<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>When a customer wants to buy a $!,000 piano and not a $2,500 much better piano, I tell the customer as follows: A piano is not like a car, which you buy, use for a few years, and then get rid of. </DIV> <DIV>A piano is a lifetime investment. Now, if you spend $1,500 more for the better piano and have it for the next</DIV> <DIV>50 years, which is very likely, it means that you'll be spending only $30 per year to have a fine instrument for the rest of your life instead of having to settle for a piece of junk. Isn't it worth it? Also, when a customer wants to settle for a piano that's falling apart because, "Johnny is just a beginner, he doesn't need a really good piano," I ask the mother how she would feel when Johnny grows up and is ready for his first driving lesson, and the instructor pulls up in an old, beat up car. Wouldn't she want to see, instead,  a nice, modern vehicle that looks and drives like a real car, instead of an old piece of garbage? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jesse Gitnik   NYC</DIV> <DIV>Since 1980</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>