<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett wrote;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"....One day, you decide to buy a = piano. (which is a status symbol of the time! ......"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is something that has always = intrigued me.  For instance, a Beckwith player is advertised as selling for = $410 (see attached) and a normal upright piano selling at $160. Now in the = 1920's, what was the relative value of the dollar; for instance could you buy a = house for $420 or a Model T Ford, or what?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 = src="cid:001301c4cf09$510f77c0$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>