<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 9/4/01 12:02:23 PM Central Daylight Time, rrg@nevada.edu
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">These "pianas" were sold through
<BR>furniture stores, not music stores. They were intended as
<BR>cheep impulse purchase items for people decorating their
<BR>home and thought that a piano might enhance the look of
<BR>things. They were functional, (sometimes), but that's about
<BR>it. </BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>When my dad had his piano store, a customer actually wanted to buy just a
<BR>piano case. They didn't want the insides. They just wanted a piece of
<BR>furniture, and thought it they could just buy the case, they could get it for
<BR>cheaper. They actually thought piano stores had these to sell.
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<BR>Wim </FONT></HTML>