No Blue Book on pianos. Bottom line: It's worth what you can get a buyer to pay. Around here (rural Missouri)? $300 to 600 hundred--maybe a little more if the furniture is real pretty and doesn't need refinishing--and you aren't in a hurry to sell it. Radio call-in "swap meet" shows can work and try ads in the free-pick-me-up newspapers like "Thrifty Nickle" or whatever is in your area. Ask around to find out who teaches piano lessons (church musicians often do) and maybe send them a flyer with pictures they can show students/parents, etc. Be creative rather than spending a lot on ads, etc. Try this for an ad: "FREE PIANO! or, with strings, $750" (Just kidding, I think...) Quote a little high, let them "talk you down a little" so they feel like they got a deal. Where do you live? Alan Barnard Salem, Missouri > [Original Message] > From: Matt Pierson <jazzguymatt@yahoo.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Date: 06/06/2005 10:50:10 PM > Subject: Fwd: A.B. Chase Piano > > > I own an A.B. Chase upright piano, circa 1890 or so. > > Serial #23997. > > I am interested in selling it, and would like to find > out how you would suggest I go about it. In addition, > I'd like to know a rough price range that the > instrument may be worth. It is all original, in very > good condition. > > Thanks. > > Matt Pierson > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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