From: jdexter@halcyon.com       To: ALL
Subj: Re: STEINWAY SOLD!!!!     Area: 0-rec.music.maker   Date: 04/19/95
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•>Not exactly.  Selmer doesn't own Steinway.  Steinway Musical Properties
>and The Selmer Company, Inc. have merged.  The official announcement
>states that the two companies will continue to operate as independent
>entities with no changes in management, plant locations, marketing
>strategy or total employment.

>Cecil Ramirez
>auntie@ix.netcom.com

There was an article buried deep inside the Wall Street Journal today
(Wednesday 19 Apr) about this.  In the article it sounded more like
a sale than a merger but it was a pretty brief article.