[pianotech] appraising pianos

[tnrwim at aol.com]

Marshall

The best advice I can give you on appraising pianos is to visit piano stores, especially those that sell a lot of used pianos, and get an idea of the prices of used pianos. They might be a little over priced, but it at least puts them in a ball park. You also need to know what new pianos sell for. So, again, visit the stores, but I would suggest you get Larry Fine's Piano Book. And last, not to blow my own horn, but in my book, The Business of Piano Tuning, there is a chapter on appraising pianos which goes into detail on the step by step procedure of appraising a piano. . The book is available from Randy Potter. 

Wim  


 



-----Original Message-----
From: Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:43 pm
Subject: [pianotech] appraising pianos


Hi Everyone,
I'm very interested in what Rick is bringing up about these pianos. I'm interested in doing appraisals on pianos. At the school we were taught how to evaluate a pianos condition for repairs etc which I've done before while back here in Philly.  However, I'd like to gain additional experience on how to evaluate a pianos worth i.e if someone wants their piano appraised so they know how much to insure it for, or how much a piano is worth if they're wanting to sell it. So if there are any materials I can read any vidoes I need to look at, please let me know.  I had a customer who is wanting to sell their piano, a church I regularly tune for call someone else for an appraisal because she didn't realize I did that. The good thing they like my tuning so much and me for that matter :-)  that there's no doubt I'll keep tuning for them. Well that's the feeling I get from them.  
Thanks 
Marshal
215-205-4816
http://www.phillytuner.com 
 		 	   		  
 
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