Pleyel Help

[Vince Mrykalo]

> One small college I work for just asked me to appraise a piano which was
> given to them.  The college needed to know if the piano was worth over $1000
> so they could appropriately list the donor in the Presidents Club.  They also
> wanted to send the donor a statement of thanks with acknowledgement of the
> gift worth x-amount of $.

>  Personally I do not think (especially after talking to the music dept) that
> it will ever play a Chopin mazurka again.
>
> My questions:
> 1. Does this piano have some value?
> 2. And the ethical meat here, what would you do?

Have them donate it to a museum.

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Vince Mrykalo  rpt

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... if you shall seem to some to be a person of importance,
distrust yourself.
-Epictetus

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