He lived outside a tiny little town way out in the farm country about 4 hours West of Chicago. A musician in his late 70's or early 80's had it for sale. I found my 200 by using search tempest to search Craig's List. But one is going to be top-notch, kick-ass, and ready to rock, and the other will be a 'needs a little work' instrument limping along until someone ponies up the cash to get it properly serviced (even a "good one"). "You get what you pay for" is true from Max's perspective: Buying an unserviced on from Craigslist would be a lot cheaper (unless you're a fool) than a piano that he's spent weeks restoring. The "good and quick" (but not cheap) would be top-notch from the get-go, and would require no additional work (assuming it was purchased from a reputable restorere, such as Mr. The "good and cheap", however, would mean an unserviced instrument in good condition - ie it's gonna need some work ($$), but it's complete and had been generally well taken care of. ![]() Or, you can find one quick and cheap (ie the first one that shows up on Craigslist in your price range), but odds are it won't be good. ![]() You can find a good one quick (ie from a tech/restorer), but it won't be cheap. ![]() You can find a good one cheap, but you probably won't find it quickly. I think one can look at it as a classic good/fast/cheap tradeoff.
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