Hi John, This is not an answer to your question, but this sounds like a piano that Bill Schull would like to hear about. Alan -- Alan McCoy, RPT Eastern Washington University amccoy at mail.ewu.edu 509-359-4627 509-999-9512 > From: John Minor <jminor at illinois.edu> > Reply-To: <jminor at illinois.edu>, "College and University Technicians > <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org> > Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:31:38 -0500 (CDT) > To: <caut at ptg.org> > Subject: [CAUT] "antique" pianos? > > I had an elderly private customer with an 1869 8' 5" Steinway with rosewood > case and serpentine legs, etc., in mediocre condition and not very playable. I > appraised it as a piano(around 10K) rather than an "antique" and she was > surprised it was not worth a lot more. I attempted to explain to her on the > phone that pianos need to be event older than that to have any "antique" > value, or be a hard-to-find instrument. > > Has anyone had this happen? How do you explain to the public that old pianos > are just that...old pianos? > > John Minor > University of Illinois
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