Terry,<br>We've all got our unique market pool. Or, for that matter, what we (or, rather, our customers) call an "old upright." Some refer to a 35 year old console as an old upright. Others refer to their piano "that is in wonderful condition"; true, that 100 year old Ivers & Pond is well polished and there are no visible dings or scratches, but generations of use and neglect await when we open up the patient.
<br>If one digs up the statistics for piano sales by model type (grand/upright/spinet) going back far enough (I just appraised a 1868 Steinway Style I 7'3" grand; pianos from the late 1890s are no rarity around New England) you may well find that 80% figure to be surprisingly accurate.
<br>Patrick Draine<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Farrell</b> <<a href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Just curious - 80% old uprights seems like an unusually high percentage -<br>inwhat area do you live?<br><br>Terry Farrell<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>> Like some others here, a large proportion of my work - at least 80% is old
<br>> uprights.<br>SNIP<br>><br>> David B.<br><br><br></blockquote></div><br>