need help on an appraisal

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Wed, 9 Oct 2002 21:43:50 EDT


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.           John
            Most of the pianos on the pianomart web site are overvalued and 
under rebuilt in my opinion.
            Dale

> There are about 300 Steinway grands advertised for sale on pianomart.com 
> with a fair number of Ms so there are published figures to use as a 
> comparison.  The cheapest of those model Ms appears to have an asking price 
> 
> of $12,900 with an average price of about $16,000. If the insured is to 
> have any hope of finding a piano to replace their insured instrument the 
> insured value should probably be closer to that range unless it's just a 
> carcass.
> 
> Incidentally, when doing an insurance evaluation on a piano like this it 
> might be wise to print out a few representative ones off the net that are 
> for sale and either keep them on file or attach them to the evaluation for 
> comparison so you have some support for your opinions.
> 
> Regards...
> 
>                  John
> 


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