Dave & others, The software would undoubtedly have regional and other limitations depending on the AVAILABILITY and attachment of ANY acceptable factor. I believe that the system would always be limited to NOTIONAL valuations and that, like a house, there will always be strategic and regional effects etc. that can only be assessed and agreed to through the best judgment of people involved in each individual case. It would be a TOOL - you still have to pull the handle and make the FINAL judgment - It will just help you do a better job and give some qualified basis for your FINAL decision. A printout in the form of a Valuation Certificate would contain evidence that you had examined and assessed each important factor AlanD >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org >[mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf >Of David ilvedson >Sent: Friday, June 19, 1998 4:58 AM >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Re: Piano Valuations > > >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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