Finding pianos, a question? Wim

[Brian Trout]

Thanks for the suggestion Wim.  Sounds like you're geographic area is pretty
rich in rebuildable pianos.  In this neck of the woods, the only thing that
is usually found in the local papers is "old upright for sale", and
"completely rebuilt grand- $4900".  The dealers in the area usually want to
keep good rebuildable stock for themselves, and I can't blame them.  She
asked me what to do, and I really didn't have a good answer.  I suggested
that maybe she should advertise for a piano, but I don't think she has done
it yet.  So I thought I'd just throw out the question, and see what others
might think.

Thanks again,

Hope you're having a great day!

Brian Trout
Quarryville, Pa.

-----Original Message-----
From: Wimblees@AOL.COM <Wimblees@AOL.COM>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Saturday, May 01, 1999 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: Finding pianos, a question?



>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
>