<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">I agree Ron.  I tuned an Aeolian that struck me funny.  Like Kimball, Aeolian made at least one grand piano that was a pleasure to tune that was a result of their final moments in creating pianos.  Another Kimball that I tuned had real ivory on the keys ........  one piece keytops in ivory!!  They imported the keys from England during that episode.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">I’ve heard rumors that as the Kimball factory was shutting down, employees were invited to design a piano.  A local dealer took delivery on two such pianos and they sounded quite nice  ..........  like a totally different piano brand.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">> The hammer rail proudly labeled the action as a Langer whatever with a<BR>> h. b. jack or something like that. I just knew I should have taken a<BR>> picture. I got focused on visiting with a very pleasant artist type<BR>> about my age instead. Anyone have a clue what I?m talking about??<BR>> The action guys, not the girl ok??<BR><BR>I thought at the time that it was tragic that after all those years of <BR>making absolute junk, after making decent pianos early on, Kimball <BR>finally started producing what was looking like it could be a nice piano <BR>just as they got out of the piano business.<BR><BR>Figures,<BR>Ron N</FONT><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>