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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One of my customers asked me to give her an idea of
the value of her Steinway. She is toying between selling the piano at some
point or deciding how to figure it in to the distribution of her estate to her
children.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The piano is a Steinway upright, serial number
105734. There has been no *major* work to the piano. It does have
new-ish hammers, decent replacement keytops, a small amount of poor but
functioning action repair, and the case has been refinished to keep the look of
the original "ebonized" finished (from a distance). Tunes and holds well
with acceptable tuning pin torque (although the design makes it challenging
tuning from a method standpoint). All-in-all decent but not
spectacular.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Giving her a value from what sales are like in our
small, overpriced neck of the woods doesn't seem appropriate. What would
be an approximate value range for such an instrument in the northeast region of
the US?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debbie</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>