I have a client who is in need of a tuning and an appraisal on a piano that he owns in Gaithersburg, MD (45 min. NW of DC) and is considering shipping to Chicago. I am a retailer attempting to help him decide if it is worth shipping. He can't even remember the brand (other than "it's not a Steinway"), so it's possible it is simply a P.S.O., in which case I'll be showing (and hopefully selling) him a piano. No further action can be taken until we can determine just what his family has in Maryland. Certainly if it is a nice instrument (or capable of becoming one), I'll recommend shipping it, but we need to fill in the blanks first. If you are in that area, or you know someone in that area who could perform a tuning/appraisal on the piano, please reply (personally, not to the list, as it's been pretty congested lately), and I will forward your message to my client, and you can make an arrangement with him. I have a very extensive appraisal form that I would like the technician to use, which will paint a picture for me of the piano's condition inside and out and can help me establish a value from many different perspectives. It will take about 15-20 minutes to fill out, so please figure that into your quote to do the job. Thank you, John Cordogan Cordogan's Pianoland and Cordogan's Piano Gallery Illinois' Largest Piano Store "More pianos than you can shake a leveling stick at" Chicagoland's Kawai, Sauter, Estonia and Kemble dealer
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