<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=734150615-14032004><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080>The Kimball name belongs to Kimball International, Inc., the parent company = of what used to be the Kimball Piano Company. Kimball International sold off the = piano business but retained the rights to the name. Kimball International = remains one of the largest office furnishings manufacturers in the world. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=734150615-14032004><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=734150615-14032004><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=734150615-14032004><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=734150615-14032004><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Jean-Jacques Granas<BR><B>Sent:</B> March 14, 2004 4:27 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Kimball La Petite (OT)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Goodness gracious !!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kimball La Petite ??? Who comes up = with such names?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To a Frenchman, this sounds a bit = like Masonberg & Hamlindorf or Chickeringen would sound to an = American.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What happened to the Kimball name? = Did some Far East outfit pick it up?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>jj</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>