<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 7/26/01 1:46:55 AM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>stephen_airy@yahoo.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">What would you say I would expect to pay (not
<BR>including shipping) for a Bosey 290 that hasn't been
<BR>rebuilt? I'm thinking like one that needs new
<BR>hammers, strings, tuning pins, etc, short of replacing
<BR>the pinblock and soundboard, and maybe gluing minor
<BR>cracks on the bridges. I would prefer that it be able
<BR>to work with some major regulation and stuff, and be
<BR>able to hold a tune, albeit with somewhat loose tuning
<BR>pins would be ok but so long as it doesn't require a
<BR>major pitch raise every 3 months.
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<BR>I can't afford one yet, I just am trying to price them
<BR>so that I'll know how much $ I need to save and will
<BR>be able to get an idea (once I get a job) of how long
<BR>it may take before I can get one.
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<BR>I don't think it is a matter of how much they are, as much as is there a used
<BR>one available. Bosey's are like Rolls. They get passed down from one
<BR>generation to another. I don't think I have even seen a post WWII Bosey for
<BR>sale, especially not a 290.
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<BR>Willem</FONT></HTML>