<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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=DonMannino@mediaone.net = href="mailto:DonMannino@mediaone.net">Donald Mannino</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> September 11, 2001 10:53 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Quality pianos - = was Killer Octave</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite type="cite"> <DL><FONT size=3></FONT></DL><FONT color=#000080 size=3>It's = pretty obvious the market is speaking. The only question is just what is it saying?</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT color=#000080 = size=3>Del</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR>It's saying: "We want to buy the cheapest piano you can make, = as long as there is a good story behind it, it looks pretty, and my friends = will think it's nice."<BR><BR>The friends, of course, only care if the name on = the fallboard is recognizable.<BR><BR>Don Mannino RPT</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>You may well be right, but I certainly hope = not. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>There is another possiblility...the industry = really hasn't offered anything better for some generations, so why not look for = the "cheapest piano you can make...."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>