<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 7/12/2004 4:31:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>My opinion on whether old uprights are worth saving is - musically,<BR>absolu= tely - but financially, I just don't know, and actually, am a bit<BR>Pessimisti= c about that -- but I've never sold one.<BR><BR>I have little doubt that a high-end vertical is not easy to sell for high<BR>$$. How did you advertis= e and how long were they on the market before sale?<BR>Oh, and BTW, did they= say "Steinway & Sons" on the fallboard? Thanks.<BR><BR>Terry Farrell</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>  <FONT size=3>   In a thread earlier this year I= posted that I have restored 3 beautiful Victorian uprights fo= r clients to the tune of about $12,000 apiece.  2 of these were virg= in Calif. pianos, one owner families. The boards were fine. Ivory was excellent= on 2. Action wood not seriously degraded</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Awesome musical outcome. No, this isn't the same = as selling them out right but selling had a part in getting them rebuilt. I'm finding the Victorian stuff is becoming increasingly attractive to buyers. However I don't usually buy spec projects in this vein of work anymore. It's= a very narrow market but at least it's there at times. Know what I mean. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Hey Terry you have uprights with new boards to sell. Did= you?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Dale</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>