<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>In a message dated 4/13/2004 12:30:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, romano@= sccoast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV><SPAN class=959081719-13042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otto,</FON= T></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959081719-13042004></SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2></F= ONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959081719-13042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think I = would contact the Restoration Department at Steinway in NY. They will be abl= e to give you an idea of what they sell (or have sold) similiar pianos that = they have rebuilt. Subtract the cost of doing the work and you would have a = good idea of the high end of it's value. The ones I've seen at Steinway Hall= were priced at about $80K (!) but they looked and sounded outstanding. </FO= NT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT size=4>>>> & the're Steinway so they can get it bu= t smaller shops would have trouble finding that much clout ehh?</FONT></DIV> <DIV></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV><SPAN class=959081719-13042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>They do <S= TRONG>very </STRONG>nice work in the Resoration Dept. This piano might be a = candidate for them.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>.. <FONT size=4>So might many other fine restoration shops in N.= Y & elswhere</FONT></DIV> <DIV></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV><SPAN class=959081719-13042004></SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2></F= ONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959081719-13042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Call Mike = Megaloudis, Sales, Restoration Department, Steinway & Sons, Queens, NY&n= bsp;  tel  718 204 3122.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959081719-13042004></SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2></F= ONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959081719-13042004></SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2></F= ONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959081719-13042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</= FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959081719-13042004></SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2></F= ONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959081719-13042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Roman= o</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959081719-13042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Coastal Ca= rolina University</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959081719-13042004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Conway, So= uth Carolina</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>