Blue pages this guide covers the bluebooks white pages, which provide citation rules for academic papers. Blue pages first section of rules for practitioners, organized as. The reasons for the preference which most people show for a grand to an upright piano are probably aesthetic and psychological. Bluebook citation for llm students harvard library. We are an undergraduate student organization at harvard university dedicated to creating a community for pianists on campus, and to providing student pianists with the opportunity to perform and learn about piano music.
The weber piano company is a former piano manufacturing company based in new york city. Note that the only hsph courses listed in the blue book are those that have been petitioned previously. Bluebook citation for llm students search this group search. A uniform system of citation, a style guide, prescribes the most widely used legal citation system in the united states. But i love my vincent baby, and thats no harvard lie. Once youve collected all the necessary info, you can get a dollar amount. A longitudinal dceeg study the harvard community has made this article openly available. I took the link to the blue book and noticed the same thing as did teclado. Piano technical services pts tunes, maintains, repairs, restores and rebuilds the collection of approximately 200 pianos in the faculty of arts and sciences at harvard university. Some pianos do not have serial numbers when they are manufactured as house brands for large retailers. Many people looking to buy or sell a seek to appraise its value by means of a socalled blue book of pianos. Please note that we do not accept orders at this email address. The harvard university department of music is devoted to the study and practice of music, and exists to provide a firstrate musical education that gives students advanced skills in music as well as knowledge of music history and repertory. The age of your piano is determined by the serial number.
Bluebook of pianos piano information and appraisal. But, i did also note that the blue book doesnt list the pianos from the sejung line. It is domiciled in the united states and listed on the london stock exchange quarto creates and sells illustrated books for adults and children, across 50 countries and in 40 languages through a variety of traditional and nontraditional channels. Look in an piano blue book to see what your piano is worth. The value of your piano this virtual appraisal will give you a rough idea of what your piano might be worth. In case the book is being published by more than one publishing house, write the name of the publisher cited after the name of the editor in sentence case. Our primary responsibility is to the harvard university music department where approximately onequarter of the keyboard collection resides. Citation format examples for footnotes general rules times new roman, size 10, 1 line spacing, justified. A depreciation schedule, such as the one in piano buyer, shows how much a used piano is worth as a percentage of the actual selling price of a new piano of comparable quality. Jul 19, 2019 the bluebook is the style manual that governs how american legal documents are cited in legal memoranda, court documents, and law journals. Start your citation search within this section for.
Hammill and awhina 2007 comment that one of the primary objectives of offering generic study skills programs to students is to familiarise those students with the basic expectations of academic writing. The best book of this sort, a practical, downtoearth price guide, workable, easy to follow guidelines. If you are buying or selling an upright or grand piano, discover the prices of new pianos or current resale market value of used pianos, any brand, right now. Click here for our current phone hours and other contact information. About the bluebook bluebook guide guides at georgetown. Piano bluebook prices steinway piano gallery of naples. The standard citation guide for american legal writing, the bluebook is widely used throughout legal practice, by. Submit an offer thank you for your interest in this instrument. Harvard cabinet grand, harvard piano company piano world. Because local market forces have a huge influence on piano prices, it is common to. Now you have access to the complete piano pricing that before was only available to piano dealers. Abbreviated reporter names can be found in table t1. A grand looks better in a room, and the pianist is more favorably impressed by the view when he sits down to play a grand, compared with an upright, which usually stands with its back to a wall.
The harvard college piano society is dedicated to promote the piano community at harvard by creating opportunities for pianists and music lovers alike. 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. The bluebook of pianos is an invaluable handbook for anyone who owns or plans to buy a piano. Used, in excellent condition some are worth more than original price. We believe that our work is important for piano owners and lovers. Official guide piano grades beware of bogus claims of bluebook prices, others claim bluebook prices.
After an illustrated discussion of piano structure that explains the workings of both grand and upright pianos, the book gives careful advice for purchasing a new or used piano. The harvard book award or harvard prize book is an award given out by the alumni of harvard university to the topperforming students in 11th12th grade reading classes in nearly 2,000 selected high schools from around the world. The chickering plant located in east rochester, ny was closed in 1982, and chickering was sold to the wurlitzer piano co. If you find our application useful, please support our. This guide is not a substitute for the bluebook, but rather a source to be used to locate rules in the bluebook bluepages p. Did you recently inherit a piano and wonder if its worth restoring to enhance its value.
How old is my pianomade by harvard piano company of cincinnati ohio and s. Included are general values based upon formulas used in my 35 years of experience buying, selling, tuning and restoring pianos. Introduction bluebooking tips and resources libguides. It gives complete, practical guidelines that explains the. This guide is designed to give a brief overview to some oftenoverlooked bluebook rules and some general tips on using the bluebook. The standard citation guide for american legal writing, the bluebook is widely used throughout legal practice, by paralegals, attorneys, professors, and students. These brand names listed here accounted for over 97% of all grand pianos sold in the united states during the last 20 years.
Hubbard, frank 1967, three centuries of harpsichord making, cambridge, massachusetts. Well, nobody knows and the piano blue book sites wont say. Schaum piano course has been newly revised with 100 percent new engravings and typesetting, color highlighting for concept emphasis, updated song titles and lyrics, and fullcolor illustrations. Qrt is a global illustrated book publishing group founded in 1976. You may also want to buy a copy of the book mastering the blue book or something similar to help you understand how to use this book. In actuality these old instruments may be worth very little at all.
We are glad to consider reasonable offers on our instruments, but we do ask that these be serious inquiries only. If you have interest, and can provide the 5 digit serial number from your piano, most likely located inside piano, stamped or carved into cast iron plate. A blue book of pianos is a compilation of prices of new and used pianos, which can be used to give you an estimate of a pianos value. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, the bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal authorities upon. It can be a challenge to determine if youre paying a fair price for a piano. This is a list current used piano prices of these models made after 1985.
For more than eighty years, the bluebook has provided authoritative guidance to legal citation for american students, professionals, and scholars. The bluebook of pianos the guide to new piano prices. Blue pages are mostly used in briefs, motions, memoranda, and opinions. Pianos also have numbers other than serial numbers, such is the case with part or patent numbers. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, the bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal. It is published by the editors of the law journals at columbia university, harvard university, the university of pennsylvania, and yale university. It wasnt till i stumbled across your piano calculator website that i finally got some answers. It appears that they will sometimes use msrp or wholesale price sheets that are decades old. The bluebook is the style manual that governs how american legal documents are cited in legal memoranda, court documents, and law journals. Have an old piano and are wondering about its value. If you cited a book in the earlier footnote, you put the authors name in small caps. Like antique books, antique pianos are not worth a lot of money just because they are old.
A uniform system of citation 10th edition created date. Since there is no used piano price directory or blue book as there is for other merchandise, like cars for example, piano pricing can be very confusing for most. The value of a specific piano model may be determined on the basis of the price shown. View our library of professional piano restoration services, online piano museum and collection of rare antique instruments for sale. Hathitrust is a partnership of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. In addition to the values of almost 3,000 piano brands and models, this book is a goldmine of information for any piano owner or enthusiast. New york, and later this merged into the aeolianamerican piano company in 1932. Generations of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on the bluebooks unique system of citation in their writing. The piano buyer article has since been revised to include these comments. This guide contains price information of new piano that is distributed in the united states of america. The bluebook also has citation rules for legal memoranda and other practiceoriented materials the blue pages, which students in lrwa2 use for their memo assignments. Free piano prices guide new or used fair market value.
Harvard book store is temporarily closed to the public through sunday, may 3rd. After signing up to your membership i discovered my pianos actually worth a lot more than expected. The problem here is that so many older brands are now made by companies different from the original, in different factories and parts of the world, and to different. Manuscript in a number of hands, apparently copied at least in part. However, according to the blue book of pianos, this manufacturer was winter and. I spent over 3 hours last night looking for some basic information about how much i should sell my small upright piano for. The purpose of this article is to comment on and clarify the information in piano buyer on determining the value of a used piano. Hathitrust digital library millions of books online. How to determine the value of a musical instrument. Piano blue book piano prices manufacturers suggested. Chickering piano prices and value upright, grand new, used. If you are a harvard llm student and you need information about using perma to create permanent links, go to 14. We will respond as soon as possible, during weekday business hours mf, 9.
Merritt room, eda kuhn loeb music library, harvard university. Many people looking to buy or sell a seek to appraise its value by means of a so called blue book of pianos. This section lists the average resale prices for used pianos. A directory of 18th and 19thcentury urban craftsmen. Since there is no used piano price directory or blue book as there is for other merchandise, like cars for example. Later bought by john church co, and moved to cincinnati. A uniform system of citation edition 20 available in other format. In each case we show the lowest price at retail for each size. How to determine the value of a used piano our pastimes. How old is my piano made by harvard piano company of cincinnati ohio and s. In response to the latest university guidelines on events, the graduate commons program will not be accepting new private room reservations through at least april 30.
A blue book of pianos is a compilation of prices of. After signing up to your membership i discovered my piano s actually worth a lot more than expected. The latest supplement to the pianists musthave reference the piano book, this comprehensive guide provides list prices for more than 4,000 currently manufactured acoustic and digital piano brands and models, as well as advice on how to estimate actual street prices to help negotiate the lowest possible price. To make an offer on this instrument, please submit your information in the requested fields below. If you are trying to determine a fair value for your piano, it can be a difficult process at best. If youre going about this on your own, your best resource is an updated version of the piano book. Meetings or events of any size should be reconsidered. Unfortunately, we are not able to answer specific citation questions. A blue book of pianos is a compilation of prices of new and used pianos, which can be used to give you an estimate of a piano s value. In addition to the values of almost 3,000 piano brands and models, this book is a goldmine of information for any piano owner or.
Hal leonard keyboard style series keyboard instruction. It is vital to understand that piano values are determined by many factors, and a blue book can by its nature only give you a ballpark figure. You will need the serial number, the date and the manufacturer name. How to determine the value of a used piano pianobuyer. Collaboration, creativity, scholarship and musicianship all figure prominently in the departments mission and practice. Piano serial numbers identify the 1 age of your piano, the 2 pianos year of manufacture, as well as 3 the circumstances surrounding the production of your piano, including factory history, manufacturing processes, and company ownership and oversight. It is published by the editors of the law journals at columbia university, harvard university, the university of. Hal leonard keyboard style series keyboard instruction harrison, mark on.
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