How much this piano can value?
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How much this piano can value?
Guys, there's an old piano that just sticks around my grandma's house but it's not being used anymore. Some other day, a fellow that works with antiquities offered $6,000 for the piano.
I never thought it could cost something like this. So, for this, I decided to search and know really what value this piano really have.
The name on it is: Gors & Kallmann - Kaiserl. u. Konigl Hiflieferanten, Berlin. It has been bought around 1914.
Here goes some pictures of it:
http://imageshack.com/a/img802/7170/5zip.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img607/8205/uu4s.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img811/7899/gubs.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img855/936/alnn.jpg
What do you guys think?
I never thought it could cost something like this. So, for this, I decided to search and know really what value this piano really have.
The name on it is: Gors & Kallmann - Kaiserl. u. Konigl Hiflieferanten, Berlin. It has been bought around 1914.
Here goes some pictures of it:
http://imageshack.com/a/img802/7170/5zip.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img607/8205/uu4s.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img811/7899/gubs.jpg
http://imageshack.com/a/img855/936/alnn.jpg
What do you guys think?
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Re: How much this piano can value?
Post by Colin Nicholson »
Welcome to the forum
I am often called out to give a valuation for pianos like this, or to see if it is tuneable, and in some cases, the cost of my call-out fee exceeds the value of the piano!... and in some cases, the piano cannot be tuned.
Gors & Kallmann are (and were) a reasonably good makers name, but only if the piano is kept in good condition & tuned/ serviced regularly. Ebonised casework is not very popular now, and very out-dated.
We cannot give valuations here on the forum (as quoted in the blue header above), and you may need to make an appointment with a piano tuner (who gives valuations/ wholesaler/ trade/ piano restorer) .... if you think the piano is worth something, to attempt to tune it & test the pin torque etc (and see the general condition of the mechanism) - but a quick look at this piano of your grand mothers looks to have quite alot of damage done to it, (been through the mill?) and in need of a major restoration. If you take all the noughts off the offered price (whenever that was) .... it might just sell for that amount on auction - but many old pianos like this are sometimes changed into a drinks cabinet or scrapped.
Unless an old piano like this is fully restored - in the UK - they are just worth a few pounds or pence.... and often don't sell.
Try it on Ebay .... start at 99p no reserve - and see what happens.
Hope that helps
Colin
I am often called out to give a valuation for pianos like this, or to see if it is tuneable, and in some cases, the cost of my call-out fee exceeds the value of the piano!... and in some cases, the piano cannot be tuned.
Gors & Kallmann are (and were) a reasonably good makers name, but only if the piano is kept in good condition & tuned/ serviced regularly. Ebonised casework is not very popular now, and very out-dated.
We cannot give valuations here on the forum (as quoted in the blue header above), and you may need to make an appointment with a piano tuner (who gives valuations/ wholesaler/ trade/ piano restorer) .... if you think the piano is worth something, to attempt to tune it & test the pin torque etc (and see the general condition of the mechanism) - but a quick look at this piano of your grand mothers looks to have quite alot of damage done to it, (been through the mill?) and in need of a major restoration. If you take all the noughts off the offered price (whenever that was) .... it might just sell for that amount on auction - but many old pianos like this are sometimes changed into a drinks cabinet or scrapped.
Unless an old piano like this is fully restored - in the UK - they are just worth a few pounds or pence.... and often don't sell.
Try it on Ebay .... start at 99p no reserve - and see what happens.
Hope that helps
Colin
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Tuition ~ Accompaniment ~ Weddings
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Member of The Guild of Master Craftsmen
Re: How much this piano can value?
Go back IMMEDIATELY to see the fellow that offered $6,000 for the piano - don't walk, RUN, and grab the money.
If he says he's changed his mind (he will) ask him to take off a zero. If he accepts (very unlikely) take the money, it's your lucky day. If he only agrees to knock of two zero's you've still done very well imho.
If he says he's changed his mind (he will) ask him to take off a zero. If he accepts (very unlikely) take the money, it's your lucky day. If he only agrees to knock of two zero's you've still done very well imho.
I was playing the piano in a zoo, when the elephant burst into tears. I said, "Don't you recognize the tune?" He replied, "No, I recognize the ivories!"
Re: How much this piano can value?
Exactly what new age said. In the Uk if you were local to me I would CHARGE YOU £200 to take it away and smash it up and dispose of it in a skip. I would be amazed if some one gives you $6k for that.
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Re: How much this piano can value?
Post by Colin Nicholson »
Believe it or not, if you found the missing sconce (right hand brass candle holder) - all complete with brackets (which are both there).... AND original screws X 8.... you could sell those alone for about £30 ish Ebay.... but they must be a complete pair, and matching. The front panel with fine carvings might also sell for about £20.... but the piano 'as a whole' .... well.... probably wouldn't sell.
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Colin Nicholson Dip. Mus. CMIT CLCM PTLLS
Piano tuning & repairs. Full UK restoration service
http://www.aatuners.com
Tuition ~ Accompaniment ~ Weddings
http://www.pianotime1964.com
Member of The Guild of Master Craftsmen
Colin Nicholson Dip. Mus. CMIT CLCM PTLLS
Piano tuning & repairs. Full UK restoration service
http://www.aatuners.com
Tuition ~ Accompaniment ~ Weddings
http://www.pianotime1964.com
Member of The Guild of Master Craftsmen
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