Wow Wim - the prices for pianos in Hawaii must really have skewed your pricing of pianos. $10K for a basket-case small S&S? Yikes! Worth $15K? Double Yikes! $5K sounds much more realistic. Terry Farrell On Feb 20, 2010, at 1:15 PM, wimblees at aol.com wrote: > Denise > > This is a case of what you're looking for. Are you looking for the > value of the piano as is, for a potential buyer who wants to restore > the piano, or at least get it playing? Or are you looking for the > price of what the piano will sell for, for the person who wants to > sell the piano. Or are you looking to give a bid to want to buy the > piano for spec? > > For the buyer, you should consider the cost of total restoration. If > that person wants to buy the piano, and keep it indefinitely, the > piano should be worth in the neighborhood of $10,000. If you're > trying to get a price of what the piano will sell for, you might say > to the customer it's worth $15,000, but in our current economic > situation, he should take he best offer. The market will usually set > the price. If you're considering buying the piano yourself, it all > depends on how much you want it, and how much money you have. Make > an offer, and see if the customer will sell. You might be able to > pick it up for as little as $5000, if the customer is desperate > enough for the money. > > Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT > Piano Tuner/Technician > 94-505 Kealakaa Str. > Mililani, Oahu, HI 96789 > 808-349-2943 > www.Bleespiano.com > Author of: > The Business of Piano Tuning > available from Potter Press > www.pianotuning.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Denise Rachel <pp-ff at verizon.net> > To: Tech List <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Sat, Feb 20, 2010 5:09 am > Subject: [pianotech] Monetary evaluation > > Hello List, > > I am having trouble estimating the monetary value of pianos lately. > For many > years I had logical formulas for arriving at a reasonable figure, > but those > methods no longer serve. The influx of PSO and our regrettable > economic > situation have skewed the field. I know of far more pianos for sale > than people > looking for them right now, too. > > The piano in question is 1929 S&S model M. Board and bridges > adequate. > Restrung in 70's with poor wire. Original block with size 3 pins. > Original > action -- sluggish to the point of being unplayable. Case > refinished in > ebony, but done carelessly. > > I'd welcome your opinions of this instrument, but even more valuable > would be to > know your thought process. > > Also, I'd like to know exactly what years they impregnated the > center pin > bushings. Just curious, they're easy enough to spot. > > Thanks . . . > > Denise > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100220/95d1982c/attachment-0001.htm>
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