<!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 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Sarah Fox<BR><B>Sent:</B> February 15, 2004 4:21 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> How much is that baby in the window?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had to laugh today, when I visited = an upscale antique shop.  They had a couple of baby grands that were = apparently tung oiled, had ivories intact, looked OK, apart from details like missing = key slips, had terrible looking soundboards, had keys that were so = jaggedly positioned that there was obviously some serious stuff going on.  = I didn't have to play it to see.  Price?  $4000.  One had = a sign saying "Con Bel."  Is that a make?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=812243602-16022004><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#0000ff>Actually it sounds like at least the Con... part was accurate.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=812243602-16022004><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=812243602-16022004><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#0000ff>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>