Ed, My answer on that issue is to tell the owner that I am appraising the piano as a musical instrument. If they want an appraisal as an antique, they need to contact an antiques appraiser. That seems to make it more clear in their minds. Don Mannino -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ed Foote Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 10:26 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] Square's for $ 20K ? Is that possible? Greetings, Recently, I was asked to give an appraisal of a square grand, and my fair market value estimate was approx. 5% of what others expected. In my experience here in Tennessee, these things can't be given away, but there might be other venues in which they are pursued. I was told that the insurance estimate had been $20K and that various web sites had them advertised from $20 to $35k. Does anybody care to offer what prices they have actually seen paid for these pianos in the last 10 years? Regards, Ed Foote RPT http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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