NO, we hadn't noticed and were enjoying the peace and quiet. Now it's like a radio whose dial was on 10 getting plugged back into the wall and suddenly going on!!! It says ON BEHALF OF Terry Farrell. Who's on behalfing? Does your manservant write for you while you sip your mint juleps and nurse your shark bites? Where do you get that kind of income tunin' pie-annas? You tuning for the Columbian Cartel? Wally Tirebiter From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Terry Farrell Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 12:12 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] help with Baldwin L appraisal value You're welcome John. Not eaten by a shark, but thrashed a bit by my bandsaw - 30-some-odd stitches fixed that just fine. No, the email address that I had associated with Pianotech List delivery fizzled out somehow and I tried and tried to get my subscription fixed, but couldn't figure out how to do it. I got my monthly reminder a couple days ago and tried it again and it worked somehow. All's well that ends well I guess. I was beginning to wonder if ANYONE had noticed that I might have fallen off a cliff (oops, no cliffs in Florida) - well then, eaten by a shark or something. Thanks for noticing!!! I'm here for the foreseeable future to harass and annoy whomever I can! ;-) And hopefully to learn much of what this List has to offer. Terry Farrell On Feb 2, 2010, at 9:27 AM, John Formsma wrote: Thanks for this real-world example, Terry. And nice to see you back on the list! I was wondering if you'd let yourself be eaten by a shark. :-) -- JF On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote: Hi John! I might be able to give you a little help. This past spring I sold my personal piano, a 1992 Boston GP-178 (5' 10") grand. I think the Baldwin L is 6' 4"? My Boston was in absolute showroom condition - well, better than showroom because it was finely regulated, etc. and I sold it for $9K. I was happy with the sale price because of the poor sales market then. I know they were happy with the price because they got a good deal on a fabulous piano. When I went to tune it a few weeks after the sale, the pastor walked up to me and said (he didn't know I was the one who sold it to them) "why did they sell it - it's like new?" With that in mind, your piano is a bit larger, but a few years older, and clearly from your description of condition, it's way down the road from what mine was. I'd say your estimate of a realistic market value is something pretty close to the mark - or maybe even a little less. Hope this helps. Terry Farrell On Feb 1, 2010, at 11:02 PM, John Formsma wrote: List, I'm writing up a market value appraisal for a 1985 satin ebony Baldwin L grand. Would appreciate any input on the following. It's in reasonably good mechanical condition. No obvious problems, other than what we've come to expect as features on Baldwin grands. There are some finish issues, which I think might cost up to $800 to repair to look fairly nice. Small chips and some cracking developing on the top of the stretcher. 1 mm of crown at the longest rib; none elsewhere. Positive bearing. Bridges OK, some minor checking in places. Sound is typical Baldwin, with sustain of 7 seconds at C6, 3-4 seconds at C7, Tuning pins tight, as expected. Most steel strings are coated lightly with rust, more at the bass end, less at the treble. All string coils are lightly rusted, except in the very treble section. This is the kind of rust that looks bad, but wouldn't necessarily affect tone or cause string breakage. It looks like it was in a damp environment for a while (comes from Florida originally). The action is in good condition -- not excessive wear. Would benefit from minor reconditioning (cleaning, polishing key pins, hammer reshaping) and regulation. According to Larry Fine's depreciation schedule and a 2008-2009 price of a new L at $40K, an "Average" Baldwin L would be valued roughly at $13,600. However, with the rust and finish issues, my "gut" tells me a more realistic market value would be somewhere between $7-8.5K. Input? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100202/b3f8b5e8/attachment-0001.htm>
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