<HTML>In a message dated 2/20/0= 1 3:07:53 PM Central Standard Time, mark.story@mail.ewu.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">An elderly client passed aw= ay last week. Since I had taken care of her Blüthner for several years, her daughter asked me to help them liquida= te the piano. I don't even have a clue of what this thing is worth. It is about= 2 meters and has the Patent action and the fourth string. It's an elegant = old thing, but its technical condition isn't very good. It has low pin torqu= e and the downbearing is marginal, at best. The fourth string is dead when= it changes to the auxiliary bridge. This is the only one of these types I h= ave worked on, so any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA Mark Story. RPT Eastern Washington University Cheney, Washington </BLOCKQUOTE> Mark If you need an appraised price for estate settlement, ask if the piano w= ill remain in the family, or if it is going to be sold outside the family. I= f it is for estate settlement, and the piano is going to remain in the family= , without money being exchanged, the appraised price would be, and this is= an educated guess, around $4000.  If it is going to be sold, either wi= thin the family, or outside the family, the selling price of this instrument will= be what ever they can get for it in Eastern Washington. It might be as low = as $2000. Perhaps a wholesaler from the coast will give you more. Willem </HTML>