<!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 5.50.4913.1100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    $11K as is, $14K = after I prepped it. </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=A440A@AOL.COM = href="mailto:A440A@AOL.COM">A440A@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> ; <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 26, 2002 = 10:20 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Kawai worth</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Greetings, <BR>    I have just been = asked to evaluate (for donation to a State University) a <BR>Kawi KG-2E. The = piano has never been played, not a scratch on it, not a <BR>string mark on the hammers.  It is 10 years old and may as well be a new = <BR>piano,(though the bass windings are not as bright as brand new copper).  It = <BR>does need to be regualated and tuned.   <BR>    = Anybody care to throw out what the fair market value of this piano might = <BR>be?  I don't know that the model is still made, so I don't think I can get = a <BR>direct comparison. The dealer, of course, wants the figure to be = as high as <BR>possible, (he mentioned $20,000) the IRS wants it to be as = factual as <BR>possible (makes me think more like $12,000 tops).  = <BR>   ??? <BR>Thanks, <BR>Ed Foote RPT <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>