<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Oh, and Story and Clark</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com" title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 24, 2001 5:32 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Baldwin's last gasps?</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Charles Walter</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no" = title=rbrekne@broadpark.no>Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 24, 2001 = 4:30 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Baldwin's last = gasps?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>  <P>Dave Bunch wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <STYLE></STYLE> <FONT size=-1>They hired for CEO someone who knew the soap = business, not pianos. She drove away the top people in the company, the stock = plunges to $2.50. The largest Baldwin dealers write a scathing letter for her = removal. Instead they give her a bonus and sevence package of 1 million. Very = sad. See the article in the Trades.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Sounds like somebody wanted the company to die.... typical = suicide motion... I wonder who this lady is related too.. grin... but then I = am suspicious by nature. So.... what do you folks have left there now... = NY Steinway... a 12 owner M&H ... and what else ?... (dont bother = nameing Jasper...grin) <BR>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>Bergen, = Norway <BR><A = href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>