<!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 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks to everyone who gave replies on = the Kimball Whitney.  It's great to be able to plug in to such a great = knowledge base!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Corte</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com = href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 05, 2003 = 9:38 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Kimball = Whitney</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 1/5/03 4:57:43 PM !!!First = Boot!!!, <A href="mailto:ssclabr8@flash.net">ssclabr8@flash.net</A> = writes:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Any opinions on the quality of Kimball Whitney = pianos?  Is it a spinet??</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 size=3 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>  <BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" = face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">A customer of mine is = looking at buying one for about $500 and asked me but I've never tuned = one.</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial = color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>  <BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Thanks in advance for your = responses.</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>  <BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Corte Swearingen</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Corte<BR><BR>I need to counter some of the = negative comments about the Whitney spinet. No, it is not the best instrument = in the world. But I owned quite a few of these instruments when I had my = rental program, and I thought they were worth every bit the price I paid for = them, (usually in the $250 - $400 range). I would sell them for about $900 = -- $1200. (of course that included delivery and a free tuning).  <BR><BR>It = is an entry level piano, and $500 is an OK price if the piano is in tune, = and has been maintained. <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>