<!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>I believe, aside from the vintage Steinway uprights, the best American upright pianos ever built were the Baldwin Acrosonics up until, maybe, the 1950's or 60's (except for their bass bridges) and the Sohmer 34-96. The Baldwin Hamiltons through the 1960's were also fine.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jesse Gitnik</DIV> <DIV>NYC</DIV> <DIV>Since 1980</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>