Yamaha CFIIIS at BMI Awards Dinner erforming rights organization BMI presented its 45th Annual BMI Country Awards last fall in Nashville. A Yamaha CFIIIS concert grand piano was provided by local retailer Claude P. Street Pianos for the occasion. Special honors at the BMI Awards went to "Nobody Knows," the 1997 BMI Country Song of the Year. Producer and pianist David Foster discovered Kevin Sharp and signed him to Foster's label, 143 Records. Foster performed the work at the Awards ceremony with Sharp and Chris Farren, producer of Sharp's album, Nobody Knows,whose title track won top honors. Yamaha Grand Reaches New Heights hen King's Keyboard House in Ann Arbor, MI, makes a promise, they keep it. Through a longstanding service, King's will relocate a customer's piano, at no charge under certain circumstances, should that customer move to another home within the city. King's hadn't anticipated the Knoll family, however. Wanting only the best piano for their children's lessons, the Knolls decided on a Yamaha S4 acoustic grand piano. Along with the purchase, the Knolls informed salesperson Sarah Savarino that they would be moving to a newly-built home in Ann Arbor. It was decided that when construction was completed, the new living room would house the piano. The home turned out to be a hillside, 10,000-square foot, three-story dwelling, with a second-floor living room. Making the delivery even more complicated, the only staircase leading to the landing where the room was located was circular. "We knew we would accomplish this move one way or another, but it took many strategy sessions to figure out just how to get the piano up there," said Savarino. Ultimately, King's hired a crane and hoisted the piano through a sliding door. It took three scheduled tries to accomplish this feat, since snow, wind and ice foiled the first two attempts. Savarino cheerfully summarized, "We do what we can to accommodate our customers."

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