Additional value for an autographed piano???

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: September 13, 2001 3:48 AM
Subject: Re: Additional value for an autographed piano???



> I service a 6-year-old Steinway 1098 that is signed by Henry Steinway.  I
> gathered that on occasion he would go through the plant and sign pianos.
My
> opinion is that these signatures may be important to the current owners,
but
> since they don't seem to mean any special quality in the piano, it is
really
> hard to add much value to the piano because of them.
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I am aware that some artists would only sign pianos that truly appealed to
them.

I am also aware that John Steinway would sign everything in sight at a
dealership he would be visiting without listening to any of them. Does this
signature then add any value to the piano? That, I think, would be strictly
up to the buyer. In some cases it probably would (the salespeople certainly
thought so) and not in others (Can the buyer play and hear the piano and how
does the piano perform and sound?).

Del