Much like the real estate industry, restoring a vintage instrument adds real value to the piece, ultimately making the instrument worth more than the cost of restoration in most cases. How many home renovation or “house-flipping” shows have you seen on TV lately? People all over the country are renovating old homes and buildings so that they can be sold for profit in the end. Will it cost more to restore my instrument than it will be worth? Here you can see what different types and styles of instruments have been selling for over the past few years. It may be helpful if you go to our online showroom. The best way to get a general sense of what instruments are worth (after restoration) is by comparing them against what similar instruments are selling for in the real market. Much of the credit goes to education – folks are now able to go to the internet and learn about what they have, often encouraged to invest and preserve their instruments. Over the past two decades, we have seen the value of antique pianos and organs nearly double across the board.
Restored instruments sell for high dollars – original, unrestored instruments simply do not. If you invested in having the automobile restored to make it a show car, you could then expect it to sell for a tidy sum – likely at a nice profit after your investment. If your instrument was an antique automobile sitting on blocks, full of rust and ruining due to neglect, you wouldn’t expect it to fetch a very high price.
Restoration is not cheap, but it is necessary to make any instrument worth top dollar.
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