Broadwood evaluation

[Willem Blees]

Gene

Questions. Did they buy this instrument,?or was it inherited? If they bought it, the value is what they paid for it, adjusted for inflation. If they inherited, the value was what it was worth at the time of inheritance, adjusted for inflation. 

Other than that, I would give the factual information on the piano, (serial number, age, size, etc.) Indicate all the problems with the piano. (bad pin block, rusty strings, etc.). Then state that because of the unique nature of the piano, since?there is no replacement value for the instrument, that the "as is" value of this instrument cannot be determined. 



Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
808-349-2943
www.bleespiano.com
Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Nelson <nelsong at intune88.com>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 10:52 am
Subject: Broadwood evaluation



Hello,

I have been asked to evaluate an old Broadwood. It is not a square.

The evaluation is more for insurance purposes. The client wants to know how much to insure it for. They do not care if it is functional or not but they say it is.

They do not play it because it cannot be tuned.

I will be visiting it next week.

Any ideas on how to approach this?

Has anyone out there restored one?

There was one on ebay for 3K .

There must be a market for them somewhere out there.

Gene

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