Wurlitzer Baby GrandYou mentioned insurance. One needs to know what value is sought. I have replacement insurance on all items in my home - if my 10-year-old, 5-speaker, 500-watt stereo is stolen, my insurance will replace it with a new similar 5-speaker, 500-watt stereo. If my 25-year-old, dog-drool-slimed, seams-are-a-splittin' couch so perish in a fire, they will replace it with a new couch of similar design (less the dog drool presumably). If my 10-year-old Boston GP-178 THAT IS FOR SALE goes up in a fire, I don't just get the MODEST $12K THAT I AM ASKING FOR IT, but rather I would get the $25K or whatever they cost new now (or a new piano of course). So if this person has similar replacement-cost insurance, the $35,000 figure may....... well, I guess it's still high....... figure you can get a similar quality Chinese/Korean piano for $10K (or less)........ But the point is that someone may need new replacement value, retail value, wholesale value, private sale value, etc. If a piano owner want to know "how much is it worth" you need much more information to answer that. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- Ran into one today which had been "rebuilt" by a local some ten or so years ago. Actually did strings (pinblock?), dampers, key bushings, took ivory off and put on plastic. Left the hammers, and they're now shot. This is the baby grand which has three screws through what might called the stringer which extends down to the fall board, and actually holds the fallboard. The non-moveable music desk is anchored by to microscopic screws at its aft end. Very much a baby. Anyone want to venture a guess as to its worth. The local said, ten or so years ago replacement was about $12.500, and now they have it insured for something like $35,000……………………………… I suggested they might want to have a professional appraiser do his work, as it seemed to me if it had to be replaced, an adjuster who might know what he was doing would probably want to shoot someone……. les bartlett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061219/e17194b6/attachment.html
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