December 1, 2009

Dear Music Lover,

Our family owned and operated piano stores in the Pacific Northwest for 30 years. This past fall, circumstances beyond our control forced us to close all of our retail showrooms and exit the piano business.

The Helmer family, and our creditors, have moved all of our pianos to Classic Pianos—a fourth generation family piano business, with showrooms in Bellevue and Portland.

A large inventory of grands, baby grands, uprights, studios, consoles, digitals, and state-of-the-art player and reproducing pianos are being liquidated by Classic Pianos. Famous brand names include new and used Bösendorfer, Mason & Hamlin, Steinway & Sons, Schimmel, Vogel, Yamaha, Young Chang, Kawai, Kohler & Campbell, and others.

ALL WARRANTIES FROM MANUFACTURERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HONORED IN FULL.

As regrettable as the closing of Helmer's Music is for us personally, we appreciate the professional and ethical way in which Classic Pianos is handling and assisting us in liquidating our pianos—offering competitive pricing, warranties, and a generous Five-star Lifetime Trade-up Policy to everyone looking for an instrument.

For current information about pianos, I recommend that you now contact: Classic Pianos

Best of the Season and a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

Tom Helmer