Value of 1880 Bechstein no. 11,212

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Yes! You have to wait for the right buyer. After waiting for 6 years we
finally sold the Story and Clark drop action spinet "Cowboy Model" for
$1800.  The buyer has a ranch and it just fit right in with the decor inside
and outside the house <G>  To see the piano just look in your Pierce Atlas
for the piano with the Sons of the Pioneers standing arround it.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: Value of 1880 Bechstein no. 11,212


> Sorry bout that.. hit the send button a tad too soo.
>
> Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote:
>
> >List
> >I need some feedback. I looked at a remarkably well preserved
> Bechstein. 6 1/2 ft in rosewood grand. My Dads shop finished &
> >strung it 23 years ago. Quite a good sound for a 123 yr. old board.
>
> Amazing aint it ? :)
>
> >Original leather covered hammers.agraffes to the top, violin bridge,
> >big tail. Perfect ivory. The sound is a little woody in the top. I find
> >the old designs with agraffes all the way up to be a bit weak but this
> >was not bad. The rosewood case has nice carved legs, round fallboard, &
> >beautiful cutout type music desk. I have trouble getting excited about
> >pianos this age but someone would. I need a range of evaluation for
> >insurance purposes. I have an idea but don't want to say till Ihear
> >from some of you who perhaps have a better grasp of this market. Oh, it
> >has a 3 legged matching original stool as well.
> >Thanks in advance    Dale
>
> Impossible to really put a price on these things... but if you want my
> opinion... get an antique dealer to appraise its value as a pure antique
> and figure that into your equation. Much has to do with how well it
> looks,... general quality and type of refinishing, etc. How it performs
> as a music instrument is really a second issue. You know already how to
> judge that.
>
> One thing you can count on... piano techs nortoriously underprice these
> things, while harpsichord and forte traders will sit on them long enough
> to make a very pretty penny indeed.
>
> Cheers
> RicB
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> UiB, Bergen, Norway
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