Professional Appraisal Services for the Piano

Over 25 Years of Experience

Administering Services Locally and Across the US for:

  • The Piano Owner

  • Estate Planning, Trusts and Fiduciaries

  • Accounting and Legal Professionals

  • Piano Technicians

  • Insurance Providers and Adjustors

  • The Piano Buyer or Seller

Brian Janey is an Accredited Member of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA). He and has been trained by some of the best personal property appraisers in the US and was assigned a designation for the Appraisal of Pianos and Keyboard Instruments. As a piano technician of over 25 years he has a well known expertise.

Brian has performed appraisals for insurance coverage, damage and loss claims, market value, estate tax calculation and non-cash charitable contributions. He has the expertise and training required by the Internal Revenue Service to be considered a qualified appraiser.

Expertise and Professional Affiliations

Brian’s experience with pianos flows from 25+ years as a professional piano technician serving Northern San Diego and Southwest Riverside Counties in California.

Brian provides reoccurring service and consultation to a vast local clientele of recreational to high level professional pianists, music teachers, school and college faculty, commercial venues, regular orchestral music series, festivals and concert halls working in many instances directly with celebrity artists prior to performance.

He has applied himself to the trade of piano technology through reoccurring training provided by a wide variety of piano makers from the United States, Asia and Europe. Additionally. he is a Registered Piano Technician with Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) and a member of the Master Piano Technicians (MPT) and the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM).

Piano Appraisal and Valuation Services

Allegro Appraisal & Valuation has been entrusted to provide appraisal services to a wide variety of clients in Southern California and across the United States.

• Replacement Value for Insurance
• Damage and Loss Claims
• Estates for Tax Filing and Probate
• Non-Cash Charitable Contributions and Gifts for Tax Perpetration
• Property Division for Relationship Disillusion
• Litigation Support
• Market Value