ANTIQUE APPRAISAL: ANTIQUE PIANO APPRAISAL

There are several different types of antique pianos, player pianos, nickelodeons, and large music-making devices are the most popular among both casual buyers and collectors. These are more or less called the ‘fun collectibles.’

The antique piano appraisal experts at Emailappraisals.com have over 40 years experience in knowing the important criteria of value that differentiates a valuable piano from one with modest value. It is this expertise that our appraisers apply when preparing an antique piano appraisal.

Old, but not chronologically defined as antique, pianos and organs are not nearly so collectible as the less mechanically sophisticated nickelodeons and player pianos. The straight piano, upright, grand, baby grand types have been manufactured in large quantities all over the world for many, many years. Consequently, scarcity and rarity is not an issue that must be considered when analyzing market information for an antique piano appraisal.

On the other hand, contemporary pianos with the latest in modern musical technologies have many musical advantages over the antique pianos. An antique piano appraisal is most often limited to those manufactured before 1860.

Most melodeons or reed organs are old enough and rare enough to be considered ‘antique’ and are desired by collectors in this field. The expertise involved in appraising a piano does not require that the appraiser play the instrument, but does demand a full and comprehensive knowledge of the terminology, manufacturing techniques, manufacturers reputations, differences in quality, and an estimate of cost for refurbishing the mechanical parts as well as the cabinet. When performing an antique piano appraisal every piano that we appraise at Emailappraisals.com is carefully compared to other pianos sold around the world, so that our market comparisons are timely and accurate.

The cost of an antique piano appraisal by Emailappraisals.com is insignificant when compared to an unwise expenditure for a piano that will only depreciate in value because it lacks the quality required by collectors.