<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 9/10/04 11:59:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tune4u@ea= rthlink.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <DIV><SPAN class=295205515-10092004><FONT face=Arial>Is this supposed to= mean that 92% of all pianos currently sold in America are coming from Korea= ??? I don't think so ...</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>The Fair Trade Commission is the Korean equivalent of the US Federal Tr= ade Commission. The article is from a Korean financial news outlet, to the K= orean market. The "domestic market" being referred to is the Korean domestic= market, not the US. I know there is the Royale Piano Company in Korea, don'= t know if there are others. What the article is saying is that between Samic= k and YC, they have 92% of the *Korean* market.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>