<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>    Kent</DIV> <DIV>   This event was different from the staus quo convention in = that this This convention hosted a piano fair in conjunction & as part of the= Ca state conference this year. It was a first time event & IMHO very creative and forward thinking  way to increase exposure ,sales & subsequent services for our somewhat depressed Piano sales/ Piano service industry. Our convention also was hosted at Cal state Universit= y Sac. Another first. I personally was glad to not be jammed into the usu= al stuffy  hotel ,But that's just my bias.</DIV> <DIV>    It was open to music teachers ,educators,students &a= mp; the general public. I assure you there were <U>many sales people</U> th= ere representing  <STRONG>Many</STRONG> manufacturers & in our case pia= nos from custom remanufactory. </DIV> <DIV>   Regards</DIV> <DIV>   Dale Erwin</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>I believe the manufacturers staff our convention with their tech <BR>people,= not sales people. A showing of pianos for sale would be very <BR>different fro= m our exhibits.<BR><BR><BR>Kent<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Erwins Pianos Restorations <BR>4721 Parker Rd.<BR>Modesto, Ca 95357<BR>209-577-8397<BR>Reb= uilt Steinway , Mason &Hamlin Sales<BR>www.Erwinspiano.com</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>