dating and apraising Sohmer upright

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1. amomipais82
   

   Hi There ,
   Harry did make great pianos...verticals!
   
   He had to be talked into making Grands...really was not what he wanted to do.
   
   Now then...that is not to say the grands were "bad", far from it...it just wasn't his main focus.
   
   Now back to yours...every piano...EVERY piano...dies.
   
   Depending on the cost efficiency to repair them...they bring different value to the table.
   
   For instance: Mason & Hamlin, still in business to day and making arguably the finest piano in the world, makes the price of an old M & H accrue in value.
   
   Knabe, arguably on of the finest pianos ever made...in no longer in business, so the value has not current frame of reference...worse, the name Knabe was bought by Young Chang and used it to make poor pianos...so the value of the older Knabe is gone even though rebuilding it would bring a better than fine piano...no one recognizes it.
   
   So back to Sohmer...you said, "fine or cheap" and I said he didn't like to make grands...again...that didn't make them bad. Today, the Sohmer has no real frame of reference and its cost effectiveness is determined by its apparent worth in today's market in which there is no Sohmer.
   
   So saying it has furniture value doesn't mean it wasn't a good piano...it just means that it isn't worth the input of cash to bring it back to prime condition.
   
   All that being said...I have rebuilt pianos in the "cost ineffective" category that had, what I call, Heirloom Value. What that means is that it was in the family for years, has sentimental worth, and that worth is to the owner alone.

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