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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Paul,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Those sorts of deals are still going on
here in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Seattle</st1:City></st1:place>
area. A small music school in my area had a similar arrangement with the
local Yamaha dealer only to find that when the sales weren’t reaching the
expectations of the dealer, all the pianos were pulled from the school two days
later, leaving them with none. Many institutions have become dependent on
this type of situation and wouldn’t be able to function without the “loaned”
pianos so it is easy to see what the incentive is. Too bad purchase and
maintenance of musical instruments is no longer in the budgets of some music
schools. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>jeannie<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Paul T Williams<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:26
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> caut@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [CAUT] Rockley Family
Foundation</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>Dear List,</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Has
anyone ever heard of or worked with the Rockley Family Foundation? I got
a phone call in a semi-"cold call" style (he knew my name from some
list) asking if we at UNL would be interested in a loan program of pianos to be
replenished every year. I asked him to send me some information and he
e-mailed me this morning.</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>In
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Seattle</st1:place></st1:City>,
several smaller colleges have done this sort of thing with a couple of the
piano stores in the area. They would loan various pianos to them for a
year at no charge and then sell them a year later. The problem I saw in
this was that the stores would bring in many of their new pianos at that time,
having a "SUNDAY,SUNDAY, SUNDAY!!" sale and only the school pianos
were sold at much of a discount. Lots of advertisement on every media
possible would be invested and lots of people would show up, making it
basically a warehouse sale. I'm a bit leary of this and having been a store
tech for many years, didn't like the store's tactics in their selling styles. Bit
my lip many times from some of the crap the "used car salesmen" type
folks would say to potential victims, ahhh, customers I should say. On
a university end of it now, I would be faced with breaking in many new pianos
every year and just when I get them semi-stable, I'd have to start over.</span></font>
<br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Any
advise or testimony y'all can bring to this subject is welcome!</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Best,</span></font>
<br>
<br>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Paul</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size=2
face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">T.</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Williams</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">RPT</st1:PlaceName></span></font> <br>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Piano</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Technician</st1:PlaceName></span></font> <br>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>School</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Music</st1:PlaceName></span></font> <br>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>
of <st1:State w:st="on">Nebraska</st1:State></span></font> <br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Lincoln</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>,
<st1:State w:st="on">NE</st1:State></span></font></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></p>
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