The price on these is going to be $9,999 for the set, MSRP. A lot less than was originally predicted from everyone, including our Taylor reps.
My shop was excited to be able to order one of the sets, the uke sounded great. Not sure about the needing to open up, I played some other ukes at NAMM from some BIG TIME uke companies that many people here love, that played horribly stiff and didn't have a good sound at all.