EBONY REGENT by LESTER BABY GRAND PIANO Phoenix AZ

Beautiful Ebony Regent by Lester Baby Grand Piano Professionally appraised by: BLUEBOOK OF PIANOS PIANO APPRAISALS & REPLACEMENT COSTS Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca. 92688 In reference to your appraisal inquiry regarding your Regent by Lester Baby Grand Piano, bearing serial number #136787, manufactured in 1927. In very good condition. Maintained in a climate controlled residential environment. When this instrument is tuned the value is $2,470.00. Based on the age, condition, size, grade and rarity of this piano. This refers to the price that you would need to pay to buy the nearest equivalent to your piano. (This is the actual value of your piano as it stands in your office). MODEL 136787 BUILT in 1927 **Needs more than a simple tuning. It needs refelting. The asking price is reflective of this** Lester grand and baby grand pianos were offered in a variety of beautiful woods and finishes. Lester Baby Grand Piano, 56 inches across the front, and 62 inches front to back. Baby Grand is a term for a grand piano under 5'8" in length. Regent pianos were manufactured by the illustrious Blasius & Sons Piano Company of Philadelphia. The Regent line was introduced in about 1890, and they were known for being very good quality pianos at affordable prices. Regent was set up as an affordable alternative to the costlier Blasius brand name, while at the same time offering comparable quality. After the Great Depression, the Regent name was produced by the famous Lester Piano Company, and the name was discontinued right around World War II. We have seen a handful of Regent instruments come through our shop over the years, and they have been consistently very well made pianos. LESTER est. 1888 Philidelphia, Pa. Lester pianos won a high place in the world of music because of their sweetness of tone and the care expended in their construction. Adherence, on the part of the Lester Piano Co., to the principle of creating quality instruments, rather than to build vast numbers of pianos, has been the basis of Lester reputation. No detail in Lester construction, by which the tone and durability might he perfected, was permitted to pass. As a result, many famous pianists placed their approval upon Lester pianos. Among them a are such names as the famed director; Louise Homer. American artists; Campanari, eminent baritone; Alice Nielson, operatic soprano; Kneisel, violinist and concert meister; Bell Alten, soprano of Metropolitan opera, and scores of others; also many great music schools, as the New England Conservatory, of Boston; Syracuse University; Broad Street Conservatory, Philadelphia; Converse College, Spartansburg, S. C.; Lewisburg Female Institute, Lewisburg, W. Va.; East Carolina Teachers' Training School, Greenville, N. C., and many others. Lester pianos are used in nearly 100,000 homes, and in most of the public schools of Philadelphia. The performances of the world's greatest pianists are accurately reproduced, among others the hand playing of Paderewski, Pugno, Josef Hofmann, Leopold Godowsky, Busoni, DePachmann, Gabrilowitsch. DeBussy and a host of other celebrities. The Lester "one name . . one quality . . one price" policy was met with the universal approval of dealers and consumers. This policy meant that all Lester Pianos were always of the same musical quality, any difference in price was based on the case. There were no ghost or stencil pianos made by this company It means too that everyone receives equal value since there was only one price for a Lester Piano and that was the factory advertised price. The appraisal values are stated in U.S. Dollars and are based on market values from several sources. Based on comparisons of pianos of this age, condition and nature offered for sale in newspapers and the internet by private parties, music stores, auction houses, and piano teachers, These values are certified through research in Directories of the Music Industry such as, The Presto Piano Buyers Guide, The Pierce Musical Instrument Atlas, The Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments and The Bluebook of Pianos, and the Piano Times Newspaper. Appraised by, James J Cadden Co-Author/ *Appraiser Bluebook of Pianos American Piano Company 1980-2018 Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 **REASONABLE OFFERS CONSIDERED** PLEASE TEXT ME FOR FAST REPLY ***FOR PICKUP ONLY ** Bring your Movers** *CASH ONLY* NO PAYPAL NO CASHIER CHECKS NO MONEY ORDERS *CASH ONLY*

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