Finding pianos, a question?

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 5/1/99 12:28:32 AM !!!First Boot!!!, btrout@desupernet.net 
writes:

<< Hi,
 
 Here's a question for ya.
 
  My friend wants to buy a small to mid-sized grand ( say 5 1/2 - 6 1/2 ft.) 
piano to rebuild / refinish / tweak out to the max, for purposes of resale 
for a profit.   It wouldn't have to even be playable or tunable for her to be 
interested.  If it was basically complete, pretty much intact, and had an 
unbroken plate, I think she'd be interested.  (She is a competent piano 
technician, by the way...)
 
 How would my friend go about finding said instrument?  (Since she's not on 
the net, I offered to ask in her behalf.)
 
 Any ideas?
 
 Brian Trout
 Quarryville, Pa.
  >>


Have her look in the newspaper. There are always pianos advertised, "in great 
condition," that are nothing more than a POS. For less than $200 she can a 
get grand she can spend time on to rebuild, and sell.  Whether that will be 
for a profit or not is going to be questionable. If she is only considering 
her materials, and not her time, she will make a profit. But if she is going 
to consider her time, because she has never done this, she will never make a 
profit, even if it was a Steinway. 

Wim