Old uprights worth saving?

[Joe And Penny Goss]

CHAIRS HAVE FEW CRITICS WHILE PIANOS MANY. SOMETIMES WE CAN BE OUR OWN WORST
ENEMY.
 Sorry I did not mean to shout and am too tired to retype.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: Old uprights worth saving?


> 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? ...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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