<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 10/31/01 5:38:26 PM Central Standard Time, grandrestorations@yahoo.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I guess it's another story a lot like Kimball...
<BR>too little too late... </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">I was under the impression that Kimball stopped making pianos because the company could more money making and selling office furniture and pool tables. I don't think it had nothing to do with going bankrupt. Perhaps the piano division of the conglomerate wasn't making any money, but the company certainly wasn't in financial trouble.
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<BR>I'm trying to think of who'll be left, that is
<BR>ones being made in the U.S. Let's see,...</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>Is Astin Weight still in business? I never hear anything about them.
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