<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">Its a  different economic Market . Here in the Ca central valley attracting high end buyers to drive over the hill to some IMO pretty fine instruments is difficult.... and its only 90 miles from S.F. </font> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> Suffice it to say the greater bay area buys most of our rebuilt Steinways </font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason</font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> & Hamlins etc. and has sent loads of restorations over the years</font><br> <br> <div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; clear: both;"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> <font color="green">Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</font><br> </font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><font size="1" color="black"><font color="blueviolet"><font color="black"> <font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </font></font></font></font><font size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</font><font size="1"><br> </font><font size="1" color="crimson" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: paul bruesch <paul@bruesch.net><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Fri, Mar 8, 2013 7:50 am<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Rebuildable S&S B<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_de0e34ef-7947-480d-b18b-536fec459899"> <div dir="ltr">Thanks, Dale... I wonder how much region of the country plays into market value. The piano is in a small town in western Wisconsin, about an hour's drive from downtown Minneapolis.  <div><br> </div> <div>Paul Bruesch</div> <div>Stillwater, MN<br> <div class="gmail_extra"><br> <br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Dale Erwin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">erwinspiano@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">   Paul</font> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">  Private or not there are no secrets about this so no worries.</font> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> Listen up now..... Faust Harrison is a very well known rebuilding house in NY.</font> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">  Bob Friedman is a stand up guy(wholesaler) who treats people right including me & some of my clients.</font> <div style="color:navy;font-family:'Comic Sans MS',sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> Some people like your clients have an over rated opinion about what a basket case Steinway B is worth. </div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">  But I will tell you my current market </font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">experience</font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> tell me 12 to 14 K. is what its worth</font> <div class="im"> <br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </font></blockquote></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </font>