<html> I can not hazzard a guess on price this early in the morning :-) But he other two factors make it a desireable piano for both musicians and furnitre enthuiasts. M&R is a very good piano in and of itself. The mission style commands a premium price from its collectors and if in fact it is a Gustav Stickley even more so, there should be his distinctive stamp pressed into the wood surface somewhere. A renderring of it is here: <a href="http://users.erols.com/vindog/Mission_Furniture.html" eudora="autourl">http://users.erols.com/vindog/Mission_Furniture.html</a> A collector in CA would pay more for it than someone in your area, I would think. If there is room for an Ampico player stackin there, I have an orphaned unit for sale :-)  Otherwise a standard action could be retrofitted or a Pianomation tpye unit can be installed. If the piano is for sale, a mention on the Mechanical Music Digest would get the attention of the player piano collector community. rolls@foxtail.com Good Luck, Jon Page At 11:05 PM 01/29/2000 -0600, you wrote: >List, > >I have a friend with a 1906 Mason & Risch upright player.  According to her, >the case was designed by Gustav Stickley (maybe Stichle), and she wondered >if the piano would be valuable because of the case.  Apparently, this >designer's furniture commands a good price these days.  I have zero >knowledge of any antique value of piano cases--does anyone out there know >how to estimate the worth of this thing if it is a Stickley?  My friend also >mentioned it was "mission" furniture, or something like that. > >The player has only the bellows, and not the action, so that much is no >good, right?  The piano looks like it was once a quality piano, and has >agraffes in all the treble.  The soundboard looks OK from what I could tell, >and the tone is decent, I suppose.  If restored, it would need a new block, >strings, action, etc. > >I suppose that what I really need to know is if the case is valuable as a >piece of Stickley furniture, and would merit a complete restoration of the >piano. > >Thanks much, > >John Formsma >Blue Mountain, MS > <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>