My father sends grands out to an expert rebuild company in Germany called "Pianova" This one guy saw the great results on one 1912 Bösendorfer 200 cm (the kind that was popular in the Austro-Hungarian empire). So he went to Latvia (vich is klose tu Rusia) and payed a whole year´s salary for a questionably rebuilt 225 cm Bösendorfer. He did this after looking at the price of the great one and figuring he´d cash in on the extra 25 cm. So, after bringing his new treasure over the continent and half of an ocean´s diameter (in a bottleneck, mind you) he brought it to my father. Well let´s just say I hurried out of the store when I saw him coming to hear the results of the evaluation. Here´s the best part. The guy is a principal at a music school and also used to be the "advisorum musicamentum" for a large radio station here! Kristinn Leifsson, Reykjavík, Iceland At 23:18 6.5.2000 -0500, you wrote: > >> It can be a little confusing when trying to tell a customer about the >> value of their piano when some are being sold for $7500.00 and others >won't >> sell. I still tell the customer it probably won't have much selling >value. I >> hope that changes. >> Dave >> DFW Texas > >I always say, but I hope not for long, (as if) but I have been saying this >for a long time, "The market value of this upright is way below the musical >value" ---ric > > >
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