> Gentlemen/Ladies: > I would like some help with making a value estimate. The piano is a > J&C Fischer, Serial # 15260 (1926) and has an First, enroll in a piano tuning /tech course. Then after tuning and repairing hundreds of pianos you will be able to determine the cost of any repair/damage or adjustments. Get yourself 5 or 6 of these old uprights and rebuild them for sale. This should give you enough marketing experience to be able to price the thing fairly. After all that you will understand why no one in their right mind will give any sort of evaluation over a computer or telephone. Sorry Paul, this is piano tech group where we discuss problems of repair, rebuilding, and designing pianos. There are people out there who make a living evaluating pianos for people. I suggest you call someone in the Piano Technicians Guild that has this sort of experience. I think you have a better chance of getting an unbiased opinion through a Guild member. Keith R By the way, WHO the heck is your boss?
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