<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Apparently, the spaces are cut down, because the location was changed to get more traffic to the hall.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I think the reason that the exhibition hall, had less traffic in Rochester, was not because of location. It was due to the non participation of Schaff, Pianotek and Renner due to the tax situation.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Is there still time to reconsider the location, of this supposedly biggest/best (apparently not) 50th anniversary exhibition hall?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>How many exhibitors were turned down?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>The exhibition hall and the suppliers, are a large part of these conventions.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Just my take.</FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>