[pianotech] re Weber player grand

[James Grebe]

Methinks that fellows who do a lot of upright work do not live in an area 
where most of the daily work is tuning in homes or they simply do not like 
tuning that much.
James
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] re Weber player grand


> On 12/30/2010 6:27 AM, James Grebe wrote:
>> I get a lot of calls through my website about evaluating very old pianos
>> whose owners think they are worth a lot of money. I keep telling them
>> older is not better or more valuable. People are simply not buying very
>> old pianos , at least in my area. I do not know how Chuck can have a
>> steady stream of completely rebuilt old uprights that are bringing
>> enough money to justify the work. In this area, if it is an upright ,
>> forget about selling it. People do not want these old pianos around. I
>> am speaking for the general population.
>
>
> The numbers don't work here either. Not even close. There's no way to sell 
> an old upright here for half what a decent rebuild costs, let alone a 
> complete one.
> Ron N