[CAUT] "antique" pianos?

[Ed Sutton]

Bill Shull is compiling a history of Steinway pianos of this era, and is 
especially in need of pianos which have not been upgraded, restored, etc.
The history he has gathered is remarkable. If this piano is significant, he 
will want to examine and document it in current condition.
Contact him at bdshull at aol.com
Ed Sutton

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan McCoy" <amccoy at mail.ewu.edu>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] "antique" pianos?


> Hi John,
>
> This is not an answer to your question, but this sounds like a piano that
> Bill Schull would like to hear about.
>
> Alan
>
>
> -- Alan McCoy, RPT
> Eastern Washington University
> amccoy at mail.ewu.edu
> 509-359-4627
> 509-999-9512
>
>
>> From: John Minor <jminor at illinois.edu>
>> Reply-To: <jminor at illinois.edu>, "College and University Technicians
>> <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
>> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:31:38 -0500 (CDT)
>> To: <caut at ptg.org>
>> Subject: [CAUT] "antique" pianos?
>>
>> I had  an elderly private customer with an 1869 8' 5" Steinway with 
>> rosewood
>> case and serpentine legs, etc., in mediocre condition and not very 
>> playable. I
>> appraised it as a piano(around 10K) rather than an "antique" and she was
>> surprised it was not worth a lot more. I attempted to explain to her on 
>> the
>> phone that pianos need to be event older than that to have any "antique"
>> value, or be a hard-to-find instrument.
>>
>> Has anyone had this happen? How do you explain to the public that old 
>> pianos
>> are just that...old pianos?
>>
>> John Minor
>> University of Illinois
>
>