How to know the value of a piano (in mint condition)

[Farrell]

There is an entire section in Larry Fine's book that describes several 
methods of calculating the value of a used piano.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
> Are you also familiar with Larry Fine's "2005-2006 Annual Supplement  to 
> THE PIANO BOOK"? That's a fairly comprehensive guide to list prices.
> There is also the Ancott Guide which comes out more frequently and (I 
> haven't subscribed to it for more than 10 years) I think may be a bit 
> more precise in focussing on MSRP.
> Obviously older pianos aren't of the same retail value, which makes 
> putting together an appraisal more of an art (or at least more work)!
> Go to retailers' showrooms, read "want advertisers", e-bay,  pianoworld, 
> etc.
> Patrick
>
> On Apr 5, 2006, at 8:46 PM, ed miller wrote:
>
>> I understand that there is much more to appraising pianos than just 
>> knowing a single listed value, but I can't find a comprehensive  guide to 
>> "list prices".
>>
>> The only book I know of is the The Piano Book by Larry Fine. I have  not 
>> found it too useful because so often a particular piano or  model piano I 
>> am looking for is not listed.
>>
>> Also the Piano Book doesn't factor date of manufacture into the  listed 
>> value, all the pianos are listed according to model. I don't  understand 
>> this.....Wouldn't a piano of the same model, but  manufactured 30 years 
>> earlier be worth a different amount (whether  it be more or less)?
>>
>> Can anyone help me understand this, and suggest some other  resources to 
>> help me appraise pianos?
>>
>> Thanks, Ed