Knight console back

[pianoman]

Hi Dan,
I think $2,000 tops if she is lucky.
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G.
 St. Louis, MO.
Competent Service since 1962
 Do what is right and do no harm
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> From: Dan Eumurian <cen09460@centuryinter.net>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Knight console
> Date: Monday, September 07, 1998 9:51 PM
> 
> One of my customers has a Knight console made in 1963. She wants to
> know what to ask for it. I hope I'm not out of line in asking the list. 
> 
> 	I tuned the piano last December, at which time it was 16.4 cents flat
> at A2 and about 7 cents flat at A3 and C5. Humidity was 55%. I glued
> minor cracks in the bass bridge, and de-crusted the damper heads, which
> indicated to me that it's seen some high and low humidity. There were
> apparently a few small cracks in the first lamination of the pinblock. 
> 
> 	Larry Fine's third edition Piano Book lists new Knight prices at $8,600
> to $10,000. I'm thinking she could ask as much as $3,000 and come down
> to $2,000 if necessary. Anyone care to comment? If the question is
> inappropriate, let me have it (gently). Thanks!
> 
> Dan Eumurian, R.P.T.
> 1634 Barlow St.
> La Crosse (between the beautiful Mississippi River and the bluffs)
> WI 54601
> (608) 78-TUNER