I am seeking information concerning the practice of peddling pianos off wagons in remote areas of the Pacific Northwest during the last century. Any information or leads that you or your associates could give me would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Mark E. Danielson Bellingham, WA mdaniel@nas.com ____________________________ Mark and Ken and Ron; I don't know if it is true in other areas of the country but we have a few "traveling" sales teams that work the smaller towns here in the Southeast and have done so for as long as I can remember. As Ken related the tactics they use for selling are not always the most ethical, but they sell a surprising amount of mechandise. Although most of their effort is put into rural areas they occasionaly turn up in Jacksonville and other larger cities. Most of the used import dealers sell from classified ads and the back of trucks, at least in my area. So Mark this is not a tactic used only in the NW, and not only from horses and wagons in the past, but goes on to this day. Of course most of the customers never see the sales person or can contact the company after the sales is completed, though this is generally not true of the used import dealers, and local technicians benefit(?) from having to service these instruments. I think it was Newton a few days ago that said techs should keep a used, refurbished instrument on hand for selling to customers , I agree. Mark hope this helps somewhat. Jim Bryant (FL)
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