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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> September 13, 2001 5:34 =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Additional value =
for an
autographed piano???</DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">I don't doubt what your customer is saying, but I =
have an
old Music Trade <BR>article in which Ms. Pons declares her eternal =
love for
her Knabe grand. <BR><BR>Of course, she could have had more than one, =
but why
sign your own piano? <BR>Thats more like something a star would do =
when
visiting somewhere else, I <BR>would think. <BR><BR>Oh well, it will =
increase
its value to a Pons fan, certainly. <BR><BR>Richard Galassini =
<BR>Cunningham
Piano Co & Factory <BR>Philadelphia, Pa. <BR>(800) 394-1117 <BR><A =
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m/richspianopage/</A>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>More likely she would have signed the piano =
while on
tour at the request of the piano owner. This happens from time to time =
if an
artist is set up to rehearse at the home or studio of a local patron or
supporter. It may be that she especially liked the piano but, more =
likely, it
would have been a simple courtesy. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>Few successful artists can afford to bite the =
hands
that feed them for long and this sort of thing makes everybody feel good =
and
costs very little. In one case I know of, an artist--also a singer, I =
don't
remember who just now--signed a Whitney spinet. Probably not because of =
its
great musical capabilities.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV>
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