![]() For months before my purchase, I was overwhelmed with options - the penalty for open-mindedness. Still, I recently brought home a six-foot, glossy black Yamaha, G-3 series (the same model, I am told, that Elton John stroked cutting his latest album). ![]() I happen to drive an Escort and I've never even tasted white pizza. And the best car stereo in the world is still no match for a piano when it comes to beginning your child's musical education. But you can't put a sedan in the living room. Granted, the price tag on a new Steinway grand is akin to the sticker on a new Volvo. ![]() These consumers are buying pianos - six- to eight-footers - as never before. Dealers are thanking the upwardly mobile. Those figures show a remarkable gain for a luxury item. At The Piano Man, a new- and used-piano dealer in the Baltimore-Washington area, grand piano sales now represent more than half of dollar-volume sales. At Jordan-Kitts Music, a national chain of stores headquartered in College Park, sales of grand pianos increased 40 percent for the first half of 1987 compared with the same period last year. A musical instrument, unlike a car or even a condominium, will hold its value indefinitely - and a grand piano in many cases will accrue value. Whether you're a frustrated virtuoso or just a music-loving hack, a piano is an excellent investment.
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