<HTML>In a message dated 6/19/2003 1:43:08 AM Eastern Standa= rd Time, classictouchent@comcast.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Dear Rich, Thanks for the extra info on Mr. Bernstein and his Bosie (just one more thing to add to the total tonnage of stuff I don't know). Now I'm extra curious. Did he always keep a Bosie? I noticed that the piano for sale (#37677-8233) is 1989 'vintage'. Did he replace a previous Bosie with this one? On what occasion or for what purpose did he sign it? Again thanks, Rich Olmsted </BLOCKQUOTE> Whoa Rich, I never said he owned THIS Bosie. The piano he owned was auctioned off after= his death at a major auction house for something like 375K. (If I remember = correctly, it was a 5'8") Obviously, there was collectible value there. beca= use he owned it. I don't know how long he owned one. I found out about it in= the '90s, but it wasn't a new thing then. I hope that helps. Rich Galassini Cunningham Piano Co. Phila.,Pa.</HTML>