Piano purchase reply

[Wimblees@aol.com]

Keith:

The $12,500 for the Chip L Steinway seems right, but only if you are thinking
of keeping the piano for your own use. Unless no major work needs to be done
to it, you are not going to get more than that for it on the retail market.

Remember, a piano of that vintage will probably need some major work, ie:
finish, pin block, action work, maybe even a soundboard, in another 20 or 30
years. All that has to be taken into consideration.

The other thing to remember, is that in your neck of the country, the market
is not as good as on either coasts. If you are going to sell it later, you
might try selling it there.

Wim Blees
St. Louis.