Without knowing anything about distribution agreements here is a question:  Would it be possible for a motivated Steinway dealer to fully prepare/repair factory shipments and resell them to other dealers at higher price than Steinway direct?  Would there be a demand? Steve <div>On 12/9/06, RicB <<a href="mailto:ricb@pianostemmer.no" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ricb@pianostemmer.no </a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> List Before anything else is said on either of the main thrusts of this thread.  Just let me say how gratified I am at the way the whole discussion(s) has gone on so far.  We've had this stuff up several times before and things have ended up often enough in very sour moods. I think this is the first time in the 10 or so years I've participated that folks with so very different perspectives, thoughts, and positions... and even passions have treated this theme so topically as we have now. Ron O's posts, David Loves, Dale Erwins, David Andersens, John Page, Ed Sutton, and others all  move in somewhat different directions on a similiar wavelength.  I just wanted to express my sentiment that I personally have found this exchange between everyone most gratifying. And I'd like to thank all concerned for the thought provoking posts that have been contributed. Strikes me that this is where the true spirit of this list resides. Cheers RicB </blockquote></div>