For sale: Bell Piano
Cody Martin
I accquired a Bell Piano about a year ago in hopes of restoring it. But
I did not have enough time to do so. :-( When I got the piano the owner said
it required some work and gave me a coffee can of action pieces. I would
like to sell the piano for around 7-10 thousand. When bought I will clean
out the case and polish the wood. The keys need a little resurfaceing. If
you want I can send you a picture.
Thanks,
BTW, the serial number is 53008
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Cody Martin
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Larry
>it required some work and gave me a coffee can of action pieces. I would
>like to sell the piano for around 7-10 thousand.
You didn't say whether this is an upright or a grand. Either way, I hope you
live in a country where that 7 - 10 thousand is measured in something other
than dollars. In dollars an old upright with the action in a coffee can is
worth around 200 bucks at most, and isn't worth rebuilding unless you do it
yourself as a labor of love. An old grand with its action in a coffee can
might be worth as much as 500 bucks, depending on whether or not it would be
worth the 10K or so it would cost to restore it.
Larry Fletcher
Pianos Inc
Atlanta GA
Dealer/technician
Doing the work of three men.....Larry, Curly, & Moe
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Cody Martin
neccessary parts for a round 200, since only some of the action pieces are
in a can.
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Larry <larryin...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
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Larry
>neccessary parts for a round 200, since only some of the action pieces are
>in a can.
Even if *none* of the action parts were in a can, an old upright is not going
to be worth much more than a couple hundred bucks. It wouldn't be worth 7-10K
even after it had been rebuilt. That's just the unfortunate reality of old
uprights.
Cody Martin
Indiana area. You pickup
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Larry <larryin...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
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Dave Zappa
summer~! Good luck with your piano Cody, someone will take it I'm sure.
Dave
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Larry
>summer~! Good luck with your piano Cody, someone will take it I'm sure.
>
>Dave
Yes it was. I laughed when Cody posted his last post. It was the exact opposite
from what I was expecting.
mik...@telocity.com
free piano. They're now pretty close in price!
Mike Wu
On 25 Jul 2001 00:23:54 GMT, larryin...@aol.comnojunk (Larry)
wrote:
Cody Martin
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Larry <larryin...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
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Larry
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>Cody Martin
Cody, usually when someone says they have an old upright for sale and ask a
huge price for it and someone points out what it's really worth, they get all
mad and start ripping the messenger to shreds. You didn't. You went from 7-10K
to 200 bucks without throwing a single rock at me, which said you were open
minded and realistic. It was just the chain of events that it went through that
I found humorous. You'd have to see how many times we run into this to
appreciate the humour. I'm not picking on you at all. In fact, quite the
opposite.
Cody Martin
shred, it such a pain. Thanks for your pricing, I think I might start doing
a little work on it now. By the way, does anyone know how old this piano is?
Thanks
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Cody Martin
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Larry <larryin...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
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Tom Beretta
upright pianos. In fact, I have been looking for one in decent shape
to give to my wife as a birthday gift. Maybe I can find one in the
Atlanta area in that $200 price range (and it would probably cost more
than that to have it moved!)
Tim in Acworth, GA
<t...@bellsouth.net>
On 25 Jul 2001 01:43:44 GMT, larryin...@aol.comnojunk (Larry)
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Dwain Lee
But Cody, if you want to see some of what you may be getting into, visit:
http://knabeproject.homestead.com
Hi ho, Hi ho,
I play the pi-an-o,
(um, never mind...)
Dwain
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Larry
>upright pianos. In fact, I have been looking for one in decent shape
>to give to my wife as a birthday gift. Maybe I can find one in the
>Atlanta area in that $200 price range (and it would probably cost more
>than that to have it moved!)
>
>Tim in Acworth, GA
Hello, Tim in Acworth!
Yes, you are correct that it would cost you about that much to get it moved -
assuming you don't have a bunch of steps to climb. But never fear! I might be
able to help you. I get quite a few of them on trade all along.......
from ladies who got them as birthday gifts from their husbands..... ;-)
(just playing with you)
Cody Martin
it for practice.
Thanks,
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Cody Martin
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John S. Gray
all.
The Bell firm (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) went out of business in 1924.
They were remarkable for producing some of the most balanced and musical
of the absurdly high tension scale uprights when that was the fashion. The
best of these actually had two iron frames, the subsidiary one where the
backpost assembly should be. (Schimmel revived that little engineering
trick in the 1970's, if my memory serves me right)
Bell pianos with serial numbers above 35,000 were clones of the Lesage
piano, made in Ste Therese, just north of Montreal. Not necessarily a bad
piano, but not one of the `great' Bell pianos, by a long shot.
JG
owner of the Bell upright #30098
Gary Weder
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> If the serial number is up in the 50,000's then it's not a real Bell at
> all.
>
> The Bell firm (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) went out of business in 1924.
> They were remarkable for producing some of the most balanced and musical
> of the absurdly high tension scale uprights when that was the fashion. The
> best of these actually had two iron frames, the subsidiary one where the
> backpost assembly should be. (Schimmel revived that little engineering
> trick in the 1970's, if my memory serves me right)
and it also has an iron frame back bracing. They call it a "Tuplex" system.
Didn't those Schimmels have a little *bell* like device on them ? I think
the jury is out on the merrits of these iron backing frames.
>
> Bell pianos with serial numbers above 35,000 were clones of the Lesage
> piano, made in Ste Therese, just north of Montreal. Not necessarily a bad
> piano, but not one of the `great' Bell pianos, by a long shot.
Last year I restored a 1910 Bell ( Guelph ) upright. It is one of the
best upright pianos that I have seen for all round high quality. I also have
waiting in line for restoration a W. Bell & Co. Guelph Canada , portable
pump organ from the turn of the (previous) century.
Gary.
pianoguy
Everett made a console piano for years that had iron back posts. Those suckers are
heavy.
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