<!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 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875063319-28032005>Dear List:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875063319-28032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875063319-28032005>I have = been asked to give an appraisal value for one of my customer's pianos.  It's a = Story & Clark, 1972.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875063319-28032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875063319-28032005>How = does one begin to find the VALUE of a piano like this in currency?  They live = in a rural area-- there are no piano stores within 90 miles.  My = hunch is they'll just list it in the local newspaper.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875063319-28032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875063319-28032005>This = will only be my second stop at this piano.  I tuned it back in October-- it hadn't = been tuned or maintained in more than 10 years prior.  It survived the = pitch raise.  Now they want me to tune it again and give them a value = that they should try to sell it for.  Is there a standard for this?  Do technicians usually charge extra to do an appraisal?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875063319-28032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875063319-28032005>Thanks = for your help!</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875063319-28032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875063319-28032005>Andrew = Olson, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>