<HTML>In a message dated 6/10/03 11:46:33 AM Central Dayligh= t Time, dforman@rider.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Dear list, Someone is offering to donate a Sohmer Cupid model grand to our school. It<B= R> was refinished, new pinblock and strings, action parts are all original. Soundboard and bridges are in good shape. We're thinking of putting it in a<= BR> practice room. Someone-not a piano tech-told the owner that he should be able to get an appraisal of $10,000, which sounds way too much to me. Can<BR= > anyone offer a ballpark figure on what a piano like this would be worth. Dave Forman Westminster Choir College of Rider University </BLOCKQUOTE> An appraisal for tax purposes is different from an appraisal for selling the= piano. If the appraisal is written on a legal paper, (letter head of a pian= o technician), it should hold up if questioned by an IRS auditor. Therefore,= for tax purposes, $10,000 for this Sohmer grand is OK. Wim</HTML>