[pianotech] Square's for $ 20K ? Is that possible?

[Leslie Bartlett]

Years  back there was a naugahide spine advertised for $40K.I checked with
the seller who confirmed the price..............  No one around Houston is
getting that kind of money for them.
Les bartlett

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ed Foote
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 12:26 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Square's for $ 20K ? Is that possible?

Greetings,
    Recently, I was asked to give an appraisal of a square grand, and my 
fair market value estimate was approx. 5% of what others expected.  In 
my experience here in Tennessee, these things can't be given away, but 
there might be other venues in which they are pursued.  I was told that 
the insurance estimate had been $20K and that various web sites had 
them advertised from $20 to $35k.
    Does anybody care to offer what prices they have actually seen paid 
for these pianos in the last 10 years?
Regards,

Ed Foote RPT
http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html