Adding to Wim's comments You should attempt to determine what they paid for it, work (restoration) done and run a depreciation calculation. It may also be worth contacting other schools in the state and see if there are any needs/wants/desires for vertical transition of the equipment. The more the data the provost office has the easier it may be to sell it. You may also recommend (suggest) to the Dean that any and /or all monies from the sale be put in the piano (parts) servicing budget. (maybe just a wild thought) Gerry Cousins WCU To: caut at ptg.org From: tnrwim at aol.com Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:27:38 -0400 Subject: Re: [CAUT] Bösendorfer Imperial I am tasked with estimating at what price the instrument might be expected to sell. Is there any guidance out there? Anyone need an extra Imperial? Thanks, Kent Swafford I would suggest you market the piano, but not put a price on it. Wait to see who comes along, and ask them what they want to pay, and take the highest bidder. The Dean will have to answer to higher ups why the instrument is being sold for such a small amount. Wim -----Original Message----- From: kswafford <kswafford at gmail.com> To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Fri, Sep 24, 2010 6:49 am Subject: [CAUT] Bösendorfer Imperial We have a Bösendorfer Imperial (9' 6", 97 notes) that has overstayed its welcome here for a number of reasons. (The current dean wants to move to the all-Steinway designation and so the B'dorf' must move away from any concert stage. Also, our backstage is ill-equipped to deal with this extra-wide instrument which cannot be rolled through standard double doors. There is no room for the piano to stay backstage during opera, ballet, and large ensemble performances, so we have been taking the doors off their hinges to move the piano out of the stage area. Big inconvenience) The piano is 40 years old. Four years ago the instrument was refinished, received a new belly, and new hammers, shanks and flanges in Vienna. The case could be touched up to near-perfection. It has one- piece original ivories that show some cracking that can be seen but not felt under the fingers. The instrument is concert-ready for all practical purposes. The dean would like to sell the piano. I think potential buyers would be vanishingly few, and it is unlikely that the piano could be sold quickly -- might take a long time. My observation is that especially in the central part of the country, the values of used nicer pianos and especially used larger pianos have been depressed for some time. I am tasked with estimating at what price the instrument might be expected to sell. Is there any guidance out there? Anyone need an extra Imperial? Thanks, Kent Swafford -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100924/609dc376/attachment.htm>
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