<!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 6.00.2800.1479" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don Mannino said: "<FONT face="Times = New Roman" size=3>In my opinion, this is a question for an antiques dealer.  = Piano <BR>technicians tend to value pianos as musical instruments, and while = this <BR>piano might be useable as a piano, if it were to have any real value = then <BR>an antiques expert should be the one to appraise it.<BR><BR>Good luck!"</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Don,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>I completely disagree with you. I've seen many, so-called "antiques" "appraised" by = licensend appraisers that it is almost laughable. First, Antique Appraisers tend = to avoid pianos, as they know nothing about them and usually don't get it right = when they do make an attempt at setting a value. Example: and 1875ish Steinway = Square Grand was appraised by one of these "appraisers" for over $20K!!!!! The = insides of this piano were a disaster, but the outside was very nice. (It had = been refinished!) </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>We should hope that the antique appraisers stick to their given skills and stay the = heck out of pianos. We'll all be better off, IMO!</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>