---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Gordon, I just reread your posting and finally got the message. The benefactor wants to give $$$$$ not a piano worth $60K. What does he want to buy you for $60K? (A new Steinway D lists at $77,800). Would a good pre-owned or rebuild one suffice? The price would be considerably less and trade-in on one of the two you have may be managable. The condition of what you have would still be helpful to know. Thanks much! Lorlin B. ldb@commonlink.com PNOTNR@aol.com wrote: > The school where I work recently learned that an alumnus is interested in > making a donation to the school of music of a new concert grand piano. > (Apparently he needs the tax deduction....nice problem to have!) When told > that the price tag would be around 60K, it did not seem to be a problem > > The only stipulation is that he wants the school to also put something > towards this. The chair of the music dept. tells me that there is no money > budgeted for this, and that the only way the department could come up with > cash would be to sell one of the two concert grands they now have. > > Currently we have a Baldwin Grand, model D from 1963, and a Steinway Model D > from 1981. Both instruments need work. > > My feeling is that right now we have two mediocre grands and if we sell one, > we'll end up with one nice new grand, and one mediocre grand.........for > $60,000. > > I said that for the same money, we could completely rebuild both existing > instruments and have money left over to buy another smaller grand. But the > music dept. chair has asked that I provide figures on... > > Selling price for a 1981 Steinway & Sons Grand, Model D (not teflon action) > Selling price for a 1963 Baldwin Grand, Model D > > I'd also welcome opinions from you CAUT folks about what might be the best > way to go from here. Thanks for any assistence. > > Sincerely, > > Gordon Large, RPT > Colby College > Waterville, Maine ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/4b/fb/0f/cf/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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