<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> 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: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>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</blockquote> </html>