<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2715.400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=687194421-08082002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Well, I'm not sure, but I would guess the owner got to the retirement age maybe with some health problems and no one to take over. The young Schaedler quit a few years ago and this left the older one in charge of the whole operation. I guess there come a day when the business is just too much to ask from a person.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=687194421-08082002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=687194421-08082002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>But again... just my guess.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=687194421-08082002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=687194421-08082002> <P></P><FONT size=2> <P>Marcel Carey<BR>2852 Dussault<BR>Rock Forest  QC<BR>J1N 2V6<BR>(819) 564-0447<BR></FONT><A href="outbind://6/mcpiano@globetrotter.net">mcpiano@globetrotter.net</A> </P></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Clyde Hollinger<BR><B>Sent:</B> 8 août, 2002 16:17<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Goodbye APSCO<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Anyone know why they went out of business?  I also like to shop where the prices are lowest, but if a store's prices are *too* low, then they can't make enough money to stay in business. <P>Regards, Clyde <P>Philip Jamison wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>I'll miss APSCO.  Their prices were the lowest of all the suppliers, too.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>