Just to be clear: the rim separation is point 5 or half a mm at its widest spots. most places its less or a hairline. Also, how much does the 85 note keyboard affect an appraisal? Thanks again! On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> wrote: > Good morning, oh wise pianotech list... > > I am putting together an appraisal for an 85 note1887 Steinway A. It had > been "rebuilt" probably 50 years ago, judging by the fact that the plastic > keytops are already starting to craze a little and the finish (a reasonably > good economy finish) had faded quite a bit in spots, and the bass strings > were a little dull sounding. > > It had been restrung with the original block, and the tuning pins felt good > and snug. > > Mechanically, it was in surprisingly good shape - it appeared the hammers > and shanks had been replaced (probably at the time of the other repairs) and > there was some excessive friction and it was certainly due for a full > regulation, but the piano was certainly playable and the tuning sounded > reasonably good despite being at 435. Sustain times in the capo section was > around 6 seconds. > > The biggest concern I had with the piano was that there was a crack running > along the entire rim of the piano between the inner and outer rim. It was as > much as .5 mm wide in some places. > > My question is how big a concern is this, and how much should it effect the > appraisal? If I were trying to sell the piano myself, I'd probably just flip > the piano over and fill it with epoxy - not a big deal. But I'm curious to > others opinions. It doesn't appear to be effecting the tuning stability of > the piano. > > Its a tricky appraisal - I figure as a core piano its worth around 5K. The > local dealer is selling "refurbished" instruments like this for 20K or more. > I'm figuring this one's value is somewhere in the middle around 10K. > > Thanks for your ideas! > -- > Ryan Sowers, RPT > Puget Sound Chapter > Olympia, WA > www.pianova.net > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101111/495a7c07/attachment.htm>
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