<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>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:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>   A.  Unrestored but = playable and no serious problems, minor veneerial disease ... OR</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>   B.   Rebuilt and refinished.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>2.  Is there any reasonable way to remove a = Steinway double flange assembly, hammer, and butt without disassembling the = whole action?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>3. I love the little "C" shaped spoons that = curve around the wippen flange screw!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>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?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>