The information about pianos and brands of pianos will always be the same. Pianos are harder to sell than cars fewer people have them, fewer people want them, and determining the actual condition of a piano is a specialty. Numerically it should have been made during world war two. The value of a specific piano model may be determined on the basis of the price shown. Robin meloy goldsby exhibits firstclass writing skills. Prices are given only for the lowestpriced style of each model.
Kimball pianos are a popular choice for students, home enthusiasts and professional musicians alike. The touch was as if you had to pound the piano to play it due to the angle of the keys and the action position. D uring the golden age of grand pianos, many different piano manufacturers competed to gain market share and establish themselves as an industry leader. Kimball, americas home piano company, generally made pianos that had nice cabinets but were fair to poor musically. Jun 11, 2012 listen to the tone and youll understand why people seek out u. But later on i might get a piano tutor, so which one should i get.
May 06, 2018 kimball console piano 917973 megs piano. Kimball, model 670s, 67 grand piano viennese classic bosendorfer finish. If you need any of our services, please check the links below. Kimball pianos for sale buy a kimball piano at pianomart. Aug 01, 20 i have searched the piano blue book website that has a ton of piano serial numbers from a bunch of different manufacturers. Kimball, model 670s, 67 grand piano viennese classic. Oct 31, 2007 the blue book for pianos is less reliable than the comparable blue book for cars.
Whitney by kimball 36 spinet piano used piano center. If you are looking to purchase a kimble piano, there is a wide selection available on ebay for your consideration. Kimball bought the famed austrian bosendorfer piano company and produced a limited number of pianos in america with a viennese influenced scale design. The bluebook of pianos is an invaluable handbook for anyone who owns or plans to buy a piano. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. I have an upright kimball piano i think its a studio upright, i dont really know anything about pianos with the serial number 462042, and i want to find out a date, but i cant find it anywhere online. Haines brothers piano company was established in 1851 by napoleon j. Kimball was considered americas home piano company for many years making beautiful cabinets and sturdy pianos. Listen to the tone and youll understand why people seek out u. Its a spinet, with a case on it that is just a plain brown box not even a keyboard cover as i remember. Unfollow kimball pianos to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
Our diverse portfolio offers solutions for the workplace, learning, healing, and hospitality environments. What is the value of early 1900s kimball upright piano in. Our available kimball pianos include a range of types, costs and conditions. Kimball produced many different upright, grand and spinet style pianos under various names.
This list does not include the many furniture styles and finishes. This information can help guide you in making important decisions. Great piano solos blue book is a fantastic and diverse collection of wellknown showtunes, jazz and blues classics, film themes and great standards classical. Find great deals on ebay for kimball piano and kimball sign. There better models were ok for home use for kids to take lessons on, but the 3710 was the cheapest piano they built. 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. Bought jointly by kimball which now makes hotel and office. Unfollow kimball piano to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
The kimball piano and organ story bradley, van allen on. Vintage 1970s kimball entertainer piano sheet music book lot. Used and new kimball list of vertical pianos and grand pianos. We have compiled all the pricing in the entire piano industry into one simple webpage. Kimball international creates design driven, innovative furnishings sold through our family of brands. Kimball produced a handful of other brand names including hinze, dunbar, whitney, and harrison. Vic geiger has had a long and impressive career in the piano and organ business going back to the day he was hired by kimball in 1974. Kimball company, also known as the kimball piano and organ company and later renamed kimball international, inc. These instruments were innovative in concept and were extremely well built.
While with kimball, vic played an important role with the bosendorfer piano brand, working his way up to executive vice president of international marketing. It was about 30 tall, less resonance than a kids toy, keys were stuck, some of the hammers were visibly bent to the side, almost no use. One of the most unique console pianos ever built, the kimball crest was a huge success in piano design. Im 15, i dont know much about piano notes and stuff, so i learned myself to play by ear and by youtube videos xd lol. Since 1857, kimball has provided piano players of all ages and ability levels with different styles of pianos that have different price ranges. Kimball baby grand 1988 model 520 bosendorfer design aspects. Kimball international consists of three furniture brands. Nancy faber, randall faber adult piano adventures allinone lesson.
The info about the current american and asian piano market will most likely change as the years go by. In each case we show the lowest price at retail for each size. Kimball piano prices and value upright, grand new, used. But, i did also note that the blue book doesnt list the pianos from the sejung line. Haines brothers was known for building high quality, lovely sounding instruments and they. As you read my comments on piano brands, below, you will note that many are american. Highest awards from the panamapacific exposition at san francisco were announced in the summer of 1916, grand piano medal. Weve over 200 pages and videos of information which we hope youll find helpful. Uso kimball s, if they werent beat to death, the notes would at least last 5 seconds before dying. Jul 19, 2011 by the turnofthecentury, kimball was manufacturing around 20,000 pianos annually. This section lists the average resale prices for used pianos. Kimball pianos were very popular, especially with the middle class, and were widely distributed throughout the united states.
Kimball grand piano kimball pianos for sale youtube. Kimball cta station, a station at the terminus of the chicago transit authority ctas brown line belmont cta blue line station, a station on the ctas blue line, also known as kimball kimball international, former manufacturer of pianos and organs. Any such price list would only cause confusion in the marketplace. While the kimball piano value makes it more accessible to beginners, you can buy highend pianos suitable for wellseasoned players. Kimball pianos a history of one of the largest piano manufacturers. This piano was made in french lick, indiana in marchapril of 1964. Choose out of 46 kimball pianos available for sale or hire. Apr 10, 2011 my dad left a voice mail to ask info about it. The work done on this piano could easily cost double the asking price. The blue piano and other stories amadeus montparker, carol on. I played a winter spinnet at a friends house that made a uso quality kimball look good. Kimball pianos are a popular choice for students, home enthusiasts and professional.
Trying to get a hold of kimball office for sales or customer service. This is a list current used piano prices of these models made after 1985. Now you have access to the complete piano pricing that before was only available to piano dealers. For the first 20 years, they built a nice selection of square grand pianos before building their first upright pianos in 1870. Our values and integrity are demonstrated daily by living our guiding principles and creating a culture of caring that establishes us as.
We provide free retail price lists, free age of your piano, free information for all pianos. While grand pianos are more dramatic in appearance and produce a louder sound, upright. So during that time kimball pianos borrowed a lot of the technology and trade secrets of the bosendorfer piano so the kimballs. How much is my 35 year old whitney,kimball piano worth. Kimball and company, the worlds largest piano and organ manufacturer at certain times in the 19th and 20th centuries. This is a bit different scenario, kimball is one of the more prolific names in pianos, and 1905 would make it a pretty early model they started making pianos around 1890. With more than 150 years in the industry, kimball has produced a range of pianos that can be appreciated by players of any ability. I took the link to the blue book and noticed the same thing as did teclado.
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