<html> At 03:03 PM 09/15/2000 -0400, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>One of the pianos at Colby is a Yamaha G2 from 1982.  It actually belongs to a local citizen who had no room for it, and has been loaning it to the school.   Very typical G2 btw. Now she wishes to donate it, or rather donate 60% of it to the school, so the music department needs to come up with 40% of it's fair market value. Owner says she paid $7K when new in the 80's.  Is 50%  or $3500.00 a reasonable asking price for an 18 year old G2?  This would mean $1400. for the school  (Seems like a great deal for the school, but since both the school and the owner are customers, I want to be absolutely fair) Gordon Large, RPT Colby College Waterville, ME </blockquote> Using the '60 year rule', being about 20 yr old, the piano is valued at 66% of a new G2. Other than that you have to consider overall condition and market in your area. I would think the range will be $4500 on the low side and maybe as high as 7500. Condition would determine this as well as the price of new models. Is that vague enough? Jon Page </html>