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According to the link, it looks like it was built in early 1979 between January and June. Jan-79 2848000 Jun-79 2900000
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The seller was kinda stretching the truth abit,don't you think ? "I think we bought the piano about 3 years ago though I might be mistaken, maybe it was 30 years ago"
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Maybe the seller bought it grey market 'as new' 3 years ago. Some buyers are gullible. I'd stay away from a 30 year old yamaha to be honest. So many much nicer pianos available at better prices.
OF course, I'd have a new Yamaha any day, they're totally different from the old ones.
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Haha yeah, I think I'll let this "deal" pass. I'll give the seller the benefit of the doubt and say that I don't think they were lying, because she knew absolutely nothing about the piano. When I first called her asking about it, her first description was "shiny".
And I just checked Yamaha's site...the thing's grey market!!!
Thanks for the help, everyone.
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