Value of old S&S B

[erwinspiano at aol.com]

?? Dear grass hopper
?? The?B I took to convention is a 1928 souped up hybrid board hot rod in satin mahogany with original ivory & keysticks.?The? ideas incorporated were not mine?but I put em to good use anyway. 
?This?was not trashed but all original?from the dry state of Arizona.?It received many of?the usual custom restoration processes discussed here....& wont' bore you with the details.?I'm asking?about what??new B's?sell for.?(doesn't mean I'll get it) but folks really liked it at convention.?Laroy Edwards was here for the Seminar Sat & I was proud when he seriously said it's the finest?B he's ever heard.?
? All that to say...
? I find that pianos too far under the 1890 barrier & the?85 notes deal?is a downer to the retail price & personally I don't speculate on these. There are B bridges?of different scales produced?during this evolutionary?time. Possibly for use with the two types of wire in use at the time. One hard & one softer. For dIfferent sonorities perhaps...Check the tensions.? Also?Professional musicians don't prefer them.?So make that the finest 85 note B anybodies heard & I would guess it's worth 55 to 60K.?Hey, as Trix is fond of saying "Something is worth what someone will pay for a thing...be it a house...ughh. a prius or an suv.
?? That said I?find Eds rule to be close.? I like Ed's advice of a $1,000 a foot.?hmmm So?Foot rule.s? Nice Ed !
? Dale





Yea Dale,

Rub it in. Grasshopper say " It does not say B. It is 6'10" sn 62xxx ( a little earlier that what I posted before ) Modern action. I'm getting lots of great as is values, now I'd like to know what Dale Erwin would sell this for completely remanufactured."

How'd the seminar go, I was playing Hammond B3 with a choir on some kickin' gospel music or I'd of made it.

Grasshopper


----- Original Message ----- 

From: erwinspiano at aol.com 

To: pianotech at ptg.org 

Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 3:38 PM

Subject: Re: Value of old S&S B



Fenton

Well see if you'd a come to the early Steinway Seminar Sat you'd be all proffesionalized about such things. Is it bent rim? Does it actually say B? If I recall correctly Bill said the first Bs were built in 1878. But also called by there style? ie 1 ..2...3..4
? Dale


-----Original Message-----
From: Fenton Murray <fmurray at cruzio.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:46 am
Subject: Value of old S&S B


Dear list,?
I'm looking at an old 6'10" Steinway s/n 68xxx, 85 note with intact ivory, original finish was ebony now ugly antique white with all original case parts in reasonable condition. Piano is basically a rebuildable shell needing a board along with everything else but it is playable and usable as is.?
In trying to advise my client I would like to give them some idea as to it's as is value and potental completely restored value.?
Help, please,?
Fenton ?


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