<!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 5.00.3211.1700" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi Bill, Good point. Some will spend = twice the cost of a purchase in traveling arround looking for a bargan that = they could have bought at home. Go figure. Joe Goss ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Ballard" <<A href="mailto:yardbird@vermontel.net">yardbird@vermontel.net</A>> = To: <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 4:57 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: = Steinway > >Hi Wim, > > > >Yeah, I also got this as a private = e-mail. Wonder where he's located? > > > >Avery > = > > >At 09:48 AM 03/20/01 -0500, you wrote: > >>Anyone out = there with a piano for this guy? > >> > >>Willem > > > > > >>Return-path: <<A href="mailto:Flyjayboy@cs.com">Flyjayboy@cs.com</A>> > = >>From: <A href="mailto:Flyjayboy@cs.com">Flyjayboy@cs.com</A> > = >>Full-name: Flyjayboy > >>Message-ID: <<A href="mailto:8c.3f1783d.27e839cc@cs.com">8c.3f1783d.27e839cc@cs.com</A>= > > >>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:42:52 EST > >>Subject: Steinway > >>To: <A href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> > >>MIME-Version: 1.0 > >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >>Content-Transfer-Encoding: = 7bit > >>X-Mailer: CompuServe 2000 32-bit sub 107 > = >> > >>Dear Sir: I am in the market for a Steinway D. I would like to = find one that > >>is in need of minor repairs, around 1940 and = up. If you have any information > >>about such an instrument I = would greatly appreciate it. Thank you, Jeff > = >>Starnes > > I think this dude deserves an answer from the far-flung = geographical > corners among our list members. Just to remind him that while = the > community he has bothered is virtual, the piano he's hoping to = buy > and the distance it will have to be shipped is not. > > Aint the = iNet great? A local youth theater group here in southern > Vermont was = looking for a good 45-48" piano to replace the worn yet > solid = 50-year-old Gubransen studio upright. I just heard that one of > the parents = had just tracked down a used Yamaha U1 (U2?) in PA, flew > down in his = private plane to look at it and possibly snap it up > yesterday, in which = case he would do a second trip trip with a rented > truck. No word as top = whither this is a dealer or private owner, or > the piano is a 3-year-old = being liquidated because somebody's stock > portfolio crashed or more = likely a 30-year-Old Grey Mare. > > Mr. Ballard RPT > NH = Chapter, P.T.G. > > "When writing a mental note, first procure a = mental piece of paper" >      ............mental graffitti > +++++++++++++++++++++ > > </DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss <A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A> </D= IV></BODY></HTML>