Woodwind Brasswind

[jacojdm]

Steinway also made a bid on Mars during that company's demise in an effort to more or less drive up the price. I doubt if Steinway has much real interest in WWBW.

[iiipopes]

If there is no reason (like some kind of anti-compete clause in the deal) why D. B. can't use his contacts and bidness experience to start elsewhere, I think Springfield, MO would be excellent. It is relatively close to me but out of sales tax range. A day touring something like WWBW AND the huge Grizzly tools store would be highly enjoyable. Although I'm not a Bass Pro guy, it's there too.

I imagine there are those on the forum who would think a trip like that is about as close to heaven as one can get while remaining in corporeal form.

Springfield would be a great place for that. I've been to Bass Pro HQ there many times - it's great. It's not a bad city at all - not too big, not too small, airport, more centrally located, lots of stuff happening there. I could definitely make a weekend there looking at fishing equipment, tools, and tubas.

Doc

Yeah, I knew you guys would come around and figure it out eventually.

Regarding bankruptcy varying from state to state: the law is federal, so it is uniform. The variables are in that, especially for chapter 7, the federal law allows states to set their own exemptions from execution higher than the federal base amount, and each judge and trustee does have some local procedures and interpretations of the rules. And yes, in some areas a bankruptcy trustee might value an asset quite differently than in another area, due to its nature, any market for its liquidation, etc.

[iiipopes]

Indeed.