<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Harry Truman had a = Hallet in the White House, that's one president. But it wasn't a Pearl = River.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A> </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=VOCE88@AOL.COM = href="mailto:VOCE88@AOL.COM">VOCE88@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> Thursday, June 07, 2001 = 5:03 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Deceptive = Advertising</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 6/6/01 10:16:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, <BR><A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE"><BR>I serviced a Hallet, Davis & Co. recently. = Korean made (they even put <BR>"Boston" under the name on the fallboard - the = woman that bought the piano I <BR>serviced thought it was built in Boston!). = Who makes these? Samick? Young <BR>Chang? "The finest materials from around = the world"? Right. "Included among <BR>the many proud owners of these = pianos have been four United States <BR>Presidents." So, let's see. Young = Chang started in the '50s. When did they <BR>start making Hallets? '80s? = So, I guess they must be talking about Reagan, <BR>Bush, Clinton and = Dubya??? "Today the Hallet, Davis, & Co. name continues to <BR>represent = one of the finest pianos made." Uh, ha, Oh, I can't sleep at <BR>night, = should I buy a new Mason & Hamlin or a Hallet, Davis & Co. They are = <BR>both among the finest pianos made! Certainly no one could tell the = <BR>difference between them........... <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Hallet & = Davis are sold exclusively by Jordan Kitt's (I think they are <BR>exclusive) and = are made by Pearl River in China. BTW, Cunningham is sending <BR>50 Pearl = Rivers back to the company because of manufacturing problems (having <BR>to = do with lots of moving wood). In defense of Pearl River, they sent 6 = <BR>factory techs. FROM CHINA to "correct" the problems, but if I were a = <BR>customer, I wouldn't want a piano with the band - aids that they put on them. = <BR><BR>BTW, I understand other Philly area dealers have already bought these = pianos. <BR>Good luck to them. (And good luck to your customer. You are in for = lots of <BR>"work") <BR><BR>Richard Galassini <BR>Cunningham Piano Co. & = Factory <BR>Philadelphia, Pa. <BR>1 (800) 394-1117 <BR><A = href="http://hometown.aol.com/voce88/cunn.html">http://hometown.aol.com= /voce88/cunn.html</A> </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>