I did one of these about ten to fifteen years ago - I couldn't resist the rosewood that I saw when I scraped a bit of the old crazed, dirty varnish off discreetly. It was in a church, and was unplayable. I shimmed the soundboard, did some extensive bridge work, rehammered, restrung it and refinished it. Needless to say, it was dazzling. I advertised in the paper for around $3,500 and got nary a call. when I sent it to a store for consignment, it sold within a week. It taught me this: if you don't have a showroom or any other means of displaying something unusual like this, count on having it around for a while. Mark Story, RPT Eastern Washington University Cheney, Washington ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wallace Scherer" <p003520b@pb.seflin.org> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 3:14 AM Subject: "New" old uprights > The note by Les Bartlett about "it was my grandmother's" old upright, and > costing $7K to restore it brought a question to my mind: > > Has anyone ever thought how much one of those old, ornate uprights would > sell for new if manufactured today? I sometimes tell a customer "maybe > between 10 and 20 thousand dollars", but I don't really have much to go > on. Does anyone have a better estimate? > > Maybe some of those old, beautiful pianos really ARE worth restoring! > > Wally Scherer > Lake Worth, Florida > > Send e-mail to: WallyTS@iname.com or > p003520b@pb.seflin.org > Personal Web page: <http://www.geocities.com/vienna/2411> >
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