All interesting points. The buyer's intention is this: to have a a functioning piano for 2 pr 3 years while in graduate school, then to part with it if he moves. Furniture value not important. Great quality not important. Functional being the key word. This piano is functional. I do believe that bias, as Dean pointed out, is very important here. Not everyone is looking for a piano that sounds great. Could it be that as more aging pianos become available, and as the demand for beautiful pianos decreases, the sound of an aged piano (dull, unpleasant to many ears, old, rackety, short sustain, weak, etc.) becomes a more acceptable piano sound to the general population? If so, then in order to offset this trend, if it is negative, then we would take David Love's stance and focus on bringing up the value of pianos, both monetarily and socially/musically. If. on the other hand, it is not a negative trend but just a factual one, then there is no problem with promoting $100 sales for the right person. As a final note, the buyer was also talking of maybe getting the piano into a restaurant he plays the cursed electronic keyboard in, and we discussed what could be done to make that a reasonable possibility. I said a $1000 would go a long way, and since the case was in very good condition, he should go for that if he feels so inclined. (As a matter of fact, I should get down to that restaurant and sell 'em one myself right this second...) Speaking of bias, i am certainly biased against electronic keyboards used as a piano replacement. I would rather play a 100 yr. old piano than an e-keyboard any day, even a high quality one. "If it ain't got that string, it don't mean a thing." However, you can see that this sentiment automatically adds value to an old un-restored piano. <div class="gmail_quote"> </div>