1920s Steinway M Value

[David Andersen]

>I have a customer that is considering selling her 1926 Steinway M to a 
>close friend of hers. She asked me what her piano might be worth in a 
>private sale. I told her I would do a little digging for her.
>
>The piano is fairly nice. I think most of the action is original and is a 
>bit sluggish (not real bad, just a little slow). Fairly new strings, 
>dampers, hammers and block. Everything refinished very nicely - black case 
>shows a bit of grain. Other than that, piano looks very nice. Sounds good.
>
>Seller is in Florida, potential buyer is in Massachusetts.
>
>Any opinions would be appreciated. I'm also going do dig on pianomart, et. 
>al. Thanks.
>
>Terry Farrell

>From my vast experience <g>, I'd say the piano was in the $20-25K range.  
Actually my experience with these vintage beauties IS pretty vast, thank 
you.......David A