Details on 3 Player Pianos for Sale
By David Campbell
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[ Editor's Note:
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[ At the suggestion of one of our subscribers, I sent mail to David
[ Campbell asking him to clarify what he had for sale and how he
[ wanted to sell it. This message will hopefully clarify things
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[ Jody
if possible, please, I would prefer to "deal direct" with any interested parties about my old upright player pianos. as these pianos are (more or less) in "very deep" storage, behind other large objects, in another city, prior to answering "more involved" type questions I would like to know, please, if possible, where the interested party lives (city and state) and what he might want to consider paying for a player, or all three, assuming he finds they are _exactly_ as described (which is what they are). as stated earlier, I am also open for Mac/monitor trades as well, still... please provide my the interested party's e-address, or give them mine.
thank you,
David
> David,
> One of our members expressed some curiosity as to
> the Make, Model and/or discription, Year of Mfg,
> Condition of the pianos in question. Some of this
> information is sometimes difficult to determine, but
> if these items are still for sale please take a shot
> at descibing the items in more detail.
generally, they are all three plain case style, mahogany veneered, VERY little to no case carving or elaboration. They are all normal upright case style, of normal height, nothing "out of the ordinary" case-wise or mechanism-wise. no rarities here, no nickelodeons, no reproducers, no expression pianos, no "solid oaks", etc etc. all three are manual foot pumpers _only_ (non-electrified), and all three of them have never before been rebuilt by ANYone, ANYwhere, at ANY time. all three have their original ivories, and were more'n'likely made in the 1920 to 1930 era, or VERY near thereabouts. no "birdcage actions" or "upright concert grands" or other odd-balls here.
one==> shaw (of baltimore) serial #26018
two==> webster (of new york) serial #
three==>schaeffer (of chicago) serial #60134
forth "victorian" piano, NON player, full size upright, "semi-elaborate" case, though NOT hand carved or any other "exotic" type. wood type unknown (assume is veneered something/is heavily painted flat black and then "spatter painted" white over that). has original ivories as well, and is "all there". appears to never have been "butchered" by amateurs, as is the case as well with all three players (listed & described above)
more info needed?
yes. now by me, please. where do these interested parties live, and what would they consider paying, let's say "from as LOW as to maybe as HIGH as WHAT amount per player, as is, where is?"
if they'd like to call me, I'll talk as long as they want/answer any further questions.....area 904 375-0187, seven days, 7:30 AM to 10:00 PM eastern std time....
"Full quotebacks" of all our text, and private replies to my Usenet posts are both appreciated! -=- My "standby address" (rarely used) is dc@dkmail.dkeep.com, & fax is 904 376-9929 (24 hr/7 days), in Gainesville, north central Florida. Where are you located? Thank you! David
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Brief extracts from a second message received from David:
> what city ?
Alachua, Florida, which is 15 miles outside of Gainesville.
> what price ?
I know what I can expect to net from the local market, am curious if the national market is any different. Selling all three at once would have some appeal over selling one at a time, though, in all fairness, I'm not in a "desperate to sell" situation...
I'm assuming that anyone seriously considering the purchase of any (or all) of these would be from the local (north Florida) area here, OR would be someone who travels "north/south" frequently (perhaps by truck) on I-75, the _major_ north/south interstate through Gainesville. My (further) guess is that old unrestored players are not so rare as to justify a "special" trip by anyone from "afar"....and, due to many past experiences in selling oddball type stuff nationally, I find that, generally speaking, the best prospects will be local, or nearly so (in _most_ circumstances)
> May I post these phone numbers to the digest ?
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