Lester Spinets? $$$

[JIMRPT@aol.com]

Ed;
"a 50 year old spinet for $700-$1400 ??  Please tell me there was a typo
there"

No Ed, no typo here. The last Lester spinet that I am aware of being sold
went for 1,195. The piano when I saw it had new dampers and that was it, no
hammer filing, and no obvious regulation, pins were tight (suprise), and it
tuned as badly as a brand new Lester.
  The same customer pool that paid 1195 for that Lester balks at 4500 for a
grand rebuild---go figure.
Regards
Jim Bryant (FL)