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Topic: Advise on selling an upright piano (F.A. Foerster Loebau)  (Read 1716 times)

Offline bienne

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Please I need an advise in selling an upright piano (F.A. Foerster Loebau i.s.).
I don't know where to put a message with photo (a site specialized in selling musical instruments) and also some prices. If you can give me a useful idea please do it! Thanks in advance! The upright is made in before 1910 and has 2633 serial number. Mahogany wood with ivory keyboard. 

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Re: Advise on selling an upright piano (F.A. Foerster Loebau)
Reply #1 on: January 08, 2014, 11:33:22 PM
I don't recognize the brand as a premium one.  I may be ignorant, if I'm wrong Mr. Sinclair will drop in eventually. 
In the USA, you'll will probably have to pay someone to haul it away.  These typically weigh more than 400 lb, and have a tone best described as "quaint".  
In the UK you will have to pay a special dismantling fee from the borough council.  
If you advertise it and everything is perfect you might get $25 for it. I'm looking for an old upright to play Scott Joplin and Fats Waller on, but I'm getting too old to move it by myself.  Last time I tried to hire a helper, he dropped one end of a 150 lb Hammond organ on a car engine.  The helper before that, after I hired a truck and scheduled the apartment to be unlocked by the guy living in another state, the helper ran away and quit answering the phone.  I had promised him $12 an hour so the USA is full of healthy young wimps.  The pro around here wants $125 for short inner city moves of pianos weighing <300 lb.  The 350 lb organ I moved by myself probably should would have cost $400 to move since it was 50 miles away in another city.  

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Re: Advise on selling an upright piano (F.A. Foerster Loebau)
Reply #2 on: January 09, 2014, 12:38:00 AM
I don't recognize the brand as a premium one.  I may be ignorant, if I'm wrong Mr. Sinclair will drop in eventually.
Ignorant you are not!  You are a big help, Indiana!  But you challenged me there... These are German pianos; regarded as "above average" -- whatever that may mean.  Still being made, apparently.

Depends a lot on where the OP is -- but I surely do agree with Indianajo on sales for uprights.  Honestly, in the USA anyway, you might be able to sell it, perhaps for as much as $100 or $200 -- it if it in good condition.  You might be able to persuade someone to take it away...  I have no idea about other countries!
Ian

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Re: Advise on selling an upright piano (F.A. Foerster Loebau)
Reply #3 on: January 09, 2014, 08:49:31 AM
he dropped one end of a 150 lb Hammond organ on a car engine.

You're a long ways from ignorant, certainly an interesting read every time you post! But I have to admit, I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around why it is that a Hammond was hovering over a car engine !
Depressing the pedal on an out of tune acoustic piano and playing does not result in tonal color control or add interest, it's called obnoxious.
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