"New" old uprights

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 5/2/00 5:27:17 AM Central Daylight Time, 
p003520b@pb.seflin.org writes:

<< The note by Les Bartlett about "it was my grandmother's" old upright, and 
 costing $7K to restore it brought a question to my mind:
 
 Has anyone ever thought how much one of those old, ornate uprights would 
 sell for new if manufactured today? I sometimes tell a customer "maybe 
 between 10 and 20 thousand dollars", but I don't really have much to go 
 on. Does anyone have a better estimate?
 
 Maybe some of those old, beautiful pianos really ARE worth restoring!
 
 Wally Scherer >>

Your estimate of $10,000 -- $20,000 isn't too far off, but they can be bought 
for less. Knabe has an "Lily Satin Walnut" piano available, which resembles 
an old upright piano, complete with ornate legs, and fancy scroll work on the 
swing panels. New it can be purchased for around $6,000. It is made by Young 
Chang in Korea. Other manufacturers sell 50" or 52" uprights, ranging in 
price from $5000 -- for some of the Chinese made pianos, to $17,000 for 
Steinway, Bosendorfer, etc.  But these are "plain" uprights. . .

Willem