Piano Valuations

David ilvedson ilvey@jps.net
Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:58:12 +0000


How would we factor in the areas of sales.  For instance in the 
Bay Area in California a piano would certainly get more money 
because of the number of people living here...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA


> Date:          Thu, 18 Jun 1998 07:48:36 +0000
> From:          Michael Jorgensen <Michael.Jorgensen@cmich.edu>
> To:            pianotech@ptg.org
> Cc:            ptg@ptg.org
> Subject:       Re: Piano Valuations
> Reply-to:      pianotech@ptg.org

> To the List, and PTG.
> 
> Alan W Deverell wrote:
> 
> > 2) Would it be desirable to have this as a tool on the Internet ? -
> > you just enter the variables and back comes a notional value.
> > 
> This would be a tremendous service.  I think the guild should have on
> its' website a place where all techs can simply report each sale of a
> piano they see.  A rating of 1-10 could be given for each aspect of the
> piano (finish, soundboard, action, tone etc.) along with the selling
> price and age.  This database would quickly become huge, and would be
> sorted by make, model, age to do a search. This would make our
> appraisals much more credible and consistent.
> -Mike Jorgensen RPT
> 
> 


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