Kimball is gone! Now what?

[Ron Nossaman]

I got the phone call yesterday.

I service a local Yamaha/Young Chang/Kimball dealer. With Kimball gone, he
wants to know what he's going to stock in that price range. I guess Jasper
is gone along with the big "K". He doesn't need/want another Korean piano
and hasn't set hands to any of the German, etc imports. Who's he gonna call?
I don't service many dealers, and haven't run into much of anything in the
way of "new" but Yamaha, Kawai, Steinway, Boston, Young Chang, and Baldwin.
He isn't looking for state of the art competition to Yamaha, but rather
something in the same price spread as the Kimballs (verticals) that won't
make him look bad and doom him (and me) to a life of warrenty wars.

I'd appreciate your thoughts. I'll pass on ALL recommendations/condemnations
and hopefully get him a happy ending.

Thanks


 Ron Nossaman