<WBR>Mike<br> <br> If you bought this piano for your own to rebuild, you can probably make a little money on it. Depending on when it was made, I would guess that you can probably get about $5000 for it. If you price it much over that, you'll be competing with new Asian grand pianos. If it's worth it to you to do that much work for $5000, less the cost of parts, etc, go for it. If not, sell it to one of the wholesalers. <br> <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Michael Magness <IFixPianos@yahoo.com><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 8:25 am<br> Subject: Juluis Bauer Grand<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_9ed2501f-bce2-4b55-b7db-5ea0f48d9733> <div>We have acquired a Julius Bauer 5'5" grand in need of restringing, including block, full action work, keybushings and keytops and refinishing. My limited research shows the value of a rebuilt, refinished Bauer to be quite a differing spread. I found a 4'10" for $13,000 in Tennesee and a 5'5" "with new strings" for $2700 in New York.</div> <div>I decided I would check with the real experts, any thoughts?</div> <div> </div> <div>Mike<BR clear=all><br> -- <br> The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.<br> - Bertrand Russell<br> <br> Michael Magness<br> Magness Piano Service<br> 608-786-4404<br> <A href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/" target=_blank>www.IFixPianos.com</A><br> email <A href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</A> </div> </div> <div id='u8CA67DDB7F55899-11D8-C7C' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get the <A title="http://www.mapquest.com/toolbar?NCID=mpqmap00030000000003" href="http://www.mapquest.com/toolbar?NCID=mpqmap00030000000003" target="_blank">MapQuest Toolbar</A>, Maps, Traffic, Directions & More!</FONT> </div>