Henry F Miller grand info needed

[Bill Ballard]

At 8:36 AM -0400 10/19/03, Tom Driscoll wrote:
>When you pull the action,look to the right of the damper action.
>Most older- made in Wakefield Mass.-- Millers have a paper label with
>the serial # printed on it. Lots of them up here in Mass!
>	Tom Driscoll RPT

They were very well made pianos, maybe a little eccentric at times 
(as some Boston manufacturers were).  I've seen plenty of Millers and 
Ivors&Ponds in such excellent shape for all their decades that they 
seem to be a representation of what they were like originally. The 
Millers were nearly always much better sounding, more resonant pianos 
than the I&Ps.

I've got one among my customers, with just your size and vintage. It 
would be a good candidate for a restringing. (It's long bridge is 
narrower than it is tall.)

Which is to say that if it is in good condition (not baked or 
otherwise abused), it may likely have the potential for a piano owner 
of improving considerably with a small amount of fresh material. But 
if the owner is budgeting her life on being able to liquidate the 
piano for $2500, she might not get to do it until a year from now. 
Such buyers who would recognize the value of this piano might also 
prefer to pay as little as possible so as to afford a rebuilding.

Your prices are very useable. Tell her that she's good just as good a 
chance of finding a buyer as do you, and inform up front of your 
offer. In addition to your offer she should know such what its 
liabilities are. (It doesn't sound in the condition I'm used to for 
Millers. I'd beware.) Just how much are you willing to do. How about 
say, a new pinblock?

Let us know when you get to see it again.

Bill Ballard RPT
NH Chapter, P.T.G.

"Lady, this piano is what it is, I am what I am, and you are what you are"
     ...........From a recurring nightmare.
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