Speaking of pso grands, I just found a nice one for a client with a talented daughter but no money. It is an old Haines, circa 1920, original finish that still looks very nice from 3 feet away. It had new strings and keytops put on about 20 years ago, and I don't know what else. I went to look at it with pretty low expectations and I was stunned. The action was wonderful, very responsive and even. The tone was very good (again, decent backscale), nice sustain, even though it had 2 major cracks in the soundboard with separation on several ribs. $1200, a real find. The daughter of the client loves it and is deliriously happy. Life is good. I looked at another very nice one, 5'7" Kimball circa 1933. Really nice tone and action. I like those older Kimball grands. Cabinet was C- but the instrument was A-. But the asking price on it was $3k. Might have been worth $2500 with a nice finish but not as is. I asked how they arrived at the price. They said that is what they spent to have it rebuilt 30 years ago. Hoookaaay. Isn't it amazing how piano owners expect to be able to recoup every penny they ever spend on a piano. Dean From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dean May Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 6:42 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Wing & Sons Upright I found an old Mason & Hamlin upright for my new daughter in law. It is built like a tank, ultra heavy. Original alligatored finish, so appearance is not good. But nice original ivories. The tone is amazing, better than most pso grands. It has very long backscale length. And the action is wonderful, also better than most pso grands. It is a true pleasure to play. She loves it! And I got it for free, so I guess that means it has no monetary value, even though it is twice the piano of 90% of the pianos I tune. Dean _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Terry Farrell Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 5:07 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Wing & Sons Upright Is there ANY old upright that has any monetary value (I presume you are referring to monetary value)? I mean, assuming that someone like Rudolf Serkin or John Lennon didn't learn how to play on it....... Terry Farrell On Dec 16, 2010, at 11:10 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: A customer approached me in the parking lot of a school this afternoon and asked me if a 1898 Wing & Sons upright with 5 pedals, has any value. I remember reading a few posts about the 5 pedaled Wings, but I can't remember if that brand of piano has any value. The lady did tell me the case is beautiful, but several key tops are missing and some of the keys don't play. Wim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101218/f06a162c/attachment.htm>
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