Condemnation and obtaining for personal gain

[Farrell]

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Best option would be to tell the owners that it is not worth more than a =
couple hundred bucks, call a local tech ...... Terry Farrell =
(813-684-3505) would be a fine one ......, and have the tech take that =
old worn-out piano off this elderly couple's hands.=20

Yup, that's what I would do.

Operators are standing by.....

A second option, and IMHO not nearly as good as the option described =
above, would be to buy it yourself. I don't know exactly what is the =
salvage value of an M&H A. Perhaps some on this list can help you get a =
range for that. Offer them something towards the lower end of the range. =
I find that west-Florida prices are pretty consistent with much of =
mid-western USA. IMHO, that would be fair to you becuase you will get a =
good deal on the piano, and it will be fair to them because the price =
will be within the "normal" range, but they have the ease of sale =
without having to advertise it, do the pricing research themselves, have =
people calling and trampling through their home inspecting the piano, =
etc., etc. And of course, if they want to pursue getting a higher price, =
they are free to advertise the piano and do that whole thing.

Terry Farrell

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From: "Phil Bondi" <phil@philbondi.com>
To: "Newtonville" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 8:24 AM
Subject: Condemnation and obtaining for personal gain


> Good morning all.    =20
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> Recently, I had to give the bad news to an elderly couple with a 1915=20
> M&H A. It was established that the piano hadn't been tuned in 12 years =

> rather than the 5 originally thought - I always find it amazing how=20
> people's memories work, or not, when it refers to piano maintenance..
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> Anyway, the pinblock was shot..I put my tuning lever on a tuning pin =
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> BOING..same thing across the block.
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> Now I know what you're saying: CA it Bondi!!..sorry..this couple has =
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> money to spend on any repairs, and my regular tuning price was "a =
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> higher than expected" to begin with..it would be with 12 years between =

> tunings.
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> They're going to be moving to Minnesota in a few years and are now=20
> willing to leave the piano behind with the house..I suggested to them=20
> that before they do that, I would be happy to take the piano off their =

> hands for an agreed upon price..The man of the house said he would =
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> about that.  The piano needs everything..especially the cabinet:=20
> alligatored like Jim Bryant's favorite football team!!!
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> I don't run into this situation very often where I have to give the =
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> news for pianos that are potentially quite worthy of rebuilding and=20
> re-selling and are basically worthless where they sit.
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> I would like to have this piano to work on..again, I believe it's a=20
> pre-Aeolian M&H, and they are rare birds in these parts.
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> If you were me, and be glad you're not, how would you handle this =
situation?
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> Seriously,
> Phil(Fl)
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