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<DIV><FONT size=2>I wrote;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>"I agree. For that market, Yamaha makes the S6 & S4 grands. It's a </FONT><FONT size=2>warmer sounding piano. For every "S" piano we sell, we sell about a </FONT><FONT size=2>gazillion of the more aggressive (?) sounding "G" and "C" types. As I </FONT><FONT size=2>write this I hear a great, booming voice proclaiming "The Market Has </FONT><FONT size=2>Spoken"! But hey! That's only ONE of the voices I periodically hear, </FONT><FONT size=2>some of them are frequently mistaken, and maybe this one is too."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Dale replied;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>"Are you saying that I might be the booming voice referred to above and </FONT><FONT size=2>that I might be mistaken? Something was lost in the translation. If your answer</FONT><FONT size=2> is yes how can my (and others)xpeireince be mistaken if it is </FONT><FONT size=2>indeed our collective experience. Am I missing something or are those </FONT><FONT size=2>last four concert tunings making me groggy? I'm curious how many S type </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>pianos are made and sold each year?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>My snappy retort;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Nah, Dale, you aren't the booming voice I was referring to. What I was trying to say in a light-hearted way (and what I may be mistaken about) is that since there is a wide range of pianos to choose from, new, used, mellow, bright, and everything in between, I assume that folks are buying what they want. And what most people are buying are pianos with lotsa volume and a bright sound. So I conclude that's what most people want. Capitalism in action.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>As to the numbers of "S" series pianos Yamaha sells, I already told you, one is sold for every gazillion of everything else..... 'Nother words, I don't know...not enough, though.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV></FONT>Mark Wisner</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:mwissner@earthlink.net">mwissner@earthlink.net</A></DIV>
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