<HTML>The following article was brought to my atten= tion and I thought that all of you (or at least some of you) might be intere= sted in it.  The heading on the printed-out article indicated that it = appears at MMR Online, but no web site address was given.  (MMR stands= for Musical Merchandise Review.)  I tried going to www.MMROnline.com and I got Mineral and Metals Online.&nbsp= ; www.MMR.com got me MicroMiniature Refrigerators.  So I can't verify= the validity of the following article.  Still, I have no reason to believe that the article isn't true, having been = given to me by the head of the tech shop where I work.  Anyway, here it is, copied word-for-word, (including some bad grammar) altho= ugh I omitted the names of the dealers seeking the injunction, and the names= of the attorneys filing the injunction. ****************************************************************************= ******************** = "Chicagoland dealers seek injunction against Biasco Piano Co. Five Chicago-area music dealers sought a preliminary injunction against Bias= co Piano Co. in late June, alleging Biasco Piano has engaged in a variety of= advertising practices in violation of the Illinois Deceptive Trade Practice= s Act and the Illinois Retail Advertising Regulations. The motion asserts, in part, that Biasco Piano Co. "misrepresents the source= and/or geographic origins of its merchandise; it misleads consumers as to i= ts affiliation with certain piano manufacturers and its ability to sell new,= fully warranted, products by certain manufacturers; it misleads and confuse= s consumers by failing to clearly disclose certain items it advertise are us= ed; it misleads consumers as to the length of time it has been in business a= nd the size of its operation; it uses inflated, fictitious MSRP and/or "regu= lar" prices to falsely represent price reductions and mislead consumers as t= o savings the consumer will realize..." Further allegations include misrepresenting digital pianos as acoustic piano= s, misrepresenting real or regular prices of pianos pictured in advertising,= bait-and-switch advertising, advertising incentives which it does not tend = to provide, and failing to disclose hidden charges such as the additional co= st of a matching piano bench." *************************************************************************= *********************** No mention of baby-stealing, so they could be worse! If true it will be interesting to see how this pans out.  I have to me= ntion that there has been no let-up in the ads in the Chicago Tribune, so if= an injunction has been issued, it certainly has had no effect on the ad cam= paign.  Tom Sivak </HTML>