<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    Hi Brad:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    I vote for Jansen, over the long haul especially in a school situation, they work the best and last the longest.  I understand Poeschl was a Jansen employee who went on his own.  I have used one of their benches and was not happy.  Less expensive, but  roughly made and poorly finished.  The GRK benches I've used were OK, but I'd still give the nod to Jansen.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>    Mike Kurta</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>