At 09:15 AM 2/4/99 -0500, Michael J. wrote: >> If you only want a ballpark figure.... Anywhere between $0.00 to $6500.00 > >And I bet there are only afew in the world totally and excellently >rebuilt and refinished to perfection worth $6,500. Typical ones >probably worth two to five hundred dollars if they're playable and >tunable to 440. $6500 CDN is only about $4K USD just so you're working with the correct figures. Here, a "typical" un-rebuilt Heintzman that has 88 notes that all play will bring at the very least $1K CDN (about $650 US) in a private sale and about $2K or so reconditioned in a store. More if the case is in good shape. In Western Canada ANY upright that plays and tunes is going to be worth over $500 no matter what it is and absolute junk will sell at twice that. I tuned one from 1898 just the other day that had been reconditioned with new hammers and "refinished" with a spray lacquer. It sounded reasonably good and played extremely well for its age. That one could easily bring $3K or maybe more in our market. When you consider the equivalent new instrument is well over $30K, $3K is cheap. A US dollar will bring $1.46 CDN right now so everyone has a conversion factor. John John Musselwhite, RPT - Calgary, Alberta Canada Registered Piano Technician http://www.musselwhite.com email: john@musselwhite.com
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