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Most of the pianos on the pianomart web site are overvalued and under rebuilt in my opinion.<BR>
Dale<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">There are about 300 Steinway grands advertised for sale on pianomart.com <BR>
with a fair number of Ms so there are published figures to use as a <BR>
comparison. The cheapest of those model Ms appears to have an asking price <BR>
of $12,900 with an average price of about $16,000. If the insured is to <BR>
have any hope of finding a piano to replace their insured instrument the <BR>
insured value should probably be closer to that range unless it's just a <BR>
carcass.<BR>
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Incidentally, when doing an insurance evaluation on a piano like this it <BR>
might be wise to print out a few representative ones off the net that are <BR>
for sale and either keep them on file or attach them to the evaluation for <BR>
comparison so you have some support for your opinions.<BR>
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Regards...<BR>
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John<BR>
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