Old uprights worth saving?

[gordon stelter]

These were sold through an high-end dealer of ornate
pianos and players, in a posh showroom which showed
off the cabinetry, to customers who were wealthy
enough to buy what they liked.
     Thump

If a simple chair can sell at an auction for $10,000,
why not a  piano, which took 50 times the expertise to
create?

Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> 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
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 4:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Old uprights worth saving?
> 
> 
> > We have gotten $10,000-$12,000 for top-notch
> restored
> > uprights in the Atlanta market ( without new
> > soundboards ).  The thing to do is have the
> customer
> > compare them with a new piano of the same price.
> The
> > ornate case and resonant tone of the oldies
> usually
> > beats out the new stuff. But the newer pianos are
> > usualy LOT cleaner on the inside, unless great
> effort
> > is made to attend to this, which is why I have
> come up
> > with so many techniques to make old pianos
> odor-free
> > and sanitary. I don't want to face God and answer
> for
> > giving someone's 5 year old daughter, forced to
> > practice, a disease from the residues in an old
> piano.
> >      Thump
> >
> >
> > --- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > > I strongly suspect that may depend quite a bit
> on
> > > how one defines
> > > "restored/remanufactured".
> > >
> > > Terry Farrell
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Cy Shuster" <741662027@theshusters.org>
> > > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 5:07 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Old uprights worth saving?
> > >
> > >
> > > > In Minnesota, the store couldn't get more than
> > > $2,000 for one -- even a
> > > big
> > > > Bush & Lane.
> > > >
> > > > --Cy Shuster--
> > > > Bluefield, WV
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: "Keith McGavern" <kam544@gbronline.com>
> > > > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > > > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 8:55 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: Old uprights worth saving?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > At 8:40 PM -0400 7/9/04, Clyde Hollinger
> wrote:
> > > > > >... Has anyone tried to see if there might
> > > actually be a market for
> > > > > >restored/remanufactured old uprights? ...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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