<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#b8b8b8> <DIV><FONT size=4>Willem,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Where do you think those parts are made? The parts = companies need a high volume, from the manufacturers, to stay in business. Our = piddly little amount doesn't classify as high volume!</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM" = title=Wimblees@AOL.COM>Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 24, 2001 = 4:42 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Baldwin's last = gasps?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 4/24/01 5:55:51 PM Central Daylight Time, <BR><A href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 = size=4 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">This does not bode well! If we lose the manufacturer, we = lose the parts! If <BR>we lose the parts, then we lose the ability to = fix! If we lose the ability <BR>to fix, WE'RE OUT OF BUSINESS! (sorry for the shout:-)</FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BR>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Joe <BR><BR>Aren't Baldwin parts being made by Renner? Besides, we haven't = been able to <BR>get parts from Baldwin for over a year any way. But I = don't think the demise <BR>of the company will put us out of business. Look at all = the piano compnaies <BR>are that out of business, (Kohler & Campbell, Gulbransen, even Kranich & <BR>Bach, to name a few), that we are = still repairing, using parts available at <BR>the supply houses. = <BR><BR>Willem </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>