<!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=Wimblees@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</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 24, 2001 3:23 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Cheap vs = costly</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 9/24/01 2:16:34 PM Central Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">pianobuilders@olynet.com</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000080 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">I guess my question are these: </FONT><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT = lang=0 face=Arial color=#000080 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Since it appears that = Young Chang is now building a line of cheap(er) S&S almost-clones, how do they = compare with the original? What is the public's perception of them? How are = Y-C dealers accepting them and, more importantly, how are they promoting = and selling them? What is their performance like really--in the home or = studio with real people playing them? And, the question I expect both = S&S and Y-C are asking: If the public was confused by the S&S/Kawai = deal, what's it going to be like with the S&S/Y-C deal with the Y-C looking = and feeling increasingly like the S&S?</FONT><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BR><BR></FONT><FONT = lang=0 face=Arial color=#000080 size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Del</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000080 size=3 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Just my 2.5 cents worth. <BR><BR>Wim <HR> </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=3 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080>But, Wim, have you had the chance = to tune any of them? Play them? Examine them?</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans" color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>