<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> </head> <body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> <div>She must be an antique collector!  Of course with old furniture, the more original, the better. </div> <div><br> </div> <div>How we are to better the world on the values of older pianos, I guess, is up to us.  Way too many people think this way toward pianos of a vintage era.  All we can do is to continue educating.  </div> <div><br> </div> <div>The only ancient pianos I can think of with great values are: Steinway #1 (the kitchen piano) currently at the Steinway factory showroom, and a few great pieces of  historical significance  in other venues and institutions who keep them on display…away from being played! One can't play a real Chistifori for example! (anyone able to touch one??)</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Those old 'pianos'  are not worth much. 80-120+ year-old , nice English or French Armiors brought from the old country 100+  years ago and went in a covered wagon across the great plains or around the 'horn' in South America to San Fransico and still looks great! They're worth quite a bit. (BTW, I have one, if anyone is interested in buying…..)</div> <div><br> </div> <div>I guess without our help, they'll never learn!</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Paul</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"> <div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Tom Driscoll <<a href="mailto:tomtuner@verizon.net">tomtuner@verizon.net</a>><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span><<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thu, 10 May 2012 08:42:41 -0400<br> <span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span><<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[pianotech] Another customer story<br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19222"> <style></style> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">List,</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"> I've been marketing a newish  Steinway M for a client and received a call from a prospective buyer.After working through some language issues it became clear that her budget </font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">ruled her out for this piano as her unseen offer was half the asking price. </font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Switching gears I suggested that I could try and find something in her price range which is when her requirements where presented.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Has to be a Steinway and only with original parts . NOTHING rebuilt or with anything but the parts the piano left the factory with.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">( I do know of a Steinway available with some green tinted parts and a soundboard that you can see your shoes through )</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">I can understand and disagree </font><font size="2" face="Arial">with the Steinway parts only argument such as we tossed around last week but this one makes even less sense.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">I told her that this eliminated the best pianos at the best prices and left it at that. </font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">What ya gonna do?</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Tom Driscoll</font></div> </div> </div> </span> </body> </html>