<HTML><HTML>Greetings,              IDE= A: Goodwill or a charitable organizational thrift shops: Alot of  store= s like this will get people who are chomping at the bit to donate thier pian= o, but some of these stores dont want to handle them.(moving/storage/will-we= -be-able-to-off this-piano? / No-one-here-at-our-organization-knows-anything= -about-the-sellable-condition-worthiness-of-pianos).              Con= tact all these type stores in the area, even say, some located 50 miles away= in areas who havent been hit by the hurricanes. Send a note along with your= business card asking them to contact you if any pianos surface. Or the gal'= s parents could contact them by mail. Whoever sends the initial contact by m= ail, should follow up with a phonecalls to the stores' cheif managers. If yo= u offer a small finder's fee, say $50, as a donation to their charity, they = may take you up on it. If all works out, then, you go pick up the piano, str= aight from the donor's residence. The charity makes the donation and doesn't= have to deal with the piano. If all they have to do is make a phone call fo= r the $50 a conscientious manager will keep their eyes peeled. Its a win-win= . Julia, Reading, PA In a message dated 11/24/2004 2:17:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, mfarrel2@tam= pabay.rr.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Dear Colleagues,   I have become aware of a 12 year-old girl in Wachula, Florida (south-centra= l area of state) who was a promising intermediate-level piano student until = Hurricane Charlie claimed the life of her old upright piano. Her hurricane-d= amaged mobile home collapsed well after the hurricane and the family had bee= n living in a shelter for some time. Only recently has FEMA provided the fam= ily a small trailer for them to live in.   I went to tune a piano this morning that a local woman was going to donate = to the little girl. Unfortunately, I had to report to the woman that the cos= t of repairing her childhood piano would exceed the value of the piano. She = could not afford to do that.   So now the 12 year old girl has no piano and her farming family cannot affo= rd to buy her one. Is anyone aware of a good condition low cost or free pian= o in or near Florida?   Thanks for any help or ideas.   Terry Farrell </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>