Automotive/Piano Links

[Terry]

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"If Link could make Pianos and flight simulators, why couldn't Packard =
with it's foundry for auto parts not also make pianos?"

I have only one word for such a statement:  YAMAHA.

Terry Farrell


> Greg,
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> At 00:21 2/17/2005, you wrote:
> >I don't have any definitive information, but here's some info that
> >suggests a link:
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> >     Packard Motor Company started out in Warren, Ohio, but soon =
moved to
> >     Detroit, Michigan.
> >
> >     The Packard Company which made pianos was in Ft. Wayne, Indiana,
> >     which is not far from Detroit (aprox. 150 miles away).
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> >     The logos for both companies are not identical, but are =
surprisingly
> >     similar:
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> As a former Packard motor car owner, I would be VERY surprised if =
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> wasn't a link.  Names and logos would have been changed drastically by =

> copyright infringement litigation if they were not.
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> If Link could make Pianos and flight simulators, why couldn't Packard =
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> it's foundry for auto parts not also make pianos?
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> Another similarity might be construction. Pre-Studebaker/Packard day=20
> Packard cars and contemporary Packard pianos were definitely built to =
last.
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> Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS, CRS.
> Decorah, IA
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> - Certified Calibration Technician for Bio-powered Digitally Activated =

> Lever Action Tone Generation Systems.
> - Pianotech Flamesuit Purveyor
> - American Curmudgeon Society - Apprentice Member and Founder
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