Broadwood Value

[Anne Beetem]

>Anne Beetem wrote:
>
>> Alright, now we getting somewhere.  Sounds like 1880-1890 vintage.  I've
>> seen this action family fairly often.  I say family as they differ slightly
>> maker to maker, model to model.  She does have a somewhat interesting
>> instrument, though it was a low end model and therefore not of significant
>> furniture or historical value.  For appraisal purposes, again, the old
>> replacement value algorithm should work just fine.  I.E. what would it cost
>> to find a similar instrument and then costs to bring it to the current
>> condition.  You know what the repairs costs and know the original
>> condition.  It probably wasn't worth more than $1-$3K before you worked on
>> it,hmm?
>>
>> Best.  Anne
>>
>> Anne Beetem
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>Anne,
>
>Well, I just finished its "fine regulation" Friday evening. I must say it
>plays and sounds somewhat less bad that I expected
>it to. The sound is certainly a bit different. We've not done any voicing
>to what is left of the hammers -- original, I
>think, and fairly badly worn -- and I'm not sure what can be done with
>them. We'll try that on Monday. The scale breaks are
>not as bad as I've heard on many other small grands. How much the revised
>stringing scale and the new soundboard have to do
>with that, I don't really know. It wasn't possible to get a real reading
>on its original performance when it came in. (I
>rather assumed that it had essentially no "furniture or historical" value,
>so I didn't feel it necessary to adhere strictly
>to its original design. We did what we had to do to get the piano up and
>running again.) If there is a down side to the
>single row of bridge pins through the two lower sections (with their
>wrapped strings) I can't hear it. Of course, with the
>strings as short as they are down there, I can't hear much of value anyway.
>
>It's been interesting....
>
>Thanks
>
>Del





Anne Beetem
Harpsichords & Historic Pianos
2070 Bingham Ct.
Reston, VA  20191
abeetem@wizard.net