the day the music died
As a young girl, I inherited a beautiful Kimball console piano from my grandmother. It was built during WWII and instead of being built with traditional lightweight piano parts, the inside was manufactured from cold, hard, wartime steel! As a result, it's well over 800 pounds ... and it sounds absolutely gorgeous.
My family has had the keys and the pads re-covered since taking ownership, and the strings are also new. The wood finish is original, and is therefore chipping away in a couple of places. The piano has been appraised for up to $2400 as-is, and even more if it was to be refinished.
There is so much sentimental value for me in this instrument. Aside from that, it's gorgeous and I think I will never find its like again. This is one-of-a-kind, and I absolutely love owning it.
It has resided at my parents' house for the past several years that I've lived with Debbie in the apartment. (You just don't haul an 800+ pound piano up three flights of stairs! You just don't.) But now, they are preparing to move to Arizona, while Gerry and I are also preparing to move to California. Where is it going to go? It is a real dilemma that I have considered for quite a long time.
Last night, with much emotion, I decided to try to sell it.
*long breath*
Wow, it's harder to write this than I expected it to be.
*silence*
Yeah. I would like for it to go to a loving family who is planning to stay put for a while, a family who will appreciate it and use it to make the rafters sing! So first of all, I'm want to offer it to folks that I know. Then I'll branch outward somewhat ... and only as a last resort am I going to try Craigslist ... if I can bear that. As hard as it will be to hand over to a friend, I think it will be even harder to watch a stranger cart it away.
The piano's last appraisal gave a wide range, $1200-2400. Because it's going to cost to move it, tune it, and get it settled in a home, I certainly don't want to ask the top amount. When it's all said and done, I'd like to get a clean $1500 out of the deal. It will help Gerry and me to move.
*sob*
Do you know anyone who might be interested? Please have them contact me at
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I would also be interested in something like a 10-year loan. In this case, the only cost would be moving the piano.
This recording was done on a little point-and-shoot camera last night, so the digital audio quality isn't so great. However, in real life, the tone is even and rich ... reminding me of bells. It's been well over five years since I last had the piano tuned, and I am quite impressed! (Now, it's also been five years since I last played regularly ... so my performance is a different matter entirely. Please don't shoot the messenger.)
The song is called "Little Bugs," and it was written by my parents' friend Tim Sprunger. He's a fun guy!
My family has had the keys and the pads re-covered since taking ownership, and the strings are also new. The wood finish is original, and is therefore chipping away in a couple of places. The piano has been appraised for up to $2400 as-is, and even more if it was to be refinished.
There is so much sentimental value for me in this instrument. Aside from that, it's gorgeous and I think I will never find its like again. This is one-of-a-kind, and I absolutely love owning it.
It has resided at my parents' house for the past several years that I've lived with Debbie in the apartment. (You just don't haul an 800+ pound piano up three flights of stairs! You just don't.) But now, they are preparing to move to Arizona, while Gerry and I are also preparing to move to California. Where is it going to go? It is a real dilemma that I have considered for quite a long time.
Last night, with much emotion, I decided to try to sell it.
*long breath*
Wow, it's harder to write this than I expected it to be.
*silence*
Yeah. I would like for it to go to a loving family who is planning to stay put for a while, a family who will appreciate it and use it to make the rafters sing! So first of all, I'm want to offer it to folks that I know. Then I'll branch outward somewhat ... and only as a last resort am I going to try Craigslist ... if I can bear that. As hard as it will be to hand over to a friend, I think it will be even harder to watch a stranger cart it away.
The piano's last appraisal gave a wide range, $1200-2400. Because it's going to cost to move it, tune it, and get it settled in a home, I certainly don't want to ask the top amount. When it's all said and done, I'd like to get a clean $1500 out of the deal. It will help Gerry and me to move.
*sob*
Do you know anyone who might be interested? Please have them contact me at
.
I would also be interested in something like a 10-year loan. In this case, the only cost would be moving the piano.
Click to viewThis recording was done on a little point-and-shoot camera last night, so the digital audio quality isn't so great. However, in real life, the tone is even and rich ... reminding me of bells. It's been well over five years since I last had the piano tuned, and I am quite impressed! (Now, it's also been five years since I last played regularly ... so my performance is a different matter entirely. Please don't shoot the messenger.)
The song is called "Little Bugs," and it was written by my parents' friend Tim Sprunger. He's a fun guy!