<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Wim &  List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> You know what , marketing is = everything especially with a D and in my humble opinion she gave it away.  It = was worth 45K.  I know of one(similar vintage) in the sacto area that = recently sold for that and then they spent more to do the action. A very sweet = piano and how much less  than retail did they pay? A bundle.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Dale = Erwin</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM" = title=Wimblees@AOL.COM>Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 26, 2001 7:03 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Steinway D value</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a message = dated 7/25/01 7:15:33 PM Central Daylight Time, <BR><A href="mailto:RNossaman@KSCABLE.com">RNossaman@KSCABLE.com</A> writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">That must have been really annoying for her to have to = keep rejecting those <BR>$30,000 offers until the price got low enough. <BR><BR><BR>Ron N <BR><XMP></XMP></FONT><FONT color=#0f0f0f = face=Arial lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>I kept telling her to accept the offers, but she was waiting for someone to <BR>offer = $45,000. Finally, after two years, she realized she passed up a the <BR>most = money she was going to get. Of course by then, those people had bought = <BR>something else. <BR><BR>Wim</FONT> </BODY></HTML>