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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> October 09, 2002 8:29 =
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: need help on an
appraisal</DIV>
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size=2 FAMILY="SERIF">In a message dated 10/9/2002 7:42:37 AM =
Pacific Daylight
Time, <A href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A>
writes:<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: =
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TYPE="CITE"><BR>David <BR><BR>If you're paying $12,000 for a =
rebuildable
Steinway M, what are you able to sell if for after you've rebuilt =
it? A
total rebuild, including finish, new board, block, strings, etc., =
will be in
the $15 - 20,000 range. That would put the selling price about $25 - =
$30,000. A brand new M can be bought for that figure.
<BR><BR>Wim</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" =
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FAMILY="SERIF"><BR> &nbs=
p;
Hey Wim<BR> New =
M's list
at 42K so How do you
figure?<BR> =
Dale</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080>Yes, Dale, the "list" is =
42K. And
one might even have sold for that during the *.com heyday--but, today? I =
doubt
it would be too difficult to find one for $30K, and perhaps a bit less =
on a good
day. Or a bad day, depending on your perspective.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans"
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