<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=864491916-13122007><FONT color=#000080>This sounds like fun.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=864491916-13122007><FONT color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=864491916-13122007><FONT color=#000080>Only problem is, 5 Shigeru Kawai EX pianos at full list eats up 3/4 of the budget, so there's only $250K left for 10  7 footers.  That's no good.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=864491916-13122007><FONT color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=864491916-13122007><FONT color=#000080>Now, at Kawai EPIC (our non-exclusive school purchase program) prices, this could work.  You might want to mix in a Hamburg D and a CC just to keep the diversity - but I couldn't ever recommend such a thing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=864491916-13122007><FONT color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=864491916-13122007><FONT color=#000080>:-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=864491916-13122007><FONT color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=864491916-13122007><FONT color=#000080>Don Mannino</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Martin Snow<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:56 AM<BR><B>To:</B> caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] A Christmas Wish List<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV>So your School/Conservatory/University Music Dept. has a mystery anonymous donor who has pledged  one million dollars to be spent exclusively on upgrading the piano inventory.The amount is exclusively for 7ft and 9ft pianos in performance  and large classroom spaces and must total at least   15 pianos of which 5 must be 9ft pianos...........this as a follow up to ''Becoming an All Steinway School''............wanna play this festive game.............Prices of  the pianos  for the purpose of the game are non discounted [not realistic I realise] as quoted in the current Piano Book Suplement..............................play on<BR><BR> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ">Try it now.</A></BODY></HTML>