Greetings list, I went to a tuning today with a new client who had a 1925 Wurlitzer, 4'-10" Grand. I couldn't find the model number anywhere. Her kids don't play and she wants to sell it. I told her I'd help her find an appropriate value. Being in the beginnings of my second year on the job, I don't do many appraisals. Is there a standard method(s) of determining value? How does one go about finding the value of a piano such as this? Aside from looking on eBay, Craigslist, etc... Also, does anyone have any experience with this model and an idea of what the range in value may be for this piano? It tuned nicely, although I left it about 12 cents flat due to the condition of the strings (appeared to be in the rusting stage!) and the fact that it hasn't been tuned in at least 4-5 years. It was about 25-30 cents flat to begin with so I brought it up halfway to see how it does. The case is in very good shape, although the insides need a good cleaning, which I have scheduled for next week. The dowels (outer ones) that hold the screws which hold the lyre in place are loose and need to be fixed. I've attached a photo of that plus an overall shot. She doesn't want to spend any extra money fixing it up or I would've recommended a restringing, the lyre work, and the deep cleaning, plus some minor key finishing work and key leveling. She wants the tuning, the lyre work and the cleaning to make it salable. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks... Regards, Rob McCall McCall Piano Service, LLC www.mccallpiano.com Murrieta, CA 951-698-1875 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_0760.jpg Type: image/jpg Size: 52771 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100318/68ac937a/attachment-0002.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_0761.jpg Type: image/jpg Size: 38116 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100318/68ac937a/attachment-0003.jpg> -------------- next part --------------
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