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<DIV>I will have them soon. But have not yet tried to sell.</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 12, 2004 =
10:35
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Old uprights worth =
saving?</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/12/2004 4:31:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, <A =
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A>
writes:</DIV>
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size=2>My
opinion on whether old uprights are worth saving is -
musically,<BR>absolutely - but financially, I just don't know, and =
actually,
am a bit<BR>Pessimistic about that -- but I've never sold =
one.<BR><BR>I have
little doubt that a high-end vertical is not easy to sell for =
high<BR>$$.
How did you advertise and how long were they on the market before
sale?<BR>Oh, and BTW, did they say "Steinway & Sons" on the =
fallboard?
Thanks.<BR><BR>Terry Farrell</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV> <FONT size=3> In a thread earlier this =
year I
posted that I have restored 3 beautiful Victorian =
uprights for
clients to the tune of about $12,000 apiece. 2 of these =
were virgin
Calif. pianos, one owner families. The boards were fine. Ivory was =
excellent
on 2. Action wood not seriously degraded</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Awesome musical outcome. No, this isn't the =
same as
selling them out right but selling had a part in getting them rebuilt. =
I'm
finding the Victorian stuff is becoming increasingly attractive to =
buyers.
However I don't usually buy spec projects in this vein of work =
anymore. It's a
very narrow market but at least it's there at times. Know what I mean. =
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Hey Terry you have uprights with new boards to =
sell. Did
you?</FONT></DIV>
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Dale</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>