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• From: rjsnyder@ix.netcom.com    To: ALL                      
 Subj: Mason & Hamlin            Area: 0-rec.music.maker   Date: 04/24/95
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•Here's another update on the Mason & Hamlin saga....

On April 6 of this year an "Emergency Motion For Emergency Hearing and
Expedited Determination" was filed by the Mason & Hamlin Corporation.

They are requesting that their previous filing of Chapter 7 be
converted to a Chapter 11 filing...

What that means is there's still a breath of hope there.... A chapter
11 filing protects them while they reorganize.  Chapter 7 is a
liquidation - it's all over.

So this emergency filing asking that the existing Chapter 7 filing be
converted to Chapter 11 indicates to me that they've somehow come up
with at least a plan to make things right with their creditors - and
continue in business.  At the moment they are not in business in that
they're not producing pianos - or even answering the phone for that
matter - - but this new filing certainly opens the door at least to the
hope of recovery.

Some good news here - - let's hope it works out.

Bob S.