<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: [CAUT] Hamburg Steinway</title></head><body> <div>Paul,</div> <div><br></div> <div>We just priced a new Hamburg D through our local dealer and were quoted $141,000--up from the $130,000 quoted last year.  That price apparently does not include a bench...</div> <div><br></div> <div>Charles</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Hi all,</font><br> <br> <font size="-1">Here at UNL, a piano professor has a great piano in her home.  It is a Hamburg Steinway D (early 70's I think) that was previously owned by Ashkinozy (spelling?)  It is ready for an action rebuild, but that's not the question.</font><br> <br> <font size="-1">She asked me to appraise it.  Does anyone know what the retail for Hamburg's are these days? I told her about $150K new, but I would check it out, so I am now. I may be way off....</font><br> <br> <font size="-1">Thanks</font><br> <br> <font size="-1">Paul</font><br> <br> <font size="-1">ps;  Really sorry to here of your situation, Wim.  I think the good Lord has something better in mind for you.  Old profs aren't always smart enough to know when to quit You can't teach an old dog new tricks. I had a similar "customer" back in Washington.  She was the "all knowing all seeing" but that was in her own mind....pw</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div>Charles Ball, RPT<br> Head Piano Technician<br> School of Music<br> University of Texas at Austin<br> 512-471-0763<br> mailto:ckball@mail.utexas.edu</div> </body> </html>