Untuneable Piano

[Dave Doremus]

On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Ted Simmons wrote:

> piano is an Erard upright S/N 20402 which puts its manufacturing date at
> about 1847.  It was straight-strung with oblong tuning pin heads.  The
> finish was beautiful and in very good shape.

Ted, yr right about the musical value being 0, I have fought with a couple
of these and all my best efforts just led to more frustration. Even
completely restored they are unsatisfying and not worth the effort or
money. However they can be spectacular furniture. Try large furniture
auction  houses and real high end antique dealers, dont even try to sell
it as a piano. But even at best I'd be surprised if you got more than $500
for it, although I've seen a lot worse go for a lot more. There is one
born every minute.


Dave Doremus
dbd01@gnofn.org
New Orleans