How about doing the work and then renting it out???? Just a thought. Avery At 09:05 AM 3/30/2006, you wrote: > Hi Tom: > I'm going to stick my neck out and try to answer your > questions. First, an offer of $500 to buy the piano I think, would > be fair for buyer and seller considering the instrument is now > unplayable and needs considerable work. You also have to move it > out of the basement and into your shop. > Now comes the hard part. I used to run into this sort of thing > in the auto repair business. Buy an old car, fix it up and hope to > make money. In this case, because of the flood of low priced > entry-level Asian grands coming into this country, you might have > trouble coming out ahead. It might make more sense to rebuild it, > and keep it in the family or donate it and take the deduction. On > the other hand, how about a chapter project piano or one for you or > others to gain experience with. The idea here is not to make a big > profit, but to learn. In the end, you might be working for $5/hr > but the experience may be worth a lot more. > Flame suit and helmet in place......and I love the names you > gave the piano. > Mike Kurta -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060330/e3ad4333/attachment.html
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