---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 2/20/01 3:07:53 PM Central Standard Time,=20 mark.story@mail.ewu.edu writes: > An elderly client passed away last week. Since I had taken care of her > Bl=FCthner for several years, her daughter asked me to help them liquidate= the > piano. I don't even have a clue of what this thing is worth. It is about 2 > meters and has the Patent action and the fourth string. It's an elegant ol= d > thing, but its technical condition isn't very good. It has low pin torque > and the downbearing is marginal, at best. The fourth string is dead when i= t > changes to the auxiliary bridge. This is the only one of these types I hav= e > worked on, so any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA >=20 >=20 > Mark Story. RPT > Eastern Washington University > Cheney, Washington >=20 >=20 Mark If you need an appraised price for estate settlement, ask if the piano will=20 remain in the family, or if it is going to be sold outside the family. If it= =20 is for estate settlement, and the piano is going to remain in the family,=20 without money being exchanged, the appraised price would be, and this is an=20 educated guess, around $4000. If it is going to be sold, either within the=20 family, or outside the family, the selling price of this instrument will be=20 what ever they can get for it in Eastern Washington. It might be as low as=20 $2000. Perhaps a wholesaler from the coast will give you more.=20 Willem=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/cd/90/0a/44/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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