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Good evening everyone, a client who owns a PLAYEL grand piano has indicated a serial number to me, but in the Pierce Piano Atlas, the following does not appear, stamped on the instrument: 71F293; in fact, there are no serial numbers consisting of numbers and letters. I need to know the year and the value of the instrument before and after restoration.
Can anyone help me?
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But let's say that even if it is difficult to trace the year, it is conceivable to think it is late nineteenth century. If it then has straight strings, the value is relative. Let's call it an amateur piece. One must be very careful with the restoration and eventually replace parts with suitable ones and/or perhaps custom-made ones. Is it worth it? Unless there is a great sentimental value, I do not think that the considerable cost of restoration can create significant added value
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I agree... I am not a specialist in pianos from that era, I deal with older instruments, but judging by the keyboard, it seems to be from between the late 1800s and at most the first decade of the 1900s; it would need to be seen opened... But certainly, a well-done restoration would cost quite a lot, even just replacing the action would be a problem... I don't think it's worth it... unless someone has plenty of money to invest and even then the value would be limited... let's say it would be fine for recordings on historical instruments.
Pianoexert, suitable parts for an instrument like that perhaps, but I am not sure you could find them from another Pleyel of the same era or from an Erard or a Gaveau... in short, the 3 main French ones...
