These were sold through an high-end dealer of ornate pianos and players, in a posh showroom which showed off the cabinetry, to customers who were wealthy enough to buy what they liked. Thump If a simple chair can sell at an auction for $10,000, why not a piano, which took 50 times the expertise to create? Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > My opinion on whether old uprights are worth saving > is - musically, > absolutely - but financially, I just don't know, and > actually, am a bit > pessimistic about that - but I've never sold one. > > I have little doubt that a high-end vertical is not > easy to sell for high > $$. How did you advertise and how long were they on > the market before sale? > Oh, and BTW, did they say "Steinway & Sons" on the > fallboard? Thanks. > > Terry Farrell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 4:36 PM > Subject: Re: Old uprights worth saving? > > > > We have gotten $10,000-$12,000 for top-notch > restored > > uprights in the Atlanta market ( without new > > soundboards ). The thing to do is have the > customer > > compare them with a new piano of the same price. > The > > ornate case and resonant tone of the oldies > usually > > beats out the new stuff. But the newer pianos are > > usualy LOT cleaner on the inside, unless great > effort > > is made to attend to this, which is why I have > come up > > with so many techniques to make old pianos > odor-free > > and sanitary. I don't want to face God and answer > for > > giving someone's 5 year old daughter, forced to > > practice, a disease from the residues in an old > piano. > > Thump > > > > > > --- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > > I strongly suspect that may depend quite a bit > on > > > how one defines > > > "restored/remanufactured". > > > > > > Terry Farrell > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Cy Shuster" <741662027@theshusters.org> > > > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > > > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 5:07 PM > > > Subject: Re: Old uprights worth saving? > > > > > > > > > > In Minnesota, the store couldn't get more than > > > $2,000 for one -- even a > > > big > > > > Bush & Lane. > > > > > > > > --Cy Shuster-- > > > > Bluefield, WV > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Keith McGavern" <kam544@gbronline.com> > > > > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > > > > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 8:55 PM > > > > Subject: Re: Old uprights worth saving? > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 8:40 PM -0400 7/9/04, Clyde Hollinger > wrote: > > > > > >... Has anyone tried to see if there might > > > actually be a market for > > > > > >restored/remanufactured old uprights? ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > pianotech list info: > > > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pianotech list info: > > > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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