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Title: Antique upright piano
Post by: fergusont359@gmail.com on February 02, 2014, 09:57:10 pm
I was told my piano was an 1800's Ludwig.  It is indeed a Ludwig, it has a metal plate in the upper cabinet that says Ludwig and Co. as you'll see in the pictures and Possibly a serial number or item number also.  It does have a solid brass back and is on wheels.  But from the weight of the piano wheels are sunk into my carpet.  I'll have to hire professional movers and I don't know whether it's going to be worth it.  I need any and all information available on it for resale.
READY.....SET.....G O....._
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: greenacres on February 02, 2014, 10:44:24 pm
Can we have the full picture of your piano?   http://antiquepianoshop.com/product/226/ludwig-victorian-upright-piano/ This site might be able to help you. Is this what your piano looks like? I really can't read those numbers.
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: fergusont359@gmail.com on February 02, 2014, 10:58:32 pm
 Greenacres.....I'm sorry... having trouble downloading the correct photos.  The numbers are 21180.  Ill try again for the correct photos.
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: fergusont359@gmail.com on February 02, 2014, 11:25:30 pm
Greenacres.... Still not the photos I wanted but those will help ta-da!  Sorta....
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: greenacres on February 03, 2014, 07:06:31 am
You have to resize your photos and make them smaller. They will upload better. Or do one at a time by hitting the reply button. Nice piano.
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: greenacres on February 03, 2014, 07:09:21 am
Also, not to get double post give it time. It is uploading. Hit a new tab if your not sure it uploaded and put up the forum on the new tab just to see if it posted.
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: mart on February 03, 2014, 09:22:52 am
Nice piano but as an upright,, might be hard to sell !! Takes an army to move them,,damages floors and carpet !! Expensive to have work done !! I have one I would give away but no takers !!  Am planning at some point to remove the inside and convert it to a bar !!
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: greenacres on February 03, 2014, 09:30:22 am
You could always use a piano mover. I used one when I moved to this house I live in now. I don't remember how much exactly, but I think I want to say $450. That also depends on how important the piano is to you.
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: mart on February 03, 2014, 12:59:54 pm
Yes you can get someone to move them but a high price would be $200. for an upright then to pay $450. to move it would be more than the value of most of them !!
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: greenacres on February 03, 2014, 01:11:13 pm
It's how you feel about your piano.  If you were a piano teacher and it was your only piano, you would pay to move it!
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: mart on February 03, 2014, 01:31:31 pm
True,, hopefully she will find a piano teacher or student willing to do that !!
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: cogar on February 03, 2014, 02:03:20 pm
ferguson, .....check that folding door over the keyboard to see if those hinges you were looking for are there. ??? ???
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: mart on February 03, 2014, 02:09:33 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_%26_Company

A bit of history !!  Another site said total restore is between $6000. AND $8000.
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: fergusont359@gmail.com on February 03, 2014, 05:03:05 pm
Greenacres....Mart. ...Cogar .... Wow look at you guys go!   youre so awesome!     ;D
Mart... Your ideas regarding turning it into a bar intrigues me.....
Cogar ..... Your earlier post about finding a junk piano for the hinges is what triggered me asking about this one so...yay!
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: mart on February 03, 2014, 06:31:43 pm
During prohibition many pianos like this were converted to bars !! Where the carved panel is on yours would be a door,,inside that panel would have the bar, Keys were left so any government people raided,,the door would be closed and all they would see is a piano.  Some were quite elaborate with hidden nooks and crannies  !! Bar might have a mirrored back and small light above !!  I just thought it was a neat idea !!
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: fergusont359@gmail.com on February 03, 2014, 10:42:44 pm
??? what is this site regarding mart, as I need to have an account?
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: mart on February 04, 2014, 09:10:10 am
Sorry about that,, tried to move a pic from my email and it didn`t work !! Let me find one that will !! Tried to delete that but that didn`t work either !!  Ok finally figured out how to remove a post !!
Now let me find a workable pic !!
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: Rauville on February 04, 2014, 09:10:53 am
The following site may help you make a decision regarding valuing, selling or donating your piano.
http://www.pianofinders.com/index.htm (http://www.pianofinders.com/index.htm)

For a piece probably dating back to 1900 I would hate to see it remodeled into a bar. There are bars and there are pianos, but they both need to be relative to each other. I can't look at an old upright without recalling a few lines of the Shooting of Dan McGrew by Robert Service.

..."His eyes went rubbering round the room, and he seemed in a kind of daze,
Till at last that old piano fell in the way of his wandering gaze.
The rag-time kid was having a drink; there was no one else on the stool,
So the stranger stumbles across the room, and flops down there like a fool.
In a buckskin shirt that was glazed with dirt he sat, and I saw him sway;
Then he clutched the keys with his talon hands -- my God! but that man could play"
...
Title: Re: Antique upright piano
Post by: mart on February 04, 2014, 09:18:19 am
Her plan was to sell it Rauville but trying to find someone that will buy it and move it may be a trick !!  I would try that first !!  But if you are stuck with something you don`t want and can`t use,, there should be options that will make it useful for you !!