<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3086" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Zero. Unless, of course, it has some sort of historical value. Sounds to me like it qualifies for "free for anyone willing to move it". I would have said $100, but I think even the few that might be tempted with it would reject it because of the unconventional action.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maybe if the piano was in New York or Paris or London someone would be interested in it, but if it is located in some small town in the midwest I think it would be real tough to move.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"> </DIV> <DIV>Can anyone shed some light on the possible value and background of this piano?</DIV> <DIV>It is a 7' Gottf and Creamer-Willhelm Mayor grand ca:1860's.</DIV> <DIV>Inlaid mop in fallboard and piano wire size lenths of brass in the case,also artwork on the plate.</DIV> <DIV>It would need a complete rebuild, also has action that has the hammers facing the player ,and damper action that is lifted by a piece of wood on top of the strings.</DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>RU/UP</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>