<html> <body> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> Here's the press release for those interested in detail. (Yamaha plant in Thomaston, GA closing soon.)</blockquote> This is sad, but pretty typical of the world manufacturing situation these days. I think that the only help for this outsourcing will be when the physical energy for shipping and/or the money for Americans to buy foreign goods just get pinched so tightly that the flow has to slow down and stop. We'll have plenty of other things to worry about by then, I imagine. Keeping the old pianos (many of which are wonderful, and American right to the core) in good condition is the best response we can make to this sign that not all is well with our country and the world financial system, IMHO. Susan </body> </html>