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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>"If Link could make Pianos and =
flight
simulators, why couldn't Packard with it's foundry for auto parts =
not also
make pianos?"</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have only one word for such a =
statement:
YAMAHA.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>> Greg,<BR>> <BR>> At 00:21 2/17/2005, you =
wrote:<BR>> >I
don't have any definitive information, but here's some info that<BR>> =
>suggests a link:<BR>> ><BR>> > =
Packard
Motor Company started out in Warren, Ohio, but soon moved to<BR>>
> Detroit, Michigan.<BR>> ><BR>>
> The Packard Company which made pianos was =
in Ft.
Wayne, Indiana,<BR>> > which is not far =
from
Detroit (aprox. 150 miles away).<BR>> ><BR>>
> The logos for both companies are not =
identical, but
are surprisingly<BR>> > similar:<BR>> =
<BR>>
<BR>> As a former Packard motor car owner, I would be VERY surprised =
if there
<BR>> wasn't a link. Names and logos would have been changed
drastically by <BR>> copyright infringement litigation if they were
not.<BR>> <BR>> If Link could make Pianos and flight simulators, =
why
couldn't Packard with <BR>> it's foundry for auto parts not also make =
pianos?<BR>> <BR>> Another similarity might be construction.
Pre-Studebaker/Packard day <BR>> Packard cars and contemporary =
Packard pianos
were definitely built to last.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> =
<BR>>
Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS, CRS.<BR>> Decorah, =
IA<BR>>
<BR>> - Certified Calibration Technician for Bio-powered Digitally =
Activated
<BR>> Lever Action Tone Generation Systems.<BR>> - Pianotech =
Flamesuit
Purveyor<BR>> - American Curmudgeon Society - Apprentice Member and
Founder<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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