<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Alan, About ten years ago I looked at a 1907 52" Steinway upright, nice for its age and serviced well but the hammers were mostly sanded off by then.  Another tech had valued it at $2,000, and a church bought it for $850.  They still have it somewhere but it is rarely used, and they don't want me to service it anymore.  (I do their good pianos.) Regards, Clyde tune4u@earthlink.net wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>1.  I know this is a toughie, valuing old pianos, but this is an S&S after-all (and la-di-da). What kind of prices have y'all seen for old Steinway uprights, typically, if it is:    A.  Unrestored but playable and no serious problems, minor veneerial disease ... OR    B.   Rebuilt and refinished. 2.  Is there any reasonable way to remove a Steinway double flange assembly, hammer, and butt without disassembling the whole action? 3. I love the little "C" shaped spoons that curve around the wippen flange screw! This is the lady who said this piano was given (wow!) to her mother 40+ years ago. But she doesn't really like it and hardly ever plays it. Might want to sell .... any interest out there? Anyway, the kind of answer's I can get to the value questions will effect how much income is in this piano for--to quote the inimitable Miss Piggy--Moi.</blockquote> </body> </html>