Piano Certificate

[David Ilvedson]

You can certainly give your appraisal/evaluation of the instrument including the age in writing for a fee...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 5/30/2008 3:19:41 AM
Subject: Re: Piano Certificate


>stephan van meirhaeghe wrote:
>> A custumer asked me to make a certificate for his Pleyel grand.
>> He want to sell it and with this paper think he has much more chance to 
>> do it.
>> Does anyone has done this already. Can you legally do this?
>> Any comments or examples woukd be helpfull.
>> 
>> Stephan Van Meirhaeghe
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>> 
>> E-mail: svmpiano at gmail.com <mailto:svmpiano at gmail.com>
>> www.svmpianostemmer.be <http://www.svmpianostemmer.be>
>> 

>Sounds like someone wants to create a "provenance". Unless you've 
>witnessed the piano's life since it left the factory, I'd be inclined to 
>call it "faking it". There are no scruples anywhere near that request.

>All you could do is ascertain the age via the serial number.

>My 2¢.

>-- 
>Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician
>Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
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