---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I went to an estate settlement today to try to determine the value of 2 pianos. Was told over the phone that one was a Baldwin grand and was given a serial # that indicated 1924 as the year of manufacture and that they also had a player piano they wanted me to inspect as well. I tried to talk them out of paying me to make a 100 mile roundtrip visit thinking that all I was going to look at was going to be junk. After the second phone call, I decided to go since I was already tuning in the area and the customer could arrange to meet me at the estate when I was done tuning. When I got there I quickly saw that I was going to be wrong in my pre-judgement of the pianos. The Baldwin grand is a "SA" model 5' 1-2" baby grand whose correct serial number indicates manufacture in 1958. The cabinet, legs & matching bench are fashioned in a simple Art Deco style with black lacquer finish. The legs are simply tapered round with no other fluting or embellishment. The music desk stretches all the way across the top of the piano and does not slide easily out - rather comes out only after removing screws on either side of the cabinet. I played and inspected this piano and would compare it to one that is 10-15 years old rather than 47. The only flaw I could find is that the lid has minor cosmetic flaws that could easily be refinished. It measured only 20 cents flat - pin block and pins feel like new - strings have no rust - soundboard & plate looks like new. The Winter Musette was manufactured in 1964 and is also in very good condition. Pneumatics seem to work fine - I pumped the pedals and the player mechanisim responded quickly. I could not get the piano to turn on to see if the electric power would operate. Cabinet is in very good condition as well as all observable aspects of both the acoustic and player aspects of the piano. Measured 24 cents flat. The instruments are not for sale - they just want to know what might be considered reasonable values so they can fairly settle the estate among the family members. I would appreciate any help from those of you who are more familiar the history and value of these specific instruments. Thank-you, Rick Bazemore --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/fa/38/78/7e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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