<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [CAUT] A Christmas Wish List</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> With apologies to my current employers, it seems your anonymous donor has all the math aptitude of the average musician.  As Don Mannino pointed out, those numbers just don’t work with mainstream and high-end pianos.  Of course, you could always check out Pearl River, Hailun, or Nordiska. :-) Ken Z. On 12/13/07 9:55 AM, "Martin Snow" <martinsnowpianos@yahoo.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>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 </BLOCKQUOTE> -- Ken Zahringer, RPT University of Missouri School of Music </BODY> </HTML>