Reel Repair by Alan Tani

My mother wants to sell her sister's piano.Does anyone know the value,I have no idea the model?I attached photos of the s/n 1006699.
I believe it was purchased around
1969?

My mother had a like new '67 Cable that looked just about like yours. Just last year when we were dealing with her estate we were told that resale value is practically nil, especially for wood grain pianos. Three different piano companies all said about the only regular pianos that are selling is black or white ones. They all also said most piano sales these days are electronic or digital. We were also told that we would be lucky if we could find someone who would take it for free and then move it, and that if we donated to a school, church, etc. it would probably cost $200 - $250 to have it moved & another couple hundred to have it tuned. We kept it in the house while the house was for sale and fortunately for us the guy that bought the house went ahead and closed on the house without us having to move it. Pianos are a tough sell nowadays.       

Have a buddy with a storage business in the midwest, and twice he had tenants move out and leave behind upright pianos.  Tommy pretty much summed it up accurately, they were impossible to get rid of.  Only thing is if you find one that is old enough, (pretty sure yours isn't, but doesn't hurt to check) once upon a time the keys were actually made out of ivory.  The upright we have in our house was from 1919 and has those.  And every time we have moved it has co$t to get it moved, but I will say professional piano movers with their fancy gadgets and techniques ALMOST make it look easy, but worth every penny. - john

We have an old upright that someone gave to my late father-in-law.  He didn't play and didn't need it, but it was free.  It is so rusty inside that it probably can't be tuned and bits and pieces fall off now and again.  I tried giving it to Goodwill and the other charities, but nobody will take it. We might start harvesting the wood and just chip away at it until only the cast iron plate is left.

That Wurlitzer is beautiful! What a shame that they're so unloved. 

Beautiful instrument.  When my Dad died a few years back, the house had an old baby grand (with a name that I do not remember, but it wasn't a Wurlitzer or any of the other well known names) that had been bought years previous when my older sister was studying music.  It sat in the dining room of the house and took up about 1/4 of the floor space.  Nobody wanted it.  An upright, maybe, but a baby grand is a space hog.  Sometimes you can find someone who gives lessons and they will take it for a student.  Or, maybe a church needs a replacement.  These old timers date from a period when a "cultured" house had live musical instruments and nobody objected to it having to be periodically tuned.  Nowadays, just like an old fishing reel, labor costs to maintain pianos are objectionable to the ordinary householder, and electronic instruments are the rule rather than the exception.

Frank

Good news my aunt's daughter wants it!
I may have to help move it,but
With 4 guys wont be too bad.I helped move a pool table once,now thats a nut buster.

When I moved into my house there was an antique upright, cant remember the name but it was dated to the '20's IIRC.  Beautiful condition, took 2 months to give it away.  Its sad to see such wonderful instruments worth so little.  Bill