Hi, Check closely for signs of tight pinning. Only solution is to repin. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Allan Gilreath, RPT To: pianotuner at embarqmail.com ; Pianotech List Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 7:54 PM Subject: Re: Should I? Alan, The Howard C-171 was built for Baldwin by Samick in Korea. This model was also known as a D.H. Baldwin model C-170 or a Wurlitzer model C-172. They're just a basic 5'7" grand in a poly finish. As someone mentioned, given the available price for Chinese grands, Indonesian grands, etc. that can be sold new with a warranty, you need to look closely at this one to see what your market will bear before you sink the bucks into it. I hope this helps, Allan Allan Gilreath, RPT Alan Barnard wrote: Advice from experience, please. I have a chance to buy a Howard C-171 from a church, with the idea of selling it at a profit after some regulation, etc. The piano is a pretty fer drive from me and I'm not familiar with this model. They bought it new in the 80's, I think, and the case is supposed to be in good shape with, apparently, a ding on one of the cheekblocks. They are asking $3500 ... I know some of you have lot of experience buying and selling used pianos, I do not. Does this sound like something worth the drive to check it out? Alan Barnard Salem, MO -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080914/6d40908b/attachment.html
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