<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Hi Diane</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Many depends on type things here. Currently I thi= nk you'd be doing well to get 20 K It's hard to sell 9 ft's. The work will be m= ore "depends on" but could be 5 to 10 K with moving. How's the case finish. That= 's another story! I work on 2 of these & one is better than the other. Both= Have Ivory & the bass strings are dying as well. One had many center pin= problems in the entire action including the damper system.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Dale</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <P>We have a customer who wants to sell his Yamaha CF dating from about 1977.  </P> <P>To be a really fine concert piano, it will need new action parts, regulation and restringing.  (The pins are fine, but the bass strings= have lost tone and there is something spilled on some of the treble string= s, making them somewhat rusty in places.)</P> <P>Any suggestions about it's current value and what it would take to do t= he work?</P> <P>Thanks for any help,</P> <P>Diane<BR></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Erwins Pianos Restorations <BR>4721 Parker Rd.<BR>Modesto, Ca 95357<BR>209-577-8397<BR>Reb= uilt Steinway , Mason &Hamlin Sales<BR>www.Erwinspiano.com</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>