<html> <body> You mean those 2-3 dealers left that actually agreed to Baldwin's terms? Avery At 07:08 AM 7/11/2006, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On 7/11/06, Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: Could they really <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">sell a new SD10 for more than a Steinway D? Yes, I know that a good SD10 can blow the lid of many Ds, but it doesn't have that famous name on the fallboard.</blockquote> Perhaps it's just my reaction to not the infrequently poor quality of so many of the consumer-level Baldwins I've seem in the past couple decades, and Baldwin's near indifference to the past decade's PTG conventions (when's the last time they held a recital at our summer convention?), but I would find recommending a Baldwin SD10 to be a rather large leap of faith. Did the concert instrument department survive the company's bancruptcy intact or is it a shadow of its former state? Anyone on the list currently happily working on brand new SF10Es (the 7 ft model) or SD10s? Skeptically, Patrick Draine RPT</blockquote></body> </html>