<!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 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 6/11/2008 7:27:08 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, csolliday@rcn.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Arlan,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>sorry the subject is sad.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kalman Detrich (age 72) passed away out here on Sunday June 8 at Easton Hospital a few blocks away from my shop. I'm sure this loss will be felt by many New York Chapter members and friends as well others in the world of pianos. Services will be held Friday, June 13 at 11am in the James B. Gaffney Funeral Home, 314 South First Street, Bangor, PA. Call Friday from 10-11am in the funeral home. Burial will be in the St. John's Cemetery, Bangor. Bangor is aprox an hour and twenty minutes out Route 80W or Route 78W from the city when there is not much traffic.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It was a shock as I was planning to attend his scheduled talk on the history of the American Piano at the Slate Belt Heritage Center</FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>on Thursday (tomorrow). He was active to the end, and will be, I'm sure, most remembered for the Museum of the American Piano which he was founder of and Executive Director.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is a sad loss for our Guild and the industry, he was such a leader and mentor.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The obituary appeared in the Tuesday, June 10, 2008 edition of the Easton Express-Times on page B-4. It is available at <A title=http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/ href="http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/">www.lehighvalleylive.com</A>. click on Obituaries in the left hand column, then Kalman Detrich.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Due to my flight plans for the Anahein Convention I will not be able to attend the services.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please inform the friends of Kalman Detrich.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Solliday nervp</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. <A title="http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102" href="http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102" target="_blank">City's Best 2008</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>