This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment We've talking about Baldwin's last gasps. Now what's going on at Samick? = The April issue of Music Trades published the following: The article states that Gibson Musical Instruments was close to = acquiring Samick Akki Ltd., the Korean-based manufacturer of Samick and = Kohler & Campbell pianos and Samick guitars. The article states that = Gibson is negotiating to buy the majority share of the company from the = Korea Exchange Bank, Samick's largest shareholder. The purchase price = was estimated to be $138 million. It is predicted the transaction would = be completed by early May. The story has several more paragraphs in the article describing the = Samick operations.=20 At the NAMM Show in January there were rumors that Samick might be = interested in Baldwin. Now this news about Samick being sold.=20 Another Music Trades article in March 2001 talks about the proliferation = of new piano names at the NAMM Show. The article then states that sales = figures for this year were unlikely to break 100,000 units. Sales in = 1976 were 246,000. Now wonder Kimball, Wurlitzer and others are no = longer with us. Sy Zabrocki ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/90/51/fd/10/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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