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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Okay, a friend of mine wants to get rid of his late =
mother’s
<span class=SpellE>Krakauer</span> spinet. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I went and took a <span =
class=GramE>look,</span>
it’s in really good shape for not having been tuned/serviced in =
probably
forty years. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>She =
didn’t play
(one daughter took lessons for several years), it was just =
furniture.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It was bought new in 1954 (he =
has the
original receipt, forgot to write down the <span class=SpellE><span
class=GramE>sn</span></span>), and kept safe, dry and clean. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Moderate wear on the hammers, a =
couple of
sluggish keys, tuning pins are nice and tight—no major =
problems.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>So, my questions:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Was
this piano made before the Chinese takeover?<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I’ve searched the =
internet
and found that <span class=SpellE>Krakauer</span> was once a =
respected
company, but then went to <st1:country-region =
w:st="on"><st1:place =
w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
and became known as “<span =
class=SpellE>crackhouser</span>”
<smile>. <span =
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Assuming
a market where newer, crappy <st1:place w:st="on"><span =
class=SpellE>Baldwins</span></st1:place>
are regularly advertised at about $800-$1000 (newspaper, I =
don’t
know if anyone BUYS them), what would be a fair advertising =
price?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list =
.5in'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Should
I talk him down, and buy it as a “spinet lab piano”, to =
go
with my “Behemoth Brinkerhoff” lab =
model?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks for any advice.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>John<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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