It's probably worthless and not worth getting appraised for sure. ************************************************************************ Right Wing Mike
http://www.cafepress.com Bigfoot Hates Obama http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike/5690856 I Wish Hillary had married OJ http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike/4236924 --- On Sat, 7/12/08, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [OT] What is a Kimball Xanadu worth? > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008, 5:40 PM > Hi Everybody! > > http://www.organservice.com/images/kimball/kimballj900.JPG > > My creditors are forcing me into bankruptcy. I have to > provide a value > of my Kimball Xanadu organ, which actually might have no > value at all. > > It is in so-so condition. As some of you may recall this is > a single row > horseshoe 2 3/5 manual (3 octave short key > "orchestra" as a top manual, > two 61 key solo and accompaniment manuals) with 25 full > length pedals. > No MIDI. I paid $3500 for it in the old days at your second > store, > before all the new stuff came out and obsoleted it. I > donated my > previous two organs to churches. > > The battery is dead (loses it's two settable levels of > 4 piston > combination memory if the organ is turned off), the rhythms > don't work, > there are maybe 5 or 6 dead pedal notes that need > re-wiring - which I > haven't been able to do because I can't lift it, > there is a 3" to 4" > finish rubout on the right side of the console where > generations of > players have steadied themselves while getting on and off > of the bench > but the worst problem is that it is on the second floor of > a no-elevator > condo building and it weighs about 500 lbs! Taken apart it > will fit > through the door. > > I notice that a similar organ was offered on ebay at $999. > CN a while > ago and received no bids so it is most likely not worth > that. More > disturbing is the fact that similar organs offered on ebay > at less than > $80 US also received no bids. > > Is it worth anything at all? Large organs typically are > given away in > Sarasota for free on freecycle so perhaps this Kimball is > worth nothing? > > It could be professionally appraised, but the appraiser > wants $275 plus > "expenses" to look at it and if it isn't > worth even $100 that is not > sensible even if I could spare the money, which I > can't. I have to file > a household inventory with the US court so I have to get a > plausible, > defensible figure or the court NAZIS will send me to the > camps? > > Any suggestions would be most appreciated, thanks. > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
