Hi Robbie,  You remarked in 080620 MMDigest:

>[ The salvage value of the brass, by weight, is probably
>[ a few thousands of dollars.

I believe you are a bit high on the value for brass in a set of 44
calliope pipes.  You can get the current spot market prices on almost any
metal at http://www.recycle.net/Metal-N/Brass/index.html?affilid=100000

The 43 brass calliope pipes with my calliope are stored at the present
in a fiberglass military container, and weigh in somewhere around 100
pounds or less.  Just an interesting observation...

Al Pebworth
Chesapeake, Virginia

 [ Thanks for the correction, Al.  -- Robbie