<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 5/7/01 7:48:56 PM Central Daylight Time, rrg@nevada.edu
<BR>(Robert Goodale) writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Reverting back to
<BR>Baldwin, I see it as a very risky investment and not likely to turn a
<BR>significant profit any time soon and if it goes belly up then you can kiss
<BR>it
<BR>all goodbye. There are simply too many better options out there. When it
<BR>comes to your retirement you are looking for what makes money not
<BR>investments
<BR>in a company you "feel sorry for" and dump money into so you can feel better
<BR>about yourself. If throwing money away makes you feel good about yourself
<BR>then
<BR>by all means feel free to pay my taxes. Then you can feel really terrific.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>Thank you Rob and Larry T. Of all the posts Rob has written (and there have
<BR>never been any that I have ever disagreed with or objected to), this one has
<BR>been the most useful I have ever read. It saved me from having to write the
<BR>same thing and being mocked as an "expurt" by a guy who should have learned
<BR>to practice what he preaches years ago.
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<BR>Let's face it, the only reason to invest in any stock is to make a profit.
<BR>Even if all PTG members who felt some sense of charity and who wanted to try
<BR>to "save" this company were to suddenly pool all of their resources by buying
<BR>as much Baldwin stock as possible, it would barely make a ripple in its daily
<BR>value. It would only serve to line the pockets of the day traders who had
<BR>bought at a previously lower price and who now will take their profits. Even
<BR>worse, any money given to Baldwin would serve to fill the purse of that woman
<BR>who ran the company into the ground and who will syphon off a million dollars
<BR>as her reward for doing so.
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<BR>If what is written here on Pianotech is so all fired important that we should
<BR>be "careful what we write" as Michael J. says, then Baldwin's new board of
<BR>directors should be taking notes. Hire Del to design new products and
<BR>somebody like Roger Weisensteiner to run production. It's your only hope.
<BR>Are you listening, Baldwin?
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<BR>Bill Bremmer RPT
<BR>Madison, Wisconsin</FONT></HTML>