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Fire destroys PianoDisc headquarters.


On September 27, 2006, a six-alarm fire destroyed approximately 60 percent of the Sacramento, California “Sacramento” redirects here. For other uses, see Sacramento (disambiguation).
Sacramento is the capital of the State of California and the county seat of Sacramento County.
, headquarters of PianoDisc, one of the world's leading makers of state-of-the-art piano playing piano playing Neurology A fanciful descriptor for finger movements linked to the loss of position sensation, in which the Pt seeks to discover finger position in space by periodic movement; PP occurs in Dejerine-Sottas syndrome; PP also refers to intermittent  systems and owners of Mason & Hamlin. Approximately 100 grand pianos, most owned by other manufacturers and dealers, were destroyed in the blaze. No one was injured.

Although about a month's worth of inventory was lost, the company's network servers, where much of the company's software, intellectual property and other information are stored, were unaffected.

The company's manufacturing facilities in Asia, piano factory in Haverhill, Massachusetts Haverhill (IPA Pronounciation /ˈheɪ.vrɪl/) is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 58,969 at the 2000 census. Haverhill is home to Northern Essex Community College. , and distribution center in Europe remain intact, as well as PianoDisc's North American North American

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The company does not believe that the blaze at PianoDisc will hinder the introduction of the new 5'4" model "B" scheduled to be introduced to Mason & Hamlin dealers at the 2007 Winter NAMM show The NAMM Show is one of the largest music products trade shows in the world. Held every January in Anaheim, California, USA the show brings together all facets of the music products industry to reveal new musical instruments/products and ideas to help music products retailers and  in January.

For more information, visit www.pianodisc.com.
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Publication:American Music Teacher
Date:Dec 1, 2006
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