<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>HTML Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none"> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Alan R. Barnard Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 2:57 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: What were they thinking? </DIV> Ad on back cover of the February Journal ...   CABLE-NELSON designed and built by Yamaha   Why?   I'm sure it's a price-point piano (the ad even says "attractively priced") so they can keep Yamahas pricey. But the name, to me, screams "run of the mill" and similar terms.   There were a gezillion Cable-Nelsons manufactured, so I guess they are just going for name recognition. Alan Barnard Salem, MO Joshua 24:15      That was my reaction also (WHY Cable-Nelson?!)  Maybe the Koreans already own the rights to a lot of the famous German names?     --David Nereson, RPT  </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>