It's a legitimate question, sure, most all questions are. However, it is most certainly NOT an antique. Good gravy. This has been addressed so many times over the years you'd think at least piano technicians would have it by now. Yes there are exceptions, (extremely rarely) but old pianos are just old. Period. If it's 1894 and original it needs to be rebuilt and is worth only a carcass price. If it's not original, it's well, not original. How is that an antique? For that matter, how is an "all original" non-functional 1894 any brand piano an antique? If it doesn't work it doesn't work. Pianos are not antiques. Here's a thought. What's one thing antiques have in common? An antique "X" is worth more than a new "X", provided one can be found. Market value for an 1894 B is most certainly less than a new one. No antiques here. Old instruments are rife with sentimental "touchie-feelies" and I love a good 100yr. old piano as much as Mrs. Jones loves her dear departed Great-Aunt's original condition Steinwin & Hamabe. But, that yearning for the past rarely, rarely translates into market or antique value. William R. Monroe On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net> wrote: > I think it is a legitimate question sine it is - an antique. > > Duaine > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100109/c1ed1c4b/attachment.htm>
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