<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> Hi Terry, Long time since I wrote, but you had to be among the first to hear my news -- = either tonight or tomorrow my Bush and Lane Serial No. 49224 will arrive. I've = been waiting months for shipping (agreeing to their schedule kept the cost = down), but I bought it immediately sight unseen when I found it some time ago, by = luck though not entirely by chance, in an employee newsletter of a utility in = Ashtabula, OH (price: $80; shipping: $500). And, I still haven't seen it; it is = coming from about 450 miles away, and I just never got the chance. Now -- my understanding = is that this is basically a functional piano, but in what condition I'll find = the hammers or the bass strings, or the bushings and back-checks and so on, = I can only guess wildly. Exact words from the = seller -- whose ex-wife is no longer around to play and whose children just never = took to piano lessons -- "probably doesn't need more than a fine-tuning" "beautiful sounding piano" "the tuner commented on how perfect the = soundboard still is". So I am hoping that at least it will not immediately require = a soundboard replacement, because I am looking forward to hearing what a = Bush & Lane sounds like much sooner than I would find the time & = money for all that. It was also refinished by the seller (a landscaper by = profession). I have not even seen any pictures, so who knows? So we shall see...I don't know if I'd buy = another piano without seeing and playing it, but in this case at least the = unknowns add to the anticipation and curiosity surrounding its imminent arrival. = Presumably, it's hurtling my way down I-80 right now, unless the father and son = piano-moving team bringing it are taking a = break and it's sitting in the dark in the van in a parking lot somewhere. I will keep you posted on what it's like when it gets = here.  Cheers, Trent                          </DIV></BODY>****** IMPORTANT NOTICE ****** This e-mail, and any = attachments hereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named = herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential = information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, = you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying = of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If = you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me at = (312) 207-1000 and permanently delete the original and any copy of any = e-mail and any printout thereof.</HTML>