Ed, Thanks for the input. The 50% depreciation came from the table in "The Piano Book" (attributed to Steve Brady). It's not the only thing I go by, but it at least gives me a reference point - assuming I can come up with an apples to apples "new replacement" cost for whatever piano I'm appraising. At 05:11 AM 3/8/00 EST, you wrote: >> The piano was built in '83, >>so a 50% depreciation would put the piano at $29,000. > >Greetings, > I don't know where the 50% came from, but Steinways do better than that >here. >so I would go with the price I could tell a customer to pay for this piano, >if they were in the. A 17 year old B, in really good shape, ready to play? >I could tell a customer to spend $30-34K on this piano. > Also, I think evalualtions for donations should be as high as possible, so >the figure should be as high as your professional opinion can push it. >Regards, >Ed Foote RPT > > Jeff Stickney, RPT University of Montana jpage@selway.umt.edu
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