Hi Paul, It was the claims adjuster for the insurer that contacted me because the value the owner claimed this piano was worth didn't seem to resemble anything even close to the reality the adjuster saw. He wanted 3 values, the cost to repair :-), the cost of replacing with an identical unit (or as close as possible), and the cost to replace with a comparable (in quality and size) new piano. The first one is easy. Doing some research on the second one is also fairly easy. I just wasn't too sure of the quality comparison on the last value, hence my post here. Regards, Rob McCall McCall Piano Service, LLC www.mccallpiano.com Murrieta, CA 951-698-1875 On Jun 26, 2012, at 05:32 , paul bruesch wrote: > I think the owners may want to check with their insurer first. Anything that's valued like a new Steinway M would almost certainly need a special rider. Without it, there's the question of the coverage that actually applies to the damaged object... i.e. replacement cost, actual cash value, etc. And I would be pretty sure that the insurer would have wanted the appraisal to have been completed prior to the loss. Has the insurer even been involved in this "claim" yet? > > Paul Bruesch > Stillwater, MN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120627/26ec8142/attachment.htm>
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