phone diagnosis // email appraisal

Joel A. Jones jajones2@wisc.edu
Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:46:05 -0500


Conrad,

Service, Service, Service...

Gas just went above $3.00 a gallon, so the service
call just went up too.

Is that supply and demand, or what??

Joel
Joel Jones, RPT
Madison, WIl
On Oct 3, 2005, at 10:35 AM, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote:

> Joel,
>
> At 10:04 AM 10/3/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>> List,
>>
>> No doubt I will be making a service call, so roll a few more $$ on 
>> the bill.?
>>
>> How do you all view this situation?
>>
>> Joel
>
> Your mileage charge just went up didn't it???? ;-}
>
>
>
> -------------------------
>
>
> Just got the e-mail equivalent of phone fixes.
>
>> Hello, My grandmother recently passed away and left a Mehlin & Sons 
>> 1920's Grand Piano to the family. It's Mahogany and was in the Long 
>> Beach Opera House for some time. I am interested in selling it and 
>> was wondering if you would be so kind as to give a range estimate of 
>> it's value. It looks and works great, probably a 7+ in overall 
>> condition. It has an electronic player that uses cassettes, but I've 
>> heard that's probably a liability and not an asset. Any thoughts on 
>> the value of the top of your head? My Uncle sold it for $600, which I 
>> think is extremely low, but I might be able to buy it back and resell 
>> it. If it's only worth 3 or 4 K I may not bother, but if it's worth 
>> much more, I would. My parents bought it from a piano dealer about 15 
>> years ago for 8K.
>> Thanks for any insight.
>
>
> I have no clue as to:
>
> -Size
> -location
> -"electronic player"
>
> Yup, it's a Monday.
>
>
>
>
> Conrad Hoffsommer
> I tried to get a life once, but they were all out of stock.
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