<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 9/12/01 2:01:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
<BR>FIXPIANOS@AOL.COM writes:
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<BR>My customer wants to sell her Baldwin M. It was once owned by opera star
<BR>Lily
<BR>Pons and has her autograph on the plate. She has no sales receipt or other
<BR>documentation to verify this (although I personally don't doubt her).
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<BR>I believe the piano to be worth around $6K WITHOUT the autograph. It's in
<BR>good shape and well maintained, thanks to yours truly (ahem!!!). What
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<BR>I add to the value of this piano (if anything) for the signature?
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<BR>Thanks..............Donn Young, RPT</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="arial" LANG="0"> </BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>I don't doubt what your customer is saying, but I have an old Music Trade
<BR>article in which Ms. Pons declares her eternal love for her Knabe grand.
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<BR>Of course, she could have had more than one, but why sign your own piano?
<BR>Thats more like something a star would do when visiting somewhere else, I
<BR>would think.
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<BR>Oh well, it will increase its value to a Pons fan, certainly.
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<BR>Richard Galassini
<BR>Cunningham Piano Co & Factory
<BR>Philadelphia, Pa.
<BR>(800) 394-1117
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