<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Graeme Harvey wrote...</DIV> <DIV><BR><<"I am interested in finding how some of you = approach the task of valuing a <BR>piano.<BR>The reason I ask is that in a few weeks = we will include this topic at a <BR>technical meeting of our guild here in New = Zealand. ">><BR><BR>Willem Blees = replied....<BR><"Graeme:<BR><BR>I am the only person in the USA who is qualified to answer the questions you <BR>posed. Therefore, I demand that you fly me, and my wife, to New = Zealand as <BR>soon as possible, so that I can personally give you the answers you = are <BR>seeking. :)<BR><BR>Willem <BR><BR>OK, so you don't have to fly both = of us. <BR><BR>All right, I guess I can't get away any way, so here are some of = my <BR>approaches to piano evaluations."></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>Hi = Willem</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>We'd love to have you visit us down here, but it's = just the money for the airfares.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><FONT size=3>I've copied your = response and will share it with the group, so you never know... there may be a closet = millionaire amongst our membership who just happens to require your services in person.</FONT><FONT face=Wingdings size=4>J</FONT> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3>Good try though = Willem,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face="" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>Regards</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3></FONT></FONT><FONT = size=3>Graeme Harvey</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>New Plymouth </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>New Zealand</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV></BODY></HTML>