Speaking of which: I still have 3 super-ornate, 3 bridge, 1890's Knabes for sale, unrestored. 2 Rosewood ( 50' and 55" ) and one ebony "Egyptian revival" 55" Fretwork panels with silk behind, winged orbs, etc.. Also one ( matching ) mechanical piano chair for the ebony specimen. Thump --- Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 7/12/2004 4:31:07 AM Pacific > Standard Time, > mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: > > My opinion on whether old uprights are worth saving > is - musically, > absolutely - but financially, I just don't know, > and actually, am a bit > Pessimistic about that -- but I've never sold one. > > I have little doubt that a high-end vertical is not > easy to sell for high > $$. How did you advertise and how long were they on > the market before sale? > Oh, and BTW, did they say "Steinway & Sons" on the > fallboard? Thanks. > > Terry Farrell > > > In a thread earlier this year I posted that I > have restored 3 beautiful > Victorian uprights for clients to the tune of about > $12,000 apiece. 2 of > these were virgin Calif. pianos, one owner > families. The boards were fine. > Ivory was excellent on 2. Action wood not seriously > degraded > Awesome musical outcome. No, this isn't the same > as selling them out right > but selling had a part in getting them rebuilt. I'm > finding the Victorian > stuff is becoming increasingly attractive to buyers. > However I don't usually > buy spec projects in this vein of work anymore. It's > a very narrow market but > at least it's there at times. Know what I mean. > Hey Terry you have uprights with new boards to sell. > Did you? > Dale > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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