<!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 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes they bought the assets.....,but = they are also using the Baldwin name.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No opinion, just a = comment.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike Bratcher</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 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=dm.porritt@verizon.net = href="mailto:dm.porritt@verizon.net">David M. Porritt</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net href="mailto:kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net">Kevin E. Ramsey</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 15, 2003 = 8:46 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Baldwin = warantee</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>The word I got was that Gibson bought the assets of the old = Baldwin Co. from the bankruptcy court and that they didn't actually buy the old company.  There's a difference between buying a building and some = machines, and buying a company.  I'm not defending their actions, = I just think that's the way they did it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 4/15/2003 at 6:34 PM Kevin E. Ramsey = wrote:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px = solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Roger Jolly, being a Baldwin dealer,,,,,,,,,,wait, I don't think he is any more.........oh, well. = He may still be able to answer this better than I. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I don't know, = for the life of me, how Gibson can take over a company like Baldwin and not = assume the responsibilities of the original company, but apparently they think = that they can. I suppose the Courts will have to decide that one, but who = wants to step up with half a million dollars to find = out?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 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=PatchWick@aol.com href="mailto:PatchWick@aol.com">PatchWick@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> Tuesday, April 15, = 2003 5:48 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Baldwin = warantee</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Hey list:<BR><BR>I recently was called to = tune a 10 year old Baldwin console. Turns out that the pin block is totally separated from the frame (end to end and top to bottom). The frame = posts are all loose at the top as well. The local Baldwin dealer checked = with the factory (now owned by Gibson) to see if they would = replace/repair this piano under the original warantee. Turns out that not only will = they NOT honor this warantee but that the warantees on all the brand new = Baldwins on his sales floor were null and void as well. Any thoughts?<BR><BR>Thanks<BR>will wickham</FONT> = </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2 = Arial></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><PRE>_____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>