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<div>The best advice I can give you on appraising pianos is to visit piano stores, especially those that sell a lot of used pianos, and get an idea of the prices of used pianos. They might be a little over priced, but it at least puts them in a ball park. You also need to know what new pianos sell for. So, again, visit the stores, but I would suggest you get Larry Fine's Piano Book. And last, not to blow my own horn, but in my book, The Business of Piano Tuning, there is a chapter on appraising pianos which goes into detail on the step by step procedure of appraising a piano. . The book is available from Randy Potter. </div>
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From: Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05@hotmail.com><br>
To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:43 pm<br>
Subject: [pianotech] appraising pianos<br>
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<font size="3" face="Arial">Hi Everyone,</font><br>
<font size="3" face="Arial">I'm very interested in what Rick is bringing up about these pianos. I'm interested in doing appraisals on pianos. At the school we were taught how to evaluate a pianos condition for repairs etc which I've done before while back here in Philly. However, I'd like to gain additional experience on how to evaluate a pianos worth i.e if someone wants their piano appraised so they know how much to insure it for, or how much a piano is worth if they're wanting to sell it. So if there are any materials I can read any vidoes I need to look at, please let me know. I had a customer who is wanting to sell their piano, a church I regularly tune for call someone else for an appraisal because she didn't realize I did that. The good thing they like my tuning so much and me for that matter :-) that there's no doubt I'll keep tuning for them. Well that's the feeling I get from them. </font><br>
Thanks <br>
Marshal<br>
215-205-4816<br>
<a href="http://www.phillytuner.com" target="_blank">http://www.phillytuner.com</a> <br>
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