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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Glenn</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We seem to be straying far from the =
subject of
pre-cut string to the subject of price-cut shops! Here in the old =
country
we have super stores, ASDA (our version of KeyMart) Safeway, Tesco, =
Arndale and
other shopping centres all striving to put the little guy out of =
business. And
succeeding.... Gad - now the post office is on strike! Anyone would be =
forgiven
for thinking there was an alternative means of communication wouldn't
they? ;-) There are, of course, other shops than Shalom =
Harrods,
Smiths, Marks & Spencer etc. some very nice little shops indeed =
which the
major stores can't even hope to emulate in their marketting. I know you =
can get
pianos at Harrods - ideed they have a piano sale every year - but with =
the
demise of all piano manufacturers now in this benighted country we have =
to fall
back on the "used piano" approach and "buy-in" mammoth quantities of =
used
Yamahas. Why do the Japanese have such a high turn-over of pianos? They =
seem to
keep the new piano maybe three years and then trade it in for a new one. =
Great
Britain gets the used ones. Is there any truth in the saying that =
Yamahas
lose their tonal quality over a short period? If so this could be a
reason...:-0</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G (UK)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=Crashvalve@aol.com =
href="mailto:Crashvalve@aol.com">Crashvalve@aol.com</A>
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 04, 2003 12:19 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Fw: Fw: Baldwin pre-cut string</DIV></DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>In a message dated 11/3/03 4:43:42 PM, <A
href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk</=
A>
writes:<BR><BR><BR>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">You know Glenn, you're the lucky ones over the =
other side
of the pond - we don't have any piano factories at all now in the old =
country.
Even Herrberger-Brooks have gone... End of an era. =
:-(</FONT><FONT
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Regards</FONT><FONT
face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 =
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Michael G =
(UK)</FONT><FONT
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size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR>Aeolian was better off dead many =
say. In
America it seems to be moving to a kind of micro-brewery approach with =
many
small but exceeding fine shops. Is this true in Britian as well =
?<BR>Glenn
C.</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 =
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