<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Robert:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Your Spanish might not be as rusty as you think.  They speak Portuguese in Brazil.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 3/28/01 at 11:09 PM Robert Goodale wrote:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Is this a Kawai marketed to Brazil under a stencil name?  Is this company owned/operated by Kawai?  The page does have a link to Kawai.  On the other hand the "history" link goes to pictures of what appears to be a domestic piano factory.  My  Spanish is a little rusty but it seems to indicate that this factory has been producing pianos in Brazil since 1950.  Have these ever been for sale in the U.S.?  I've never seen one but the name does sound a little familiar for some reason. <P>Rob Goodale, RPT <BR>Las Vegas, NV <BR>  <BR>  <P>Donald Mannino wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT size=+0>Here is a link for a Brazilian piano maker:</FONT> <P><FONT size=+0><A href="http://www.fritzdobbert.com.br/" eudora="autourl">http://www.fritzdobbert.com.br/</A></FONT> <P><FONT size=+0>Don Mannino RPT</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2 Arial></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML> <BR> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: x-small"> <DIV> <HR> <FONT size=3>David M. <FONT color=#000000 face="Times New Roman">Porritt</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><A href="mailto:dporritt@swbell.net">dporritt@swbell.net</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Meadows School of the Arts</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Southern Methodist University</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Dallas, TX 75275</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> <HR> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>