<HTML><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 11/21/00 10:38:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, <BR>mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Anyone ever hear of a Jasper American Piano? I tuned a 42" console today
<BR>that was reported to be about 5 years old. It had the name of a local small
<BR>time piano dealer bolted/nailed/screwed/glued to the plate and to the
<BR>fallboard. On the front edge of the pinblock top down at the bass end was a
<BR>little sticker that said Jasper American Piano Company - Model 434F - Serial
<BR>#J41005. Isn't that like a Kimball model number? The plate had "Made in USA"
<BR>cast into it at the top. Is this a Kimball? Or is Jasper a company? </BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>The Parent corporation of Kimball is Jasper American Inc. This name was used <BR>to provide "exclusive" dealerships to more than one dealer in a given area.
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<BR>Its a Kimball.
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<BR>Richard Galassini
<BR>Cunningham Piano Co. & Factory
<BR>Philadelphia, Pa.
<BR>1 (800) 394-1117
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