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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You are so right.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In a program like this, you would be doing lots of
tuning, all for no long-term results. It feels good while the
program is going on, but the university would be beholden to the dealer, and
subject to the whim of when the dealer wanted to turn over the
inventory.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>RP</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu
href="mailto:pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu">Paul T Williams</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:25
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Rockley Family
Foundation</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Dear List,</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>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.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>In Seattle, 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.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>Any advise or testimony y'all can bring to this subject is
welcome!</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Best,</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Paul T. Williams RPT</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>Piano Technician</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>School of Music</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>University of
Nebraska</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Lincoln, NE</FONT>
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