SELMER INDUSTRIES INC
S-1/A, 1996-07-25
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     AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 25, 1996
    
                                                       REGISTRATION NO. 333-3667
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                AMENDMENT NO. 2
                                       TO
                                    FORM S-1
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
    
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                       STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
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<S>                              <C>                            <C>
           DELAWARE                          3931                  35-1910745
 (State or Other Jurisdiction    (Primary Standard Industrial   (I.R.S. Employer
              of                 Classification Code Number)     Identification
Incorporation or Organization)                                      Number)
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                             600 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY
                             ELKHART, INDIANA 46516
                                 (219) 522-1675
 
         (Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including
            Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
 
                                MICHAEL VICKREY
                             600 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY
                             ELKHART, INDIANA 46516
                                 (219) 522-1675
 
           (Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
                   including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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                                WITH COPIES TO:
 
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<S>                                       <C>
         Eric H. Schunk, Esq.                      Bryant Edwards, Esq.
   MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & McCLOY                   LATHAM & WATKINS
  601 S. Figueroa Street, 30th Floor         633 W. Fifth Street, Suite 4000
    Los Angeles, California 90017             Los Angeles, California 90071
            (213) 892-4000                            (213) 485-1234
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        APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:
AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
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    If  any of the securities being registered on this form are being offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to  Rule 415 under the Securities Act  of
1933, check the following box. / /
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    THE  REGISTRANT HEREBY  AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION  STATEMENT ON  SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A  FURTHER  AMENDMENT  WHICH SPECIFICALLY  STATES  THAT  THIS  REGISTRATION
STATEMENT  SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN  ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT  OF 1933,  AS AMENDED,  OR UNTIL  THE REGISTRATION  STATEMENT
SHALL  BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE  AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION,
ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.
 
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                       STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.
                             CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
Pursuant to Rule 404(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Item 501
                               of Regulation S-K
 
   
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ITEM NO. AND CAPTION IN FORM S-1                                            CAPTION OR LOCATION IN PROSPECTUS
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<C>        <S>                                                    <C>
       1.  Forepart of the Registration Statement and Outside
            Front Cover Page of Prospectus......................  Facing Page of Registration Statement; Outside Front
                                                                   Cover Page of Prospectus
       2.  Inside Front and Outside Back Cover Pages of
            Prospectus..........................................  Inside Front and Outside Back Cover Pages of
                                                                   Prospectus
       3.  Summary Information, Risk Factors and Ratio of
            Earnings to Fixed Charges...........................  Prospectus Summary; Risk Factors
       4.  Use of Proceeds......................................  Use of Proceeds
       5.  Determination of Offering Price......................  Outside Front Cover Page of Prospectus; Underwriting
       6.  Dilution.............................................  Dilution
       7.  Selling Security Holders.............................  Selling Stockholders
       8.  Plan of Distribution.................................  Outside Front Cover Page of Prospectus; Underwriting
       9.  Description of Securities to be Registered...........  Description of Capital Stock
      10.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel...............  Experts; Legal Matters
      11.  Information with Respect to the Registrant...........  Prospectus Summary; Risk Factors; The Company;
                                                                   Dividend Policy; Capitalization; Selected
                                                                   Consolidated Financial Information; Pro Forma
                                                                   Financial and other Data of the Company;
                                                                   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
                                                                   Condition and Results of Operations; Business;
                                                                   Management; Principal Stockholders; Description of
                                                                   Certain Indebtedness; Shares Eligible for Future
                                                                   Sale
      12.  Disclosure of Commission Position on Indemnification
            for Securities Act Liabilities......................  Not Applicable
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INFORMATION   CONTAINED  HEREIN  IS  SUBJECT   TO  COMPLETION  OR  AMENDMENT.  A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT  RELATING TO  THESE  SECURITES HAS  BEEN FILED  WITH  THE
SECURITIES  AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES  MAY NOT BE  SOLD NOR MAY
OFFERS TO  BUY  BE  ACCEPTED  PRIOR  TO  THE  TIME  THE  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT
BECOMES  EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE  SECURITIES
IN  ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER,  SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR
TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.
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                   SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JULY   , 1996
    
 
                                4,230,000 SHARES
 
                       STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.
[LOGO]
                             ORDINARY COMMON STOCK
                                  -----------
 
    Of the 4,230,000 shares of  Ordinary Common Stock offered, 3,384,000  shares
are  being offered  hereby in  the United  States and  846,000 shares  are being
offered in a concurrent  international offering outside  the United States.  The
initial  public offering price and the aggregate underwriting discount per share
will be identical for both offerings. See "Underwriting."
 
    Of the 4,230,000 shares of  Ordinary Common Stock offered, 3,600,000  shares
are  being sold by the Company and 630,000  shares are being sold by the Selling
Stockholders. See  "Principal  Stockholders"  and  "Selling  Stockholders."  The
Company  will not receive any of the proceeds  from the sale of the shares being
sold by the Selling Stockholders.
 
    Each share of  Ordinary Common Stock  entitles its holder  to one vote,  and
each  share of  Class A Common  Stock of the  Company entitles its  holder to 98
votes. All of the shares of Class A Common Stock are owned by Kyle Kirkland  and
Dana  Messina, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
respectively. Immediately after consummation  of the Offering, Messrs.  Kirkland
and  Messina will possess 84% of the combined voting power of the Class A Common
Stock and  Ordinary Common  Stock. See  "Risk Factors  -- Control  by  Principal
Stockholders; Conflicts of Interest."
 
    Prior  to this offering,  there has been  no public market  for the Ordinary
Common Stock of the Company. It  is currently estimated that the initial  public
offering  price per share  of Ordinary Common  Stock will be  between $20.00 and
$22.00. For factors to be considered in determining the initial public  offering
price, see "Underwriting."
 
    SEE  "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE  9 FOR CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS RELEVANT
TO AN INVESTMENT IN THE ORDINARY COMMON STOCK.
 
    The Ordinary Common Stock has been  approved for listing, subject to  notice
of issuance, on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "LVB."
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THESE  SECURITIES  HAVE  NOT  BEEN APPROVED  OR  DISAPPROVED  BY  THE SECURITIES
 AND  EXCHANGE  COMMISSION   OR  ANY  STATE   SECURITIES  COMMISSION  NOR   HAS
  THE  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
    PASSED   UPON   THE   ACCURACY   OR   ADEQUACY   OF   THIS   PROSPECTUS.
              ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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                                                                                               PROCEEDS TO
                                  INITIAL PUBLIC       UNDERWRITING        PROCEEDS TO           SELLING
                                  OFFERING PRICE       DISCOUNT (1)        COMPANY (2)         STOCKHOLDERS
                                ------------------  ------------------  ------------------  ------------------
<S>                             <C>                 <C>                 <C>                 <C>
Per Share.....................          $                   $                   $                   $
Total (3).....................          $                   $                   $                   $
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(1)  The  Company and  the  Selling Stockholders  have  agreed to  indemnify the
    Underwriters against certain  liabilities, including  liabilities under  the
    Securities Act of 1933.
   
(2) Before deducting estimated expenses of $1,760,000 payable by the Company.
    
   
(3)  The  Company  and  the  Selling  Stockholders  have  granted  to  the  U.S.
    Underwriters an option for 30 days  to purchase up to an additional  507,600
    shares at the initial public offering price per share, less the underwriters
    discount, solely to cover over-allotments. Additionally, the Company and the
    Selling  Stockholders have granted the  International Underwriters a similar
    option with respect to an additional 126,900 shares as part of a  concurrent
    international  offering. If  such options are  exercised in  full, the total
    initial public offering  price, underwriting  discount and  proceeds to  the
    Company  will be $          ,  $          and $          , respectively. See
    "Underwriting."
    
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    The shares offered hereby are offered severally by the U.S. Underwriters, as
specified herein, subject to receipt and acceptance by them and subject to their
right to reject orders in whole or in part. It is expected that certificates for
the shares  will be  ready  for delivery  in  New York,  New  York on  or  about
            , 1996 against payment therefor in immediately available funds.
 
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
                          DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE
                             SECURITIES CORPORATION
                                                                 CS FIRST BOSTON
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               The date of this Prospectus is             , 1996.
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                             DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOS
          Pictures of various instruments manufactured by the Company.
 
    IN  CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING, THE  UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-ALLOT OR EFFECT
TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE ORDINARY COMMON
STOCK AT A LEVEL ABOVE  THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE  PREVAIL IN THE OPEN  MARKET.
SUCH  TRANSACTIONS  MAY BE  EFFECTED  ON THE  NEW  YORK STOCK  EXCHANGE,  IN THE
OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKET OR  OTHERWISE. SUCH  STABILIZING, IF  COMMENCED, MAY  BE
DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
 
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                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
    THE  FOLLOWING  SUMMARY INFORMATION  IS QUALIFIED  IN  ITS ENTIRETY  BY, AND
SHOULD BE READ  IN CONJUNCTION  WITH, THE MORE  DETAILED INFORMATION,  INCLUDING
"RISK  FACTORS," AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  AND NOTES THERETO CONTAINED ELSEWHERE
IN THIS PROSPECTUS. EXCEPT  AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY NOTED  HEREIN, ALL OF  THE
SHARE  DATA WITH  RESPECT TO THE  ORDINARY COMMON  STOCK AND THE  CLASS A COMMON
STOCK (COLLECTIVELY, THE "COMMON STOCK")  OF STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,  INC.
(THE  "COMPANY")  CONTAINED HEREIN  GIVES EFFECT  TO (I)  THE CONVERSION  OF THE
CONVERTIBLE PARTICIPATING PREFERRED  STOCK INTO  SHARES OF  THE ORDINARY  COMMON
STOCK,  (II) THE EXERCISE  OF ALL OUTSTANDING WARRANTS  TO PURCHASE THE ORDINARY
COMMON STOCK  AND (III)  THE 2.83-FOR-1  STOCK  SPLIT OF  ALL OF  THE  COMPANY'S
OUTSTANDING  SHARES OF COMMON STOCK. ALL REFERENCES TO THE COMPANY SHALL INCLUDE
ITS SUBSIDIARIES EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY NOTED HEREIN. EXCEPT AS NOTED,
INFORMATION PRESENTED  HEREIN  ASSUMES  THAT  THE  UNDERWRITERS'  OVER-ALLOTMENT
OPTION WILL NOT BE EXERCISED.
 
                                  THE COMPANY
 
    The  Company,  through its  subsidiaries  Steinway Musical  Properties, Inc.
("Steinway") and The  Selmer Company,  Inc. ("Selmer"),  is one  of the  world's
leading  manufacturers  of musical  instruments.  Steinway produces  the highest
quality piano  in the  world  and has  one of  the  most widely  recognized  and
prestigious brand names. For more than a century, the Steinway concert grand has
been  the piano of  choice for the  world's greatest and  most popular pianists,
including artists such  as Vladimir  Horowitz, George Gershwin  and Billy  Joel.
More than 90% of all concert piano performances worldwide were on Steinway grand
pianos   during  the  1995  concert  season.  Selmer  is  the  leading  domestic
manufacturer  of  band  and  orchestral  instruments  and  related  accessories,
including  a  complete  line  of brasswind,  woodwind,  percussion  and stringed
instruments. SELMER PARIS  saxophones, BACH  trumpets and  trombones and  LUDWIG
snare  drums are  considered by many  to be  the finest such  instruments in the
world. In 1995, Selmer's domestic market share was approximately 42% in advanced
and professional band  instruments and  25% in  beginner instruments.  On a  pro
forma combined basis for 1995, the Company's net sales were $233.7 million.
 
    Steinway  concentrates on the high-end grand  piano segment of the industry.
Steinway also offers vertical pianos as well  as a mid-priced line of grand  and
vertical  pianos under the Boston  brand name to provide  dealers with a broader
product line. Steinway hand crafts its pianos in New York and Germany and  sells
them  through  more  than  200  independent  piano  dealers  worldwide  and five
Steinway-operated retail  showrooms located  in New  York, New  Jersey,  London,
Hamburg  and Berlin. In 1995, approximately 50%  of Steinway's net sales were in
the United States, 37% in Europe and the remaining 13% primarily in Asia.
 
    Selmer has the leading domestic market share in virtually all of its product
lines, with such widely recognized brand  names as SELMER PARIS, BACH,  GLAESEL,
WILLIAM  LEWIS, LUDWIG and MUSSER. Selmer's  products are made by highly skilled
craftsmen at  manufacturing  facilities in  Indiana,  North Carolina,  Ohio  and
Illinois,  and  sold  through  more  than  1,600  independent  dealers. Beginner
instruments accounted  for 76%  of Selmer's  unit sales  and 53%  of  instrument
revenues  in 1995  with advanced  and professional  instruments representing the
balance. In 1995, 81% of Selmer's net sales were in the United States.
 
    The Company acquired Selmer in August  1993 from an affiliate of  Integrated
Resources, Inc., and Steinway in May 1995 (the "Steinway Acquisition") from John
and Robert Birmingham.
 
   
    DURING  THIS OFFERING, CERTAIN PERSONS AFFILIATED WITH PERSONS PARTICIPATING
IN THE DISTRIBUTION  MAY ENGAGE IN  TRANSACTIONS FOR THEIR  OWN ACCOUNTS OR  FOR
ACCOUNTS  OF OTHERS  IN THE  ORDINARY COMMON  STOCK PURSUANT  TO EXEMPTIONS FROM
RULES 10B-6, 10B-7, AND 10B-8 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
    
 
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                               BUSINESS STRATEGY
 
   
    The Company  believes  that  there  are  significant  opportunities  in  the
Steinway  and Selmer  businesses which  were not  fully pursued  by the previous
owners. The Company's strategy  is to capitalize on  its strong brand names  and
leading  market  positions  to grow  sales  and  profitability. On  a  pro forma
combined basis, the Company's  net sales and  earnings from operations  improved
8.7%  and 28.0%, respectively, for  1995 compared to 1994,  and 15.4% and 31.3%,
respectively, for the  first six months  of 1996 over  the comparable period  in
1995. The Company intends to pursue the following strategic opportunities.
    
 
CAPITALIZE ON SELMER'S STRONG INDUSTRY DEMAND
 
   
    The  Company  believes  that the  domestic  demand for  band  and orchestral
instruments has increased significantly over the  last few years as a result  of
strong  demographic trends and a heightened  overall interest in music. Sales of
Selmer instruments have been generally resistant to macroeconomic cycles and are
strongly correlated to the number of  school children in the United States.  The
domestic  student population is currently the largest  it has been over the past
30 years and is expected to grow steadily over the next decade. During the  past
two  years, Selmer has been unable  to manufacture enough instruments to satisfy
the demand for  its products. Selmer  has recently made  investments to  improve
production  output  and  expand  capacity,  including  hiring  and  training  of
additional personnel and installation of state-of-the-art equipment. The Company
expects to benefit from increased production  in 1996. For the first six  months
of  1996, Selmer's net sales were up  15.0% with instrument unit volumes up 7.6%
compared to the first six months of 1995.
    
 
INCREASE STEINWAY'S PENETRATION OF DOMESTIC MARKET
 
   
    Steinway's share of the domestic grand piano market was approximately 7%  in
1995.  The  Company  believes  there  is  a  significant  opportunity  to better
penetrate the domestic market through improved selling and marketing  techniques
and  better  training  and selection  of  dealers.  During the  past  two years,
Steinway has increased its focus on these efforts and has developed several  new
initiatives.  For  example, dealer  training  material has  been  redesigned and
customized marketing campaigns have been developed for all dealers. In addition,
each market  is  reviewed  periodically  and rated  relative  to  its  size  and
demographic  potential. Underperforming markets are targeted and a comprehensive
plan is developed to improve performance. Largely as a result of these measures,
domestic unit sales of grand pianos increased 11% from 1994 to 1995 and 23% from
the first six months of 1995 to the comparable period in 1996.
    
 
    The institutional segment  of the  U.S. piano market,  which includes  music
schools,  conservatories and universities, currently represents less than 10% of
Steinway's domestic sales. Until recently, many institutions have been reluctant
to purchase  new  pianos because  of  the high  cost  and their  limited  annual
budgets.  The  Company  estimates  that existing  institutional  pianos  have an
average age of approximately 30 years  and are, therefore, prime candidates  for
replacement.  In 1995, Steinway introduced a new marketing initiative, supported
by a  unique  third-party  financing  program,  which  enables  institutions  to
purchase  pianos on a long-term installment basis at attractive financing terms.
The historically high  resale value  of Steinway pianos  allows the  third-party
lender  to provide this  attractive financing program  without any obligation on
the  part  of  the  Company.  The  Company  believes  that  this  program   will
significantly   enhance  its  institutional  sales  efforts.  Since  its  recent
implementation, the program has helped generate additional institutional  sales,
including  the sale of over  80 pianos to two  major U.S. universities which had
previously been using competitors' pianos.
 
PURSUE STRATEGIC ACQUISITIONS
 
    The Company  believes  that the  fragmented  nature of  the  music  industry
provides  significant  opportunities for  acquisitions  to further  increase its
growth. The  Company  considers itself  uniquely  positioned to  make  strategic
acquisitions  in  complementary  music-related  businesses  due  to  its  market
leadership,  broad   distribution  capabilities   and  history   of   successful
acquisitions.  Several  acquisition  opportunities  have  been  identified  with
candidates that have attractive market shares  and growth potential, as well  as
 
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other  candidates whose manufacturing  and distribution systems  can be combined
with the Company's  systems to  achieve operating  efficiencies. Currently,  the
Company  is at various stages of  discussions with several potential acquisition
candidates.
 
EXPLOIT INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
 
    The Company  believes  that Steinway  is  well positioned  to  benefit  from
further  economic recovery in  Europe. Since 1992, the  number of Steinway grand
pianos sold outside the United States has been relatively flat at  approximately
900  units per year. However, for the 15 years prior to 1992, Steinway's foreign
operations sold approximately 1,200 to 1,400 grand pianos annually. The  Company
believes  this recent decline  is primarily due to  relatively weak economies in
Europe, particularly in its largest markets of Germany, Switzerland, France  and
Italy.  The Company believes that it has at least maintained its market share in
its foreign markets throughout this period and expects to benefit  significantly
from  a  recovery  of  foreign  sales  to  levels  which  more  closely resemble
Steinway's higher historical experience.
 
    In addition, the Company is  exploring expansion opportunities for  Steinway
beyond  its traditional markets of North America  and Western Europe. One of the
most attractive opportunities for Steinway lies in its continued expansion  into
the  Asian  piano market.  Steinway's current  market share  in Japan  and Korea
combined is less  than 1.0%,  although these countries  are two  of the  largest
piano  markets  in  the world.  Although  the  Steinway piano  has  an excellent
reputation in  Asia and  is the  piano  of choice  in virtually  every  Japanese
concert  venue,  Steinway has  not historically  focused significant  selling or
marketing efforts in  these markets.  The Company is  reviewing these  important
markets  and  is  taking  steps to  improve  Steinway's  local  distribution and
marketing capabilities.
 
    Although Selmer's brand names are  recognized worldwide, foreign sales  have
historically  represented less  than 20% of  Selmer's net sales,  due largely to
manufacturing capacity  limitations  at  its  present  facilities.  The  Company
believes that the European market presents significant opportunities for growth,
particularly  in the professional segment. To target this market, the Company is
aggressively pursuing relationships with  new dealers as  well as utilizing  the
existing Steinway dealer network.
 
IMPROVE MANUFACTURING EFFICIENCIES
 
    The  Company  believes  that  Steinway and  Selmer  manufacture  the highest
quality musical instruments in  the world. The  manufacturing processes of  both
companies  require a significant  level of hand  craftsmanship. A Steinway grand
piano contains more than 12,000 parts. At Selmer, the manufacturing process  for
a  typical instrument  involves thousands  of intricate  and precise  steps. The
Company believes that, over  time, portions of  the manufacturing processes  for
Steinway  and Selmer can  be simplified or  stream-lined to improve productivity
without compromising  the quality  and integrity  of the  finished product.  The
Company  has  increased its  capital  expenditure budget  for  1996 and  1997 to
approximately $5.0 million from $4.1 million in  1995 on a pro forma basis.  The
majority  of this spending is targeted  for capacity expansion and manufacturing
quality and productivity improvements.
 
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                                THE OFFERING (1)
 
   
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Ordinary Common Stock Offered:
  U.S. Offering:
    By the Company..........................
                                              2,880,000 shares
    By the Selling Stockholders.............
                                              504,000 shares
                                              --------
      Total U.S. Offering...................
                                              3,384,000 shares
                                              --------
                                              --------
  International Offering:
    By the Company..........................
                                              720,000 shares
    By the Selling Stockholders.............
                                              126,000 shares
                                              --------
      Total International Offering..........
                                              846,000 shares
                                              --------
                                              --------
        Total Offering......................
                                              4,230,000 shares
                                              --------
                                              --------
Common Stock to be outstanding after the
 Offering...................................
                                              9,079,174 shares of Ordinary Common Stock
                                              477,953 shares of Class A Common Stock
                                              --------
                                              9,557,127 Total shares outstanding
                                              --------
                                              --------
Use of Proceeds.............................
                                              The estimated net proceeds  to the Company  of
                                              $68.2   million   will  be   used   to  reduce
                                              indebtedness   and   for   general   corporate
                                              purposes.
Proposed NYSE Symbol........................
                                              "LVB"
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(1)  Assumes the Underwriters'  over-allotment option is  not exercised. If such
    over-allotment is  exercised, up  to an  additional 540,000  shares will  be
    issued and sold by the Company and 94,500 shares will be sold by the Selling
    Stockholders.
    
 
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                    SUMMARY PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
    The  following pro forma financial information gives pro forma effect to (i)
the Steinway Acquisition, (ii) the sale by the Company of Ordinary Common  Stock
in  the Offering, (iii) a  reduction in interest expense  as a result of reduced
indebtedness upon  application  of  the  net proceeds  to  the  Company  of  the
Offering,  (iv) conversion of the Convertible Participating Preferred Stock into
shares of Ordinary Common Stock and (v) the exercise of all outstanding warrants
to purchase Ordinary  Common Stock,  in each case  as if  such transactions  had
occurred on January 1, 1995. See "Use of Proceeds," "Capitalization," "Pro Forma
Condensed  Consolidated  Financial  Information,"  "Management's  Discussion and
Analysis of  Financial Condition  and Results  of Operations,"  "Description  of
Capital Stock" and the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
   
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                                                                     SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                             YEAR ENDED       ------------------------------
                                          DECEMBER 31, 1995   JULY 1, 1995    JUNE 29, 1996
                                          -----------------   -------------   --------------
                                               (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE
                                                             INFORMATION)
<S>                                       <C>                 <C>             <C>
INCOME STATEMENT DATA:
  Net sales.............................       $233,731          $115,640        $133,416
  Gross profit (1)......................         74,357            37,458          42,687
  Earnings from operations..............         25,761            12,577          16,474
  Net income (2)........................          4,507             2,455           5,476
  Net income per share (2)..............           0.49              0.27            0.57
  Weighted average common and common
   equivalent shares outstanding........      9,284,763         9,260,000       9,557,127
OTHER FINANCIAL DATA:
  EBITDA (1)(3).........................        $37,845           $18,526         $22,285
  Interest expense, net.................         12,706             6,489           6,192
  Capital expenditures..................          4,066             1,834           1,555
  Cash flows from: (4)
    Operating activities................          5,626           (14,054)        (18,667)
    Investing activities................       (106,521)         (102,902)         (1,381)
    Financing activities................        104,249           116,290          20,284
 
MARGINS:
  Gross profit (1)......................           31.8%             32.4%           32.0%
  EBITDA (1)(3).........................           16.2              16.0            16.7
BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT PERIOD END):
  Cash..................................                                           $1,670
  Current assets........................                                          146,099
  Total assets..........................                                          270,062
  Current liabilities...................                                           34,038
  Total debt............................                                          131,532
  Stockholders' equity..................                                           71,426
</TABLE>
    
 
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(1) Gross profit and EBITDA for the year ended 1995 and six months ended July 1,
    1995  reflect  positive  adjustments  of  $9,638  and  $2,433,  respectively
    relating to purchase  accounting adjustments to  inventory for the  Steinway
    Acquisition in 1995.
    
 
   
(2) Pro forma net income for the year ended December 31, 1995 and the six months
    ended July 1, 1995 does not include an extraordinary charge of $4,589 ($0.49
    per  share) which would have been incurred by the Company in connection with
    the reduction  in indebtedness  upon application  of a  portion of  the  net
    proceeds  to the  Company from the  Offering had such  repayment occurred on
    January 1, 1995.
    
 
(3) EBITDA  represents  earnings  before  depreciation  and  amortization,   net
    interest expense, other expenses (including certain management fees and bank
    fees)  and income tax  expense (benefit), adjusted  to exclude non-recurring
    charges. While EBITDA should not be construed as a substitute for  operating
    income  or a  better indicator  of liquidity  than cash  flow from operating
    activities, which  are  determined  in accordance  with  generally  accepted
    accounting   principles,  it  is  included   herein  to  provide  additional
    information with respect to  the ability of the  Company to meet its  future
    debt service, capital expenditure and working capital requirements which the
    Company  believes  certain  investors  find  to  be  useful.  EBITDA  is not
    necessarily a measure of the Company's ability to fund its cash needs.
 
(4) For more information regarding cash flow data, see "Management's  Discussion
    and  Analysis of Financial Condition and  Results of Operations -- Liquidity
    and Capital Resources" and  the Company's Consolidated Financial  Statements
    included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
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                    SUMMARY HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         PREDECESSOR (1)
                                ---------------------------------
                                     YEAR ENDED
                                                                                            COMPANY
                                                                   ----------------------------------------------------------
                                                              PERIOD                 YEAR ENDED           SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                    DECEMBER 31,      -----------------------       DECEMBER 31,       ----------------------
                                --------------------   1/1/93 -    8/11/93 -   ----------------------   JULY 1,     JUNE 29,
                                  1991       1992       8/10/93     12/31/93      1994      1995 (2)    1995 (2)    1996 (2)
                                ---------  ---------  -----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
                                                                   (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                             <C>        <C>        <C>          <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>
INCOME STATEMENT DATA:
  Net sales...................  $  83,232  $  85,895   $  57,171   $   34,339  $  101,114  $  189,805  $   71,714  $  133,416
  Gross profit (3)............     27,139     29,458      17,955       10,238      31,925      59,856      22,956      42,687
  Earnings (loss) from
   operations.................      7,993      9,233       5,520       (1,640)     12,472      13,102       7,243      16,353
  Net income (loss)...........        766      2,343       1,405       (3,109)      2,922      (2,074)      1,709       3,291
  Net income per share........     --         --          --            (2.07)       0.52       (1.36)       0.30        0.55
SUPPLEMENTARY INCOME
 STATEMENT DATA: (4)..........
  Supplementary net income
   before extraordinary item
   (5)........................                                                             $    2,326              $    5,476
  Supplementary net income per
   share before extraordinary
   item (5)...................                                                             $     0.25              $     0.57
 
OTHER FINANCIAL DATA:
  EBITDA (3)(6)...............  $  13,128  $  14,437   $   8,522   $    4,597  $   16,638  $   30,479  $   11,925  $   22,285
  Interest expense, net.......      7,165      6,797       4,072        3,028       7,752      14,340       4,608       9,576
  Capital expenditures........        744        720         576          303       1,112       3,162       1,080       1,555
  Cash flows from: (7)
    Operating activities......      8,952      6,847      (8,565)      15,102      10,973       6,663     (11,838)    (20,579)
    Investing activities......       (676)      (553)       (577)     (94,413)     (1,202)   (107,702)   (104,054)     (1,381)
    Financing activities......     (9,845)    (5,967)      9,512       78,648      (9,549)    104,365     116,373      20,284
 
MARGINS:
  Gross profit (3)............       32.6%      34.3%       31.4%        29.8%       31.6%       31.5%       32.0%       32.0%
  EBITDA (3)(6)...............       15.8       16.8        14.9         13.4        16.5        16.1        16.6        16.7
 
BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT PERIOD
 END):
  Cash........................  $     473  $     402   $     716   $       53  $      380  $    3,706  $    1,053  $    1,670
  Current assets..............     54,671     55,712      69,563       56,736      56,265     132,380     143,600     146,099
  Total assets................     85,649     82,785      95,349       88,970      85,524     263,796     280,598     271,048
  Current liabilities.........      8,870      9,519       9,907       10,174      13,388      41,767      39,170      34,038
  Total debt..................     60,374     55,024      65,053       71,369      62,057     174,039     186,824     194,148
  Partners'/Stockholders'
   equity.....................     14,537     16,626      17,999        4,226       7,253       5,828      10,371       7,321
</TABLE>
    
 
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(1)  On  August 10, 1993, the Company  purchased substantially all of the assets
     and certain liabilities of The Selmer Company, L.P. (the "Predecessor"),  a
     wholly-owned subsidiary of Integrated Resources, Inc.
 
(2)  The Company acquired Steinway in May 1995.
 
   
(3)  Gross  profit and  EBITDA for  the period August  11, 1993  to December 31,
     1993, and the years ended  1994 and 1995 and the  six months ended July  1,
     1995  reflect  positive adjustments  of  $4,754, $264,  $9,638  and $2,433,
     respectively, relating to purchase accounting adjustments to inventory  for
     the Steinway Acquisition in 1995 and the acquisition of Selmer in 1993.
    
 
   
(4)  As  adjusted to give effect to a  reduction in interest expense as a result
     of reductions in indebtedness upon application  of the net proceeds to  the
     Company  of the Offering, as if such transaction had occurred on January 1,
     1995. See  "Use of  Proceeds." Supplementary  weighted average  common  and
     common  equivalent  shares  reflect  the additional  shares  assumed  to be
     outstanding to effect the transaction described above.
    
 
   
(5)  Supplementary net income  for the  year ended  December 31,  1995 does  not
     include  an extraordinary  charge of $4,589  ($0.49 per  share) which would
     have been  incurred by  the Company  in connection  with the  reduction  in
     indebtedness  upon  application of  a portion  of the  net proceeds  to the
     Company from the Offering had such repayment occurred on January 1, 1995.
    
 
(6)  EBITDA  represents  earnings  before  depreciation  and  amortization,  net
     interest  expense, other  expenses (including  certain management  fees and
     bank  fees)  and  income  tax   expense  (benefit),  adjusted  to   exclude
     non-recurring charges. While EBITDA should not be construed as a substitute
     for operating income or a better indicator of liquidity than cash flow from
     operating  activities, which  are determined  in accordance  with generally
     accepted accounting principles, it is included herein to provide additional
     information with respect to the ability  of the Company to meet its  future
     debt  service, capital  expenditure and working  capital requirements which
     the Company believes  certain investors find  to be useful.  EBITDA is  not
     necessarily a measure of the Company's ability to fund its cash needs.
 
(7)  For more information regarding cash flow data, see "Management's Discussion
     and  Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations -- Liquidity
     and Capital Resources" and the Company's Consolidated Financial  Statements
     included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
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                                  RISK FACTORS
 
    THIS  PROSPECTUS CONTAINS  FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN  THE MEANING OF
SECTION 27A OF THE  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,  AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES  ACT").
DISCUSSIONS  CONTAINING  SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING  STATEMENTS  MAY BE  FOUND  IN THE
MATERIAL  SET  FORTH  UNDER  "PROSPECTUS  SUMMARY,"  "RISK  FACTORS,"  "USE   OF
PROCEEDS,"  "BUSINESS,"  "MANAGEMENT'S  DISCUSSION  AND  ANALYSIS  OF  FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF  OPERATIONS -- LIQUIDITY  AND CAPITAL RESOURCES,"  "PRO
FORMA  CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL  INFORMATION" AND "SELECTED CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL INFORMATION,"  AS  WELL AS  WITHIN  THIS PROSPECTUS  GENERALLY.  ALSO,
DOCUMENTS  SUBSEQUENTLY FILED  BY THE COMPANY  WITH THE  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION (THE "COMMISSION")  WILL CONTAIN  FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.  ACTUAL
RESULTS  COULD  DIFFER MATERIALLY  FROM THOSE  PROJECTED IN  THE FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE RISK  FACTORS SET FORTH BELOW AND THE MATTERS  SET
FORTH  OR INCORPORATED  IN THIS PROSPECTUS  GENERALLY. THE  COMPANY CAUTIONS THE
READER, HOWEVER, THAT THIS LIST OF  FACTORS MAY NOT BE EXHAUSTIVE,  PARTICULARLY
WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE FILINGS.
 
    PROSPECTIVE  PURCHASERS SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE RISKS SET FORTH BELOW,
AS WELL AS OTHER INFORMATION  SET FORTH IN THIS  PROSPECTUS, PRIOR TO MAKING  AN
INVESTMENT IN THE ORDINARY COMMON STOCK.
 
CERTAIN FINANCING CONSIDERATIONS; SUBSTANTIAL LEVEL OF INDEBTEDNESS
 
    The  Company has substantial indebtedness  and debt service obligations. The
degree to which the  Company is leveraged could  have important consequences  to
holders  of Ordinary Common  Stock, including without  limitation the following:
(i) the  Company's ability  to obtain  additional financing  in the  future  for
working   capital,  capital  expenditures,  potential  acquisitions  or  general
corporate purposes may be impaired; (ii) a substantial portion of the  Company's
consolidated  cash  flow from  operations must  be dedicated  to the  payment of
interest on  the indebtedness  of the  Company; (iii)  the covenants  and  other
restrictions   contained  in  the  indenture  (the  "Indenture")  governing  the
Company's 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due  2005 and the Company's bank  credit
facility  (the "Bank Credit  Facility") will limit the  Company's ability to pay
dividends, borrow additional funds or dispose of assets; and (iv) the  Company's
leverage may make it more vulnerable to further economic downturns and may limit
its  ability to withstand competitive pressures. See "Capitalization," "Selected
Consolidated Financial Information,"  "Management's Discussion  and Analysis  of
Financial  Condition  and Results  of  Operations" and  "Description  of Certain
Indebtedness."
 
    Based upon current levels of operation, the Company believes that cash  flow
from  operations, borrowings under the Bank Credit Facility and other sources of
liquidity will be adequate  to meet the  Company's anticipated requirements  for
working capital, capital expenditures, interest payments and scheduled principal
payments.  There can be no assurance,  however, that the Company's business will
continue to generate cash  flow from operations at  or above current levels.  If
the  Company is unable to  generate sufficient cash flow  from operations in the
future, it may be required to refinance  all or a portion of its existing  debt,
raise  additional funds through the sale of additional equity or debt securities
or assets, or obtain  additional financing. There can  be no assurance that  any
such  refinancing would  be possible or  that any additional  financing could be
obtained on  terms  that  are  favorable  or  acceptable  to  the  Company.  See
"Management's  Discussion  and Analysis  of Financial  Condition and  Results of
Operations."
 
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH FOREIGN OPERATIONS
 
    The Company manufactures, markets and distributes its products worldwide. As
a result, the Company's worldwide operations  are subject to the risks  normally
associated   with  foreign  operations,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  the
disruption of  markets,  changes  in  export or  import  laws,  restrictions  on
currency  exchange, currency exchange rate  fluctuations and the modification or
introduction of other  governmental policies with  potentially adverse  effects.
Significant  increases  in the  value of  the U.S.  dollar and,  in the  case of
Steinway, the Deutsche Mark  relative to currencies  of certain foreign  markets
could have an adverse effect on the Company's ability to compete in such foreign
markets  and  on the  Company's cash  flow from  such markets.  See "Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."
 
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RISKS INHERENT IN GROWTH STRATEGY
 
    To expand its markets and diversify its business mix, the Company's business
strategy includes growth through  acquisitions. Acquisitions can affect  margins
because  of increased overhead or expenses related to acquired businesses. There
can  be  no  assurance  that  the  Company  will  find  suitable  companies  for
acquisition, that future acquisitions will be consummated on acceptable terms or
that  any  newly acquired  companies will  be  successfully integrated  into the
Company's operations. The  Company may  use Ordinary Common  Stock (which  could
result  in  dilution to  the  purchasers of  the  Ordinary Common  Stock offered
hereby) or may incur additional long-term indebtedness or a combination  thereof
for all or a portion of the consideration to be paid in future acquisitions. See
"Business -- Business Strategy."
 
SENSITIVITY TO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
 
    Steinway's  business, which  represented approximately 53%  of the Company's
pro forma  combined net  sales in  1995, is  highly sensitive  to  discretionary
consumer  spending. Given the total  number of grand pianos  sold by Steinway in
any year (2,797 sold in  1995), a decrease in a  relatively few number of  units
being  sold can have a  material impact on the  Company's business and operating
results. As  a result,  Steinway's financial  performance is  linked to  general
economic  conditions and  can be  adversely affected  by economic  downturns. In
1992, sales  of Steinway  grand pianos  declined 24%  and Steinway's  net  sales
declined  by 12%,  generally due  to weaker economies  in the  United States and
Europe. See "Business -- Products."
 
COMPETITION
 
    The markets in which the Company operates are competitive. Steinway competes
with companies  such  as Yamaha,  Bechstein,  Baldwin, Bosendorfer  and  Fazioli
Pianoforti  SLR that produce and market pianos at the higher price points of the
piano  market.  Selmer  competes   with  a  number   of  domestic  and   foreign
manufacturers   of  musical   instruments,  including   Yamaha,  United  Musical
Instruments and LeBlanc. There can be  no assurance that the Company's  products
will  continue to compete successfully with other competitors, some of which may
have greater  financial resources  than  the Company  and may  concentrate  such
resources  upon efforts  to compete in  the Company's markets.  See "Business --
Competition."
 
CONTROL BY PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
 
    The Ordinary Common Stock entitles its holders to one vote per share on  all
matters  submitted generally to a vote  of the Company's stockholders, while the
Company's Class  A Common  Stock entitles  its holders  to 98  votes per  share.
Following  the consummation of the Offering, Kyle Kirkland and Dana Messina will
have majority control  of the  Company through their  ownership of  100% of  the
Class A Common Stock and therefore will have the ability to control the election
of  directors  and  the  results  of  other  matters  submitted  to  a  vote  of
stockholders. Upon consummation  of the Offering,  Messrs. Kirkland and  Messina
will  control 84% of the  voting power of the Common  Stock even though they own
only 9%  of  the outstanding  shares  of  Common Stock.  Such  concentration  of
ownership,  together with the anti-takeover effects of certain provisions in the
Delaware  General  Corporation   Law  and  in   the  Company's  Certificate   of
Incorporation and Bylaws, may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change
in  control of  the Company.  See "Principal  Stockholders" and  "Description of
Capital Stock."
 
   
    Kyle Kirkland and Dana Messina are the principals of Kirkland Messina, Inc.,
a  merchant  banking  firm  they  founded  in  1994.  The  firm  is  a  licensed
broker-dealer   and   has   participated   in   numerous   financing,  leveraged
recapitalization and restructuring transactions. Kirkland Messina, Inc. arranged
the financing and acted as financial  advisor to the Company in connection  with
the  Steinway  Acquisition, and  has received  certain  fees for  management and
consulting services  provided to  Selmer and  Steinway. In  connection with  the
Offering,  Kirkland  Messina,  Inc.  will  receive a  fee  of  $1.0  million for
arranging, negotiating and obtaining waivers and other required consents and for
providing financial  and  market  analyses  and  other  similar  consulting  and
investment banking services. See "Management -- Related Party Agreements."
    
 
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    In  addition, the Company has entered  into agreements with Messrs. Kirkland
and Messina  and Kirkland  Messina,  Inc. which  obligate Messrs.  Kirkland  and
Messina  to provide ongoing management and other  services to the Company and to
devote such time as  reasonably may be required  to discharge such  obligations.
See "Management -- Employment Contracts."
    
 
    The  business activities  of Kirkland Messina,  Inc. and  its principals may
potentially subject  such  firm and  Messrs.  Kirkland and  Messina  to  certain
conflicts  of  interests. Such  conflicts  of interest  relate  to the  time and
services the firm  and Messrs. Kirkland  and Messina will  devote the  Company's
affairs.
 
    Messrs.  Kirkland and  Messina and Kirkland  Messina, Inc.  will resolve all
conflicts  of  interest  in  accordance  with  their  fiduciary  duties.   Under
applicable  law,  Messrs.  Kirkland  and  Messina,  as  directors  and executive
officers  of  the  Company,  owe  fiduciary  duties  to  the  Company  and   its
stockholders,  which duties include  a duty of  care and a  duty of loyalty. The
duty of loyalty embodies  both an affirmative duty  to protect the interests  of
the  Company and  an obligation  to refrain from  conduct that  would injure the
Company and its stockholders or deprive them of profit or advantage.
 
   
    Messrs. Kirkland and  Messina have informed  the Company that  they have  no
intention  of  making any  material investment,  either individually  or through
Kirkland Messina, Inc., in any entity engaged in the same or similar business as
the Company.  In addition,  it  is anticipated  that  any proposed  contract  or
transaction  involving  the Company  and Messrs.  Kirkland  and Messina,  or any
entity in which  either of them  has a financial  interest or is  a director  or
officer,  shall first be approved by a  majority of the disinterested members of
the Board  of  Directors after  disclosure  of the  material  facts as  to  such
interest  or relationship. Except  as disclosed above,  neither Messrs. Kirkland
and Messina nor Kirkland Messina, Inc. are party to any contract or  transaction
that would be subject to approval of the disinterested directors as aforesaid.
    
 
DEPENDENCE ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS
 
    Substantially  all  of the  Company's  hourly employees  are  represented by
various union locals and are covered by collective bargaining agreements,  which
have  various expiration  dates and  must be  renegotiated upon  expiration. The
Company  did  experience  a  two-week  work  stoppage  at  one  of  its   Selmer
manufacturing plants in 1994. The Company considers its employee relations to be
generally  good. However, there can be no assurance that, upon the expiration of
any of the Company's collective bargaining agreements, the Company will be  able
to  negotiate new  collective bargaining  agreements on  terms favorable  to the
Company or that the Company's business  operations will not be interrupted as  a
result   of  labor  disputes  or  difficulties  or  delays  in  the  process  of
renegotiating its  collective bargaining  agreements.  Because the  Company  has
collective  bargaining agreements expiring  in November 1996,  February 1997 and
September 1997,  there  can  be  no assurance  that  labor  relations  will  not
materially affect the Company's operations. See "Business -- Labor."
 
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
 
    The  Company  is  subject  to  various  federal,  state,  local  and foreign
environmental regulations. Selmer may be responsible for remediation at  certain
sites,  but Philips Electronics  North America Corporation,  a previous owner of
Selmer, has agreed to indemnify Selmer for any environmental damages relating to
periods prior to December  29, 1988. No assurance  can be given that  additional
environmental issues will not arise or that Philips will make its payments under
its  indemnity agreement. Any such issues or  failure by Philips to pay may have
an adverse  effect on  the Company's  business. See  "Business --  Environmental
Matters."  To  date,  Philips  has fully  performed  its  obligations  under the
indemnity agreement.
 
DEPENDENCE ON A LIMITED NUMBER OF MANUFACTURING FACILITIES
 
    The Company's current manufacturing operations are concentrated in a limited
number of  facilities. Since  the Company  is heavily  dependent on  all of  its
manufacturing facilities, a disruption of the Company's manufacturing operations
would   have   a   material   adverse   effect   on   the   Company's  business,
 
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financial condition and results of operations. Such disruption could result from
various factors, including  human error,  government intervention  or a  natural
disaster such as fire, earthquake, extreme heat or flood.
 
LIMITATION ON DIVIDENDS
 
    The Company does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable
future.  The terms of  the Bank Credit  Facility and the  Indenture restrict the
Company's ability to pay dividends or to make cash distributions on its  capital
stock.  Any  future cash  dividends will  depend upon,  among other  things, the
Company's results  of operations,  financial  condition, cash  requirements  and
other factors. See "Dividend Policy" and "Description of Certain Indebtedness."
 
DILUTION
 
   
    Purchasers  of  the  shares of  Ordinary  Common Stock  offered  hereby will
experience immediate and substantial dilution in the net tangible book value per
share of the  Ordinary Common  Stock. After  giving effect  to the  sale by  the
Company  of 3,600,000  shares of  Ordinary Common  Stock in  the Offering  at an
assumed initial  public offering  price of  $21  per share,  the pro  forma  net
tangible   book  value  of  the  Company  at  June  29,  1996  would  have  been
approximately $11.0 million, or  $1.15 per share.  This represents an  immediate
net  tangible book  value dilution of  $19.85 per share  to investors purchasing
shares in the Offering. See "Dilution."
    
 
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE; ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
 
   
    Sales of a  substantial number  of shares of  Ordinary Common  Stock in  the
public market after the Offering, or the perception that such sales could occur,
could  adversely affect the  market price of  the Ordinary Common  Stock and the
Company's ability to raise capital through a subsequent offering of  securities.
Of  the 9,557,127 shares of  Common Stock to be  outstanding after the Offering,
the 4,230,000 shares to be sold in the Offering will be available for resale  in
the public market without restriction immediately following the Offering if held
by holders who are not "affiliates" of the Company (as defined in the Securities
Act).  The  Company  expects that  approximately  4.8 million  of  the remaining
5,327,127 shares  will  be  subject  to  180-day  lock-up  agreements  with  the
Underwriters,  and  will  thereafter  be available  for  resale  subject  to the
quantity and manner of sale limitations of Rule 144 under the Securities Act. In
addition, certain  holders of  shares of  the  Common Stock  have the  right  to
require the Company to register such shares for resale under the Securities Act.
In the event that additional shares of Ordinary Common Stock are registered as a
result  of the exercise of such registration rights, the prevailing market price
for the Ordinary  Common Stock  and the  Company's ability  to raise  additional
capital  could be adversely affected. See "Underwriting" and "Sales Eligible for
Future Sale." Pursuant to its Certificate of Incorporation, the Company has  the
authority  to issue additional shares of Common  Stock and shares of one or more
series of voting preferred  stock. The issuance of  such shares could result  in
the  dilution  of  the voting  power  of  the shares  of  Ordinary  Common Stock
purchased in the Offering. See "Description of Capital Stock."
    
 
ABSENCE OF PUBLIC MARKET
 
    Prior to the  Offering, there  has been no  public market  for the  Ordinary
Common  Stock. Although the Ordinary Common Stock has been approved for listing,
subject to notice of  issuance, on the New  York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"),  there
can be no assurance as to the development or liquidity of any trading market for
the Ordinary Common Stock or that investors in the Ordinary Common Stock will be
able  to resell their shares at or  above the initial public offering price. The
initial public offering price  for the shares of  Ordinary Common Stock will  be
determined  through negotiations between  the Company and  the Underwriters, and
may not be indicative of the market price of the Ordinary Common Stock after the
Offering. See "Underwriting."
 
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                                  THE COMPANY
 
    The Company, through  its subsidiaries Steinway  and Selmer, is  one of  the
world's  leading  manufacturers of  musical  instruments. Steinway  produces the
highest quality piano in the world and has one of the most widely recognized and
prestigious brand names. For more than a century, the Steinway concert grand has
been the piano  of choice for  the world's greatest  and most popular  pianists,
including  artists such  as Vladimir Horowitz,  George Gershwin  and Billy Joel.
More than 90% of all concert piano performances worldwide were on Steinway grand
pianos  during  the  1995  concert  season.  Selmer  is  the  leading   domestic
manufacturer  of  band  and  orchestral  instruments  and  related  accessories,
including a  complete  line  of brasswind,  woodwind,  percussion  and  stringed
instruments.  SELMER PARIS  saxophones, BACH  trumpets and  trombones and LUDWIG
snare drums are  considered by many  to be  the finest such  instruments in  the
world. In 1995, Selmer's domestic market share was approximately 42% in advanced
and professional band instruments and 25% in beginner instruments.
 
    The  Company was incorporated in the state  of Delaware in 1993, and changed
its name from Selmer Industries, Inc.  to Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.  in
July  1996. The Company acquired Selmer in August 1993 and Steinway in May 1995.
The Company's executive offices are located at 600 Industrial Parkway,  Elkhart,
Indiana, and its telephone number at that address is (219) 522-1675.
 
                                USE OF PROCEEDS
 
    The  net proceeds to  the Company from  the sale of  the 3,600,000 shares of
Ordinary Common Stock offered  by the Company hereby  are estimated to be  $68.2
million ($78.8 million if the Underwriters' over-allotment is exercised in full)
based  on an assumed initial  public offering price of  $21, after deducting the
underwriting discounts and commissions and  estimated expenses of the  Offering.
The  net  proceeds  of  the  Offering  to the  Company  will  be  used  to repay
approximately $9.7 million of borrowings under the Bank Credit Facility (with  a
current  interest rate  of approximately 9.0%),  $44.5 million  of 11.00% Senior
Secured Notes due  2000, and $10.0  million of 10.92%  Senior Secured Notes  due
2000  and to pay prepayment premiums  on such indebtedness of approximately $4.0
million. See "Description of Certain  Indebtedness." Pending such uses, the  net
proceeds  of  the  Offering  to  the Company  will  be  invested  in short-term,
investment grade securities or interest bearing accounts. The Company intends to
use the  remaining  net  proceeds,  if  any  after  the  repayment  of  existing
indebtedness,  for general corporate purposes. The  Company will not receive any
of the  proceeds  from  the  sale  of  Ordinary  Common  Stock  by  the  Selling
Stockholders.
 
                                DIVIDEND POLICY
 
    The  Company has no plans to pay  dividends on the Common Stock. The Company
presently intends to retain earnings  to reduce outstanding indebtedness and  to
fund  the growth of the Company's business.  The payment of any future dividends
will be  determined  by the  Board  of Directors  in  light of  conditions  then
existing,  including the  Company's results of  operations, financial condition,
cash requirements, restrictions in financing agreements, business conditions and
other factors.
 
    The Company is restricted by the terms of its outstanding debt and financing
agreements from paying cash dividends on its Common Stock, and may in the future
enter into loan or other agreements that restrict the payment of cash  dividends
on the Common Stock. See "Description of Certain Indebtedness."
 
                                       13
<PAGE>
                                    DILUTION
 
   
    The  net tangible book deficiency of the  Company at June 29, 1996 (assuming
the conversion of all outstanding shares of Convertible Participating  Preferred
Stock  into shares of Ordinary Common Stock  and the exercise of all outstanding
warrants to purchase shares of Ordinary Common Stock) was approximately  $(54.1)
million,  or $(9.08) per share of Common Stock. Net tangible book deficiency per
share is equal to the Company's total assets excluding goodwill, trademarks  and
other  intangible assets  less its total  liabilities, divided by  the number of
shares of  Common Stock  outstanding immediately  prior to  the Offering.  After
giving  effect to the sale by the Company of 3,600,000 shares of Ordinary Common
Stock in the Offering  at an assumed  initial public offering  price of $21  per
share,  the pro forma  net tangible book value  of the Company  at June 29, 1996
would have been approximately $11.0 million, or $1.15 per share. This represents
an immediate net tangible book value  dilution of $19.85 per share to  investors
purchasing  shares in  the Offering.  The following  table illustrates  this per
share dilution:
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<S>                                                             <C>        <C>
Assumed initial public offering price per share...............             $   21.00
  Net tangible book deficiency at June 29, 1996...............      (9.08)
  Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable
   to the Offering............................................      10.23
                                                                ---------
Pro forma net tangible book value per share after the
 Offering.....................................................                  1.15
                                                                           ---------
Dilution per share to new investors...........................             $   19.85
                                                                           ---------
                                                                           ---------
</TABLE>
    
 
   
    The following table summarizes, on  a pro forma basis  as of June 29,  1996,
the difference between the number of shares of Common Stock held by the existing
stockholders  and the  pro forma  historical net  book value  of the  assets and
liabilities contributed by the existing stockholders, in the aggregate and on  a
per share basis (assuming the conversion of all outstanding shares of Cumulative
Participating  Preferred  Stock into  shares of  Ordinary  Common Stock  and the
exercise of all outstanding warrants  to purchase the Company's Ordinary  Common
Stock),  and the  number of  shares of  Ordinary Common  Stock purchased  by the
investors in the Offering and the consideration paid, in the aggregate and on  a
per  share basis, by the investors purchasing shares of Ordinary Common Stock in
the Offering (assuming the sale of 3,600,000 shares of Ordinary Common Stock  by
the  Company and  after deducting  underwriting discount  and estimated Offering
expenses):
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             SHARES ACQUIRED           AMOUNT CONTRIBUTED         AVERAGE
                                         ------------------------  ---------------------------     PRICE
                                           NUMBER       PERCENT        AMOUNT        PERCENT     PER SHARE
                                         -----------  -----------  --------------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                      <C>          <C>          <C>             <C>          <C>
Existing stockholders (1)..............    5,957,127       62.3%   $    7,965,000       10.5%    $    1.34
New investors..........................    3,600,000       37.7        68,200,000       89.5%    $   18.94
                                         -----------      -----    --------------      -----
    Total..............................    9,557,127      100.0%   $   76,165,000      100.0%
                                         -----------      -----    --------------      -----
                                         -----------      -----    --------------      -----
</TABLE>
    
 
- ------------------------
 
   
(1) The sale of shares by the  Selling Stockholders in the Offering will  reduce
    the  number of shares held by  existing stockholders to 5,327,127 shares, or
    55.7% of the  total Common Stock  outstanding after the  Offering, and  will
    increase  the number of shares held by new investors to 4,230,000 shares, or
    44.3% (48.2%  if the  Underwriters' over-allotment  option is  exercised  in
    full)  of the total number  of shares of Common  Stock outstanding after the
    Offering.
    
 
                                       14
<PAGE>
                                 CAPITALIZATION
 
   
    The following table sets forth the capitalization of the Company as of  June
29, 1996 and such capitalization as adjusted to give effect to the conversion of
the  Convertible Participating  Preferred Stock  into shares  of Ordinary Common
Stock, the  exercise of  all outstanding  warrants to  purchase Ordinary  Common
Stock,  the sale by the Company of  3,600,000 shares of Ordinary Common Stock in
the Offering  and  a reduction  in  indebtedness  upon application  of  the  net
proceeds  of  the  Offering  to  the  Company.  This  table  should  be  read in
conjunction with the Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information, the
Selected Consolidated Financial Information, and the Financial Statements of the
Company and the Notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Prospectus.
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           JUNE 29, 1996
                                                                      ------------------------
                                                                        ACTUAL     AS ADJUSTED
                                                                      -----------  -----------
                                                                       (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                                   <C>          <C>
Cash................................................................  $     1,670  $     1,670
                                                                      -----------  -----------
                                                                      -----------  -----------
Long-term debt, including current portion:
  Senior debt.......................................................  $    21,398  $    11,748
  11.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2000 (1)..........................       43,256      --
  10.92% Senior Secured Notes due 2000 (1)..........................        9,710      --
  11.00% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2005.........................      110,000      110,000
  Notes payable and other indebtedness..............................        9,784        9,784
                                                                      -----------  -----------
    Total long-term debt............................................      194,148      131,532
                                                                      -----------  -----------
 
Stockholders' equity:
  Capital stock.....................................................            1            9
  Additional paid-in capital (2)....................................        7,964       76,156
  Retained earnings (1).............................................        1,030       (3,065)
  Accumulated translation adjustment................................       (1,674)      (1,674)
                                                                      -----------  -----------
    Total stockholders' equity (1)(2)...............................        7,321       71,426
                                                                      -----------  -----------
Total capitalization................................................  $   201,469  $   202,958
                                                                      -----------  -----------
                                                                      -----------  -----------
</TABLE>
    
 
- ------------------------
   
(1) In connection  with the  reduction  in indebtedness  upon application  of  a
    portion  of the net proceeds  to the Company from  the Offering, the Company
    will incur prepayment penalties estimated to approximate $4.0 million which,
    together with  the write-off  of related  deferred offering  costs and  debt
    discounts,  would have resulted  in an extraordinary charge,  net of tax, of
    approximately $4.1 million at June 29, 1996.
    
 
(2) As adjusted  to  reflect proceeds  to  the  Company from  the  Offering  and
    exercise of warrants which are estimated to be net of underwriting discounts
    and  commissions and estimated Offering expenses totaling approximately $7.4
    million.
 
                                       15
<PAGE>
                        PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
                             FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
   
    The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information for the
fiscal year  ended December  31, 1995  and the  six months  ended July  1,  1995
present  the Company's unaudited pro forma consolidated statements of operations
as if the Steinway Acquisition, the conversion of the Convertible  Participating
Preferred  Stock into shares  of Ordinary Common  Stock and the  exercise of all
outstanding warrants  to  purchase Ordinary  Common  Stock had  occurred  as  of
January  1, 1995. The unaudited  supplementary pro forma consolidated statements
of operations for the periods discussed above and for the six months ended  June
29,  1996 give effect to the transactions  described above and to a reduction in
interest expense as a result of reductions in indebtedness upon the  application
of  the net  proceeds to  the Company of  the Offering,  as if  the Offering had
occurred as of January 1, 1995.  The supplementary pro forma balance sheet  data
as  of June  29, 1996  gives effect  to (i)  the reduction  in indebtedness upon
application of the  net proceeds  of the Offering,  (ii) the  conversion of  the
Convertible  Participating Preferred Stock into shares of Ordinary Common Stock,
and (iii) the exercise of all  outstanding warrants to purchase Ordinary  Common
Stock,  as if all such transactions had occurred on June 29, 1996. The pro forma
and supplementary pro forma adjustments are based upon available information and
certain assumptions that management of the Company believes are reasonable.  The
pro  forma and supplementary pro forma financial information does not purport to
represent the results  of operations of  the Company which  actually would  have
occurred  had  the Steinway  Acquisition and  the  Offering been  consummated on
January  1,  1995.  See  "Use  of  Proceeds,"  "Capitalization,"   "Management's
Discussion  and  Analysis of  Financial  Condition and  Results  of Operations,"
"Description  of  Capital  Stock"  and  the  Company's  Consolidated   Financial
Statements.
    
 
    The  pro  forma  financial  data  should be  read  in  conjunction  with the
financial statements of  the Company  and Notes thereto  contained elsewhere  in
this Prospectus.
 
                                       16
<PAGE>
                        PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
                            STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                 FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 SUPPLEMENTARY     SUPPLEMENTARY
                           HISTORICAL  HISTORICAL    PRO FORMA      PRO FORMA      PRO FORMA         PRO FORMA
                             SELMER     STEINWAY    ADJUSTMENTS     COMBINED      ADJUSTMENTS        COMBINED
                           ----------  ----------  --------------  -----------  ----------------  ---------------
                                            (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE INFORMATION)
<S>                        <C>         <C>         <C>             <C>          <C>               <C>
INCOME STATEMENT DATA:
  Net sales..............  $ 108,907   $ 124,824   $      --       $  233,731     $      --        $   233,731
  Cost of sales..........     75,116      92,739      (8,481)(1)      159,374                          159,374
                           ----------  ----------    -------       -----------                    ---------------
      Gross profit.......     33,791      32,085       8,481           74,357                           74,357
 
  Operating expenses.....     19,445      28,486         907(2)        48,838          (242)(5)         48,596
                           ----------  ----------    -------       -----------      -------       ---------------
  Earnings from
   operations............     14,346       3,599       7,574           25,519           242             25,761
  Other (income) expense:
    Other income.........       (561)       (161)                        (722)                            (722)
    Interest expense.....      9,150       7,235       3,861(3)        20,246        (6,818)(6)         13,428
                           ----------  ----------    -------       -----------      -------       ---------------
      Other expense,
       net...............      8,589       7,074       3,861           19,524        (6,818)            12,706
                           ----------  ----------    -------       -----------      -------       ---------------
  Income (loss) before
   income taxes..........      5,757      (3,475)      3,713            5,995         7,060             13,055
  Provision for income
   taxes.................      2,559         466       2,863(4)         5,888         2,660(4)           8,548
                           ----------  ----------    -------       -----------      -------       ---------------
      Net income (loss)
       (7)...............  $   3,198   $  (3,941)  $     850       $      107     $   4,400        $     4,507
                           ----------  ----------    -------       -----------      -------       ---------------
                           ----------  ----------    -------       -----------      -------       ---------------
  Net income per share
   (7)...................                                          $     0.02                      $      0.49
  Weighted average common
   and common equivalent
   shares outstanding....                                           5,684,763                        9,284,763(8)
 
OTHER FINANCIAL DATA:
  EBITDA (9).............  $  17,492   $  19,792   $     561(2)    $   37,845                      $    37,845
  Capital expenditures...      1,679       2,387                        4,066                            4,066
  Cash flows from: (10)
    Operating
     activities..........      4,200         444      (2,899)           1,745         3,881              5,626
    Investing
     activities..........   (107,333)        812          --         (106,521)           --           (106,521)
    Financing
     activities..........    103,467         782          --          104,249            --            104,249
 
MARGINS:
  Gross profit...........       31.0%       25.7%                        31.8%                            31.8%
  EBITDA (9).............       16.1        15.9                         16.2                             16.2
</TABLE>
    
 
    See accompanying Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of
                                  Operations.
 
                                       17
<PAGE>
   
                        PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
                            STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                     FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JULY 1, 1995
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                   SUPPLEMENTARY     SUPPLEMENTARY
                            HISTORICAL  HISTORICAL     PRO FORMA      PRO FORMA      PRO FORMA         PRO FORMA
                              SELMER     STEINWAY     ADJUSTMENTS     COMBINED      ADJUSTMENTS        COMBINED
                            ----------  -----------  --------------  -----------  ----------------  ---------------
                                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE INFORMATION)
<S>                         <C>         <C>          <C>             <C>          <C>               <C>
INCOME STATEMENT DATA:
  Net sales...............  $  60,563    $  55,077   $      --       $  115,640     $      --        $   115,640
  Cost of sales...........     41,746       37,712      (1,276)(1)       78,182            --             78,182
                            ----------  -----------    -------       -----------      -------       ---------------
      Gross profit........     18,817       17,365       1,276           37,458            --             37,458
  Operating expenses......     10,240       13,855         907(2)        25,002          (121)(5)         24,881
                            ----------  -----------    -------       -----------      -------       ---------------
  Earnings (loss) from
   operations.............      8,577        3,510         369           12,456           121             12,577
  Other (income) expense:
    Other income..........       (172)        (155)         --             (327)                            (327)
    Interest expense......      3,826        2,432       3,861(3)        10,119        (3,303)(6)          6,816
                            ----------  -----------    -------       -----------      -------       ---------------
      Other expense, net..      3,654        2,277       3,861            9,792        (3,303)             6,489
                            ----------  -----------    -------       -----------      -------       ---------------
  Income (loss) before
   income taxes...........      4,923        1,233      (3,492)           2,664         3,424              6,088
  Provision (benefit) for
   income taxes...........      1,922        1,744      (1,323)(4)        2,343         1,290(4)           3,633
                            ----------  -----------    -------       -----------      -------       ---------------
      Net income (loss)
       (7)................  $   3,001    $    (511)  $  (2,169)      $      321     $   2,134        $     2,455
                            ----------  -----------    -------       -----------      -------       ---------------
                            ----------  -----------    -------       -----------      -------       ---------------
  Net income per share
   (7)....................                                           $     0.06                      $      0.27
  Weighted average common
   and common equivalent
   shares outstanding.....                                            5,660,000                        9,260,000(8)
 
OTHER FINANCIAL DATA:
  EBITDA (9)..............  $  10,218    $   7,747   $     561(2)    $   18,526                      $    18,526
  Capital expenditures....        856          978                        1,834                            1,834
  Cash flows from: (10)
    Operating
     activities...........    (11,134)      (2,730)     (2,068)         (15,932)        1,878            (14,054)
    Investing
     activities...........   (105,501)       2,599          --         (102,902)           --           (102,902)
    Financing
     activities...........    115,498          792          --          116,290            --            116,290
 
MARGINS:
  Gross profit............       31.1%        31.5%                        32.4%                            32.4%
  EBITDA (9)..............       16.9         14.1                         16.0                             16.0
</TABLE>
    
 
    See accompanying Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of
                                  Operations.
 
                                       18
<PAGE>
   
                 SUPPLEMENTARY PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
                            STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                     FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 29, 1996
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY    SUPPLEMENTARY
                                                     HISTORICAL       PRO FORMA        PRO FORMA
                                                       COMPANY       ADJUSTMENTS       COMBINED
                                                    -------------  ---------------  ---------------
                                                        (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE
                                                                     INFORMATION)
<S>                                                 <C>            <C>              <C>
INCOME STATEMENT DATA:
  Net sales.......................................  $     133,416   $        --      $    133,416
  Cost of sales...................................         90,729            --            90,729
                                                    -------------  ---------------  ---------------
      Gross profit................................         42,687            --            42,687
  Operating expenses..............................         26,334          (121)(5)        26,213
                                                    -------------  ---------------  ---------------
  Earnings from operations........................         16,353           121            16,474
  Other (income) expense:
    Other income..................................           (177)                           (177)
    Interest expense..............................          9,753        (3,384)(6)         6,369
                                                    -------------  ---------------  ---------------
      Other expense, net..........................          9,576        (3,384)            6,192
                                                    -------------  ---------------  ---------------
  Income before income taxes......................          6,777         3,505            10,282
  Provision for income taxes......................          3,486         1,320(4)          4,806
                                                    -------------  ---------------  ---------------
      Net income..................................  $       3,291   $     2,185      $      5,476
                                                    -------------  ---------------  ---------------
                                                    -------------  ---------------  ---------------
  Net income per share............................  $        0.55                    $       0.57
  Weighted average common and common equivalent
   shares outstanding.............................      5,957,127                       9,557,127(8)
OTHER FINANCIAL DATA:
  EBITDA (9)......................................  $      22,285                    $     22,285
  Capital expenditures............................          1,555                           1,555
  Cash flows from: (10)
    Operating activities..........................        (20,579)  $     1,912           (18,667)
    Investing activities..........................         (1,381)           --            (1,381)
    Financing activities..........................         20,284            --            20,284
MARGINS:
  Gross profit....................................           32.0%                           32.0%
  EBITDA (9)......................................           16.7                            16.7
BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT PERIOD END):
  Cash............................................  $       1,670   $        --      $      1,670
  Current assets..................................        146,099            --           146,099
  Total assets....................................        271,048          (986)          270,062
  Current liabilities.............................         34,038            --            34,038
  Total debt......................................        194,148       (62,616)          131,532
  Stockholders' equity............................          7,321        64,105            71,426
</TABLE>
    
 
    See accompanying Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of
                                  Operations.
 
                                       19
<PAGE>
                          NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
(1) To reflect adjustments to cost of sales for the following:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  SIX MONTHS
                                                            TWELVE MONTHS ENDED   ENDED JULY
                                                             DECEMBER 31, 1995     1, 1995
                                                            -------------------  ------------
                                                                 (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                         <C>                  <C>
Increase in inventory value upon application of purchase
 accounting not reflective of future inventory costs......       $  (9,638)       $   (2,433)
Increased depreciation from write-up of plant and
 equipment................................................             782               782
Increased value of piano bank disposals...................             375               375
                                                                   -------       ------------
                                                                 $  (8,481)       $   (1,276)
                                                                   -------       ------------
                                                                   -------       ------------
</TABLE>
    
 
(2) To reflect adjustments to Steinway's operating expenses for the following:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  SIX MONTHS
                                                            TWELVE MONTHS ENDED   ENDED JULY
                                                             DECEMBER 31, 1995     1, 1995
                                                            -------------------  ------------
                                                                 (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                         <C>                  <C>
Additional amortization expense, net......................       $   1,343        $    1,343
Additional depreciation expense...........................             125               125
Net administrative costs of Steinway eliminated as a
 result of the Steinway Acquisition (primarily comprised
 of salaries and benefits paid to former owners of
 Steinway discontinued upon Steinway's acquisition).......            (561)             (561)
                                                                   -------       ------------
                                                                 $     907        $      907
                                                                   -------       ------------
                                                                   -------       ------------
</TABLE>
    
 
(3) To reflect additional interest expense, net.
 
(4)  To  reflect  the  tax  effect  of  pro  forma  or  supplementary  pro forma
    adjustments.
 
(5) To reflect a reduction in  amortization of deferred financing costs  related
    to  indebtedness to be retired  upon application of the  net proceeds of the
    Offering to the Company.
 
(6) To reflect a reduction in interest  expense as a result of the reduction  in
    indebtedness  upon application  of the net  proceeds of the  Offering to the
    Company.
 
   
(7) Supplementary  net income  for the  year ended  December 31,  1995 does  not
    include an extraordinary charge of $4,589 ($0.49 per share) which would have
    been   incurred  by  the  Company  in   connection  with  the  reduction  in
    indebtedness upon  application of  a  portion of  the  net proceeds  to  the
    Company from the Offering had such repayment occurred on January 1, 1995.
    
 
   
(8)  As adjusted,  to reflect  the sale  by the  Company of  3,600,000 shares of
    Ordinary Common Stock in the Offering.
    
 
(9)  EBITDA  represents  earnings  before  depreciation  and  amortization,  net
    interest expense, other expenses (including certain management fees and bank
    fees)  and income tax  expense (benefit), adjusted  to exclude non-recurring
    charges. While EBITDA should not be construed as a substitute for  operating
    income  or a  better indicator  of liquidity  than cash  flow from operating
    activities, which  are  determined  in accordance  with  generally  accepted
    accounting   principles,  it  is  included   herein  to  provide  additional
    information with respect to  the ability of the  Company to meet its  future
    debt service, capital expenditure and working capital requirements which the
    Company  believes  certain  investors  find  to  be  useful.  EBITDA  is not
    necessarily a measure of the Company's ability to fund its cash needs.
 
(10) For more information regarding cash flow data, see "Management's Discussion
    and Analysis of Financial Condition  and Results of Operations --  Liquidity
    and  Capital Resources" and the  Company's Consolidated Financial Statements
    included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
                                       20
<PAGE>
                  SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
   
    The  following table sets forth  selected consolidated financial information
for the Company. The selected historical  balance sheet data as of December  31,
1991,  1992, August  10, 1993,  and December  31, 1993,  1994 and  1995, and the
selected operating data for the fiscal  years ended December 31, 1991 and  1992,
the  period January 1, 1993 through August  10, 1993, the period August 11, 1993
through December 31, 1993, and the fiscal years ended December 31, 1994 and 1995
are derived from the audited financial  statements of the Company. The  selected
historical financial data as of and for the six month periods ended July 1, 1995
and  June 29, 1996 are unaudited but,  in the opinion of management, include all
adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary for  the
fair  presentation of the financial data for  such periods. The results for such
interim periods  are not  necessarily indicative  of the  results for  the  full
fiscal  year.  The table  should be  read in  conjunction with  the Consolidated
Financial  Statements  of  the  Company,   including  the  Notes  thereto,   and
"Management's  Discussion  and Analysis  of Financial  Condition and  Results of
Operations" included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
    
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         PREDECESSOR (1)
                                                                 -------------------------------
                                                                      YEAR ENDED
                                                                                                          COMPANY
                                                                                                  ------------------------
                                                                                                               YEAR ENDED
                                                                                               PERIOD           DECEMBER
                                                                     DECEMBER 31,      ----------------------      31,
                                                                 --------------------  1/1/93 -    8/11/93 -   -----------
                                                                   1991       1992      8/10/93    12/31/93       1994
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
                                                                   (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE INFORMATION)
<S>                                                              <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>          <C>
INCOME STATEMENT DATA:
Net sales......................................................  $  83,232  $  85,895  $  57,171  $    34,339  $   101,114
Cost of sales..................................................     56,093     56,437     39,216       28,855       69,453
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
Gross profit...................................................     27,139     29,458     17,955        5,484       31,661
Operating expenses:
  Sales and marketing..........................................      9,325      9,772      6,570        4,116       11,328
  Provision for doubtful accounts..............................      1,800      1,600        919          157          655
  General and administrative...................................      5,103      5,522      3,121        2,158        5,435
  Amortization.................................................      2,498      2,512      1,527          409        1,067
  Other expense................................................        420        819        298          284          704
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
Total operating expenses.......................................     19,146     20,225     12,435        7,124       19,189
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
Earnings (loss) from operations................................      7,993      9,233      5,520       (1,640)      12,472
Other (income) expense:
  Other income, principally interest and late charges..........     (1,238)      (829)      (360)        (226)        (503)
  Interest and amortization of debt discount...................      8,403      7,626      4,432        3,254        8,255
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
Other expense, net.............................................      7,165      6,797      4,072        3,028        7,752
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
Income (loss) before income taxes..............................        828      2,436      1,448       (4,668)       4,720
Provision (benefit) for income taxes...........................         62         93         43       (1,559)       1,798
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
Net income (loss) before extraordinary item....................  $     766  $   2,343  $   1,405  $    (3,109) $     2,922
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
Net income (loss) before extraordinary item per share..........     --         --         --      $     (2.07) $      0.52
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares
 outstanding...................................................     --         --         --        1,499,900    5,660,000
SUPPLEMENTARY INCOME STATEMENT DATA: (4)
  Supplementary net income before extraordinary item (5).......
  Supplementary net income per share before extraordinary item
   (5).........................................................
  Supplementary weighted average common and common equivalent
   shares outstanding:.........................................
OTHER FINANCIAL DATA:
Gross profit (3)...............................................  $  27,139  $  29,458  $  17,955  $    10,238  $    31,925
EBITDA (3)(6)..................................................     13,128     14,437      8,522        4,597       16,638
Capital expenditures...........................................        744        720        576          303        1,112
Cash flows from: (7)
  Operating activities.........................................      8,952      6,847     (8,565)      15,102       10,973
  Investing activities.........................................       (676)      (553)      (577)     (94,413)      (1,202)
  Financing activities.........................................     (9,845)    (5,967)     9,512       78,648       (9,549)
MARGINS:
Gross profit (3)...............................................       32.6%      34.3%      31.4%        29.8%        31.6%
EBITDA (3)(6)..................................................       15.8       16.8       14.9         13.4         16.5
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                                                                   SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                                                               ------------------------
                                                                                 JULY 1,     JUNE 29,
                                                                   1995 (2)     1995 (2)     1996 (2)
                                                                 ------------  -----------  -----------
 
<S>                                                              <C>           <C>          <C>
INCOME STATEMENT DATA:
Net sales......................................................  $    189,805  $    71,714   $ 133,416
Cost of sales..................................................       139,587       51,191      90,729
                                                                 ------------  -----------  -----------
Gross profit...................................................        50,218       20,523      42,687
Operating expenses:
  Sales and marketing..........................................        21,001        7,961      15,499
  Provision for doubtful accounts..............................           797          398         410
  General and administrative...................................        11,612        3,615       7,873
  Amortization.................................................         3,041          864       2,305
  Other expense................................................           665          442         247
                                                                 ------------  -----------  -----------
Total operating expenses.......................................        37,116       13,280      26,334
                                                                 ------------  -----------  -----------
Earnings (loss) from operations................................        13,102        7,243      16,353
Other (income) expense:
  Other income, principally interest and late charges..........          (583)        (188)       (177)
  Interest and amortization of debt discount...................        14,923        4,796       9,753
                                                                 ------------  -----------  -----------
Other expense, net.............................................        14,340        4,608       9,576
                                                                 ------------  -----------  -----------
Income (loss) before income taxes..............................        (1,238)       2,635       6,777
Provision (benefit) for income taxes...........................           836          926       3,486
                                                                 ------------  -----------  -----------
Net income (loss) before extraordinary item....................  $     (2,074) $     1,709   $   3,291
                                                                 ------------  -----------  -----------
                                                                 ------------  -----------  -----------
Net income (loss) before extraordinary item per share..........  $      (1.36) $      0.30   $    0.55
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares
 outstanding...................................................     1,524,663    5,660,000   5,957,127
SUPPLEMENTARY INCOME STATEMENT DATA: (4)
  Supplementary net income before extraordinary item (5).......  $      2,326               $    5,476
                                                                 ------------               -----------
                                                                 ------------               -----------
  Supplementary net income per share before extraordinary item
   (5).........................................................  $       0.25               $     0.57
                                                                 ------------               -----------
                                                                 ------------               -----------
  Supplementary weighted average common and common equivalent
   shares outstanding:.........................................     9,284,763                9,557,127
OTHER FINANCIAL DATA:
Gross profit (3)...............................................  $     59,856  $    22,956  $   42,687
EBITDA (3)(6)..................................................        30,479       11,925      22,285
Capital expenditures...........................................         3,162        1,005       1,555
Cash flows from: (7)
  Operating activities.........................................         6,663      (11,967)    (20,579 )
  Investing activities.........................................      (107,702)    (103,929)     (1,381 )
  Financing activities.........................................       104,365      116,373      20,284
MARGINS:
Gross profit (3)...............................................          31.5%        32.0%       32.0 %
EBITDA (3)(6)..................................................          16.1         16.6        16.7
</TABLE>
    
 
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<CAPTION>
                                                                         PREDECESSOR (1)
                                                                 -------------------------------
                                                                      YEAR ENDED
                                                                                                          COMPANY
                                                                                                  ------------------------
                                                                                                               YEAR ENDED
                                                                                               PERIOD           DECEMBER
                                                                     DECEMBER 31,      ----------------------      31,
                                                                 --------------------  1/1/93 -    8/11/93 -   -----------
                                                                   1991       1992      8/10/93    12/31/93       1994
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
                                                                   (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE INFORMATION)
<S>                                                              <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>          <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT PERIOD END):
Cash...........................................................  $     473  $     402  $     716  $        53  $       380
Current assets.................................................     54,671     55,712     69,563       56,736       56,265
Total assets...................................................     85,649     82,785     95,349       88,970       85,524
Current liabilities............................................      8,870      9,519      9,907       10,174       13,388
Total debt.....................................................     60,374     55,024     65,053       71,369       62,057
Partners'/Stockholders' equity.................................     14,537     16,626     17,999        4,226        7,253
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                                                                   SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                                                               ------------------------
                                                                                 JULY 1,     JUNE 29,
                                                                   1995 (2)     1995 (2)     1996 (2)
                                                                 ------------  -----------  -----------
 
<S>                                                              <C>           <C>          <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT PERIOD END):
Cash...........................................................  $      3,706  $     1,053   $   1,670
Current assets.................................................       132,380      143,600     146,099
Total assets...................................................       263,796      280,598     271,048
Current liabilities............................................        41,767       39,170      34,038
Total debt.....................................................       174,039      186,824     194,148
Partners'/Stockholders' equity.................................         5,828       10,371       7,321
</TABLE>
    
 
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(1) On August 10,  1993, the Company purchased  substantially all of the  assets
    and certain liabilities of the Predecessor.
 
(2) The Company acquired Steinway in May 1995.
 
   
(3)  Gross  profit and  EBITDA  under the  captions  "Other Financial  Data" and
    "Margins" for the  period August 11,  1993 to December  31, 1993, the  years
    ended  1994 and 1995 and the six  months ended July 1, 1995 reflect positive
    adjustments of $4,754,  $264, $9,638 and  $2,433, respectively, relating  to
    purchase  accounting adjustments to inventory  for the acquisition of Selmer
    in 1993 and the Steinway Acquisition in 1995.
    
 
   
(4) As adjusted to give effect to a reduction in interest expense as a result of
    reductions in  indebtedness upon  application  of the  net proceeds  to  the
    Company  of the Offering, as if such  transaction had occurred on January 1,
    1995. See  "Use  of Proceeds."  Supplementary  weighted average  common  and
    common  equivalent  shares  reflect  the  additional  shares  assumed  to be
    outstanding to effect the transaction described above.
    
 
   
(5) In connection with the reduction in indebtedness upon application of the net
    proceeds to the Company from the Offering, the Company will incur prepayment
    penalties estimated to  approximate $4.0  million which,  together with  the
    write-off  of related deferred offering costs and debt discounts, would have
    resulted in an  extraordinary charge,  net of tax,  of approximately  $4,589
    ($0.49  per  share)  during  the  year  ended  December  31,  1995  had such
    repayments occurred on January 1, 1995.
    
 
(6)  EBITDA  represents  earnings  before  depreciation  and  amortization,  net
    interest expense, other expenses (including certain management fees and bank
    fees)  and income tax  expense (benefit), adjusted  to exclude non-recurring
    charges. While EBITDA should not be construed as a substitute for  operating
    income  or a  better indicator  of liquidity  than cash  flow from operating
    activities, which  are  determined  in accordance  with  generally  accepted
    accounting   principles,  it  is  included   herein  to  provide  additional
    information with respect to  the ability of the  Company to meet its  future
    debt service, capital expenditure and working capital requirements which the
    Company  believes  certain  investors  find  to  be  useful.  EBITDA  is not
    necessarily a measure of the Company's ability to fund its cash needs.
 
(7) For more information regarding cash flow data, see "Management's  Discussion
    and  Analysis of Financial Condition and  Results of Operations -- Liquidity
    and Capital Resources" and  the Company's Consolidated Financial  Statements
    included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
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SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF STEINWAY
 
    The  following table sets forth  selected consolidated financial information
for Steinway. The selected historical balance sheet  data as of and for each  of
the  five years in the  period ended June 30, 1994  are derived from the audited
financial statements of Steinway. The  selected historical financial data as  of
and  for the nine month periods ended March 31, 1994 and 1995 are unaudited but,
in the opinion of management, include all adjustments (consisting of only normal
recurring adjustments) necessary for the fair presentation of the financial data
for such  periods. The  results for  such interim  periods are  not  necessarily
indicative  of the results for the full fiscal year. The table should be read in
conjunction with the  Consolidated Financial Statements  of Steinway,  including
the  Notes  thereto,  and  "Management's Discussion  and  Analysis  of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations" included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                  NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                                     FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,                ------------------------
                                        -----------------------------------------------------   MARCH 31,    MARCH 31,
                                          1990       1991       1992       1993       1994        1994         1995
                                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------  -----------
                                                                    (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                     <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>          <C>
INCOME STATEMENT DATA:
  Net sales...........................  $  92,037  $  98,816  $  89,240  $  89,714  $ 101,896   $  77,724    $  93,539
  Gross profit........................     33,673     35,586     30,759     26,139     31,636      24,178       31,000
  Operating income....................     10,096      9,124      4,556      1,919      8,795       7,334       12,304
  Income (loss) from continuing
   operations.........................      3,077      2,753     (2,930)    (3,009)     2,487       1,940        4,430
  Net income (loss) (1)...............      3,618      2,825    (10,335)    (3,009)     3,115       1,940        4,430
 
OTHER DATA:
  EBITDA (2)..........................  $  13,500  $  13,535  $   9,591  $   6,067  $  13,068   $  10,243    $  15,205
  Non-recurring charges (3)...........      1,861      2,319      2,532      2,047      1,658       1,244        1,115
  Interest expense, net...............      3,448      3,186      3,307      4,390      3,842       3,048        2,664
  Depreciation and amortization (4)...      1,669      2,099      2,675      2,695      2,664       1,944        2,017
  Capital expenditures (5)............      2,451      1,889      1,936      1,237      1,145         838        1,569
  Steinway grand pianos sold (in
   units).............................      3,558      3,282      2,648      2,245      2,569       2,027        2,248
 
CASH FLOWS FROM: (6)
  Operating activities................      5,684      2,104     (5,417)     3,829      8,437       7,485        5,119
  Investing activities................     (3,375)    (4,280)       899      8,058     (3,436)     (2,118)         508
  Financing activities................     (1,894)    (2,024)     4,097    (10,856)    (5,354)     (5,345)      (6,595)
 
MARGINS:
  Gross profit........................       36.6%      36.0%      34.5%      29.1%      31.0%       31.1%        33.1%
  EBITDA (2)..........................       14.7       13.7       10.7        6.8       12.8        16.3         16.3
 
BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT PERIOD END):
  Cash................................  $   1,110  $     664  $     564  $   1,606  $   1,396   $   1,197    $   1,080
  Current assets......................     68,306     70,120     73,300     56,259     58,760      55,466       61,459
  Total assets........................     85,701     87,832     91,784     72,677     76,019      72,467       79,445
  Current liabilities.................     30,327     32,078     45,602     31,896     32,969      27,280       29,034
  Total debt..........................     47,919     49,576     55,353     44,397     38,468      39,058       32,934
  Redeemable equity...................      3,614      4,227      1,471      1,000        270       1,092          510
  Stockholders' equity................      9,066     10,606      3,690        767      4,935       2,741        9,696
</TABLE>
 
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(1) Net  loss  for the  fiscal  year ended  June  30, 1992  includes  loss  from
    discontinued  operations of $7,405  as a result  of Steinway's September 14,
    1992 disposition of its Gemeinhardt Company, Inc. subsidiary.
 
(2)  EBITDA  represents  earnings  before  depreciation  and  amortization,  net
    interest expense, other expenses (including certain management fees and bank
    fees)  and income tax  expense (benefit), adjusted  to exclude non-recurring
    charges and charges  related to previous  ownership, which were  eliminated.
    While EBITDA should not be construed as a substitute for operating income or
    a  better indicator of  liquidity than cash  flow from operating activities,
    which are  determined  in  accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting
    principles,  it is  included herein  to provide  additional information with
    respect to  the ability  of the  Company to  meet its  future debt  service,
    capital  expenditure  and  working  capital  requirements  which  management
    believes certain  investors find  to  be a  useful  tool for  measuring  the
    ability  to  service  debt.  EBITDA  is not  necessarily  a  measure  of the
    Company's ability to fund its cash needs.
 
(3)  Non-recurring  charges  represent  certain  costs  and  expenses  primarily
    consisting of certain executive compensation and benefits and office related
    expenses  of Steinway which,  as a result of  the Steinway Acquisition, have
    been eliminated.
 
(4) Depreciation  and amortization  for  the fiscal  year  ended June  30,  1994
    excludes  approximately  $563 of  amortization  of deferred  financing costs
    written off pursuant to a debt refinancing effected in April 1994.
 
(5) Capital expenditures of Steinway  exclude expenditures for additions to  the
    Concert and Artist Piano Bank. See "Business -- Sales and Marketing."
 
(6)  For more information regarding cash flow data, see "Management's Discussion
    and Analysis of Financial Condition  and Results of Operations --  Liquidity
    and  Capital Resources" and the  Company's Consolidated Financial Statements
    included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
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<PAGE>
                      MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
                OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
INTRODUCTION
 
    The following discussion provides an assessment of the results of operations
and liquidity  and capital  resources for  the  Company and  should be  read  in
conjunction  with the Consolidated  Financial Statements of  the Company and the
Notes thereto included elsewhere in this Prospectus. All references to years are
to fiscal years, and all  note references are to  the accompanying Notes to  the
Company's  Consolidated Financial Statements. The  Company's fiscal year ends on
December 31 and, prior to the Steinway Acquisition, Steinway's fiscal year ended
on June 30.
 
                                  THE COMPANY
 
OVERVIEW
 
    The Company, through  its subsidiaries Steinway  and Selmer, is  one of  the
world's  leading manufacturers of  musical instruments. On  a pro forma combined
basis, the Company's net  sales and earnings from  operations improved 8.7%  and
28.0%,  respectively, for 1995 compared to 1994. The Company believes that these
operating performance  improvements have  resulted  from implementation  of  the
Company's  strategy to capitalize  on its strong brand  names and leading market
positions.
 
    Steinway's piano sales are influenced by general economic conditions in  the
United  States and Europe, demographic trends  and general interest in music and
the arts. Steinway's operating results  are primarily influenced by grand  piano
sales.  Given the  total number  of grand  pianos sold  by Steinway  in any year
(2,797 sold in 1995), a decrease in a relatively few number of units being  sold
can  have a  material impact  on the  Company's business  and operating results.
Domestic grand piano unit sales have increased 42.3% from 1992 to 1995,  largely
attributable  to the economic recovery in the United States as well as increased
selling and marketing efforts. Grand  piano unit sales to international  markets
have  decreased  by 3.5%  over  the same  period primarily  as  a result  of the
weakness of the European economies. In 1995, approximately 50% of Steinway's net
sales were in the United States, 37%  in Europe and the remaining 13%  primarily
in Asia.
 
    Selmer   is  the  largest  domestic  manufacturer  of  band  and  orchestral
instruments and related  accessories, including  a complete  line of  brasswind,
woodwind,  percussion  and stringed  instruments  used by  student,  amateur and
professional musicians. Beginner instruments accounted for 76% of Selmer's units
sales and 53%  of instrument  revenues in  1995 with  advanced and  professional
instruments representing the balance.
 
    Sales  of student instruments  are influenced primarily  by trends in school
enrollment and general  interest in music  and the arts.  The school  instrument
business  is generally resistant to macroeconomic cycles and strongly correlated
to the number of school children in the United States, which is expected to grow
steadily over the next ten years.
 
    Selmer's instrument unit sales have grown an  average of 4% a year, and  net
sales  have grown an average of  9% a year, since 1993.  This unit and net sales
growth is the result of  management's efforts to improve Selmer's  manufacturing
and  sales capabilities  as well  as an increase  in student  enrollment and the
level of interest in music. In addition, management has increased production  to
meet the increasing demand for its products.
 
    Although  the  Company  cannot  accurately  predict  the  precise  effect of
inflation on  its operations,  it does  not  believe that  inflation has  had  a
material effect on net sales or results of operations in recent years. Net sales
to   customers  outside  the  United   States  represent  approximately  38%  of
consolidated net sales,  with Steinway's net  sales accounting for  over 77%  of
these international sales. A significant portion of Steinway's net international
sales  originate from its German manufacturing facility, resulting in net sales,
cost of  sales and  related operating  expenses denominated  in Deutsche  Marks.
While  currency translation has affected international  net sales, cost of sales
and related operating expenses,  it has not had  a material impact on  operating
income.  The  Company utilizes  financial instruments  such as  forward exchange
contracts  and  currency  options  to   reduce  the  impact  of  exchange   rate
fluctuations on firm and
 
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anticipated  cash flow exposures and  certain assets and liabilities denominated
in currencies other than the functional currency. The Company does not  purchase
currency  related financial  instruments for  purposes other  than exchange rate
risk management.
 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
    The results  of operations  for the  period beginning  January 1,  1993  and
ending  August 10, 1993, during  which the Company was  owned by an affiliate of
Integrated Resources, Inc.,  and for the  period beginning August  11, 1993  and
ending  December 31,  1993, during  which the Company  was owned  by its current
owners, have been combined for comparative purposes.
 
    On May  25, 1995,  the Company  acquired Steinway  for approximately  $104.0
million.  The Steinway Acquisition  was effected pursuant  to a Merger Agreement
dated as of April 11, 1995. The Steinway Acquisition is being accounted for as a
purchase for financial reporting purposes. The Consolidated Financial Statements
of the Company  as of  and for  the year ending  December 31,  1995 include  the
effects  of the Steinway  Acquisition as well  as the results  of operations for
Steinway for the period May 25, 1995 to December 31, 1995.
 
    The following table is derived from the Company's Consolidated Statements of
Operations for the periods indicated and presents the results of operations as a
percentage of net sales:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                                     YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,         ---------------------------------------
                                              -------------------------------------    JULY 1,    JULY 1, 1995    JUNE 29,
                                                 1993         1994         1995         1995        PRO FORMA       1996
                                              -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -------------  -----------
<S>                                           <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>            <C>
INCOME STATEMENT DATA:
  Net sales.................................      100.0%       100.0%       100.0%       100.0%        100.0%        100.0%
  Cost of sales (1).........................       69.2         68.4         68.5         68.0          67.6          68.0
                                                  -----        -----        -----        -----         -----         -----
    Gross profit (1)........................       30.8         31.6         31.5         32.0          32.4          32.0
  Total operating expenses..................       21.4         19.0         19.6         18.5          21.6          19.7
                                                  -----        -----        -----        -----         -----         -----
    Earnings from operations (1)............        9.4%        12.6%        11.9%        13.5%         10.8%         12.3%
</TABLE>
    
 
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(1) Gross profit and earnings from operations for the years ended 1993, 1994 and
    1995 and the six months ended  July 1, 1995 reflect positive adjustments  of
    $4,754,   $264,  $9,638  and  $2,433,  respectively,  relating  to  purchase
    accounting adjustments to inventory  for the acquisition  of Selmer in  1993
    and the Steinway Acquisition in 1995.
    
 
   
    THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 29, 1996 COMPARED TO THREE MONTHS ENDED JULY 1, 1995
    
 
   
    NET  SALES -- Net sales increased by  $24.5 million (61.6%) to $64.4 million
in the second  quarter of  1996. The  Steinway Acquisition  accounted for  $20.9
million  of the increase. On a pro forma basis, net sales increased $8.7 million
(15.7%), reflecting growth at both Selmer and Steinway.
    
 
   
    GROSS PROFIT --  Gross profit  increased by  $8.2 million  (63.7%) to  $21.0
million  in  the second  quarter  of 1996,  after  positive adjustments  of $2.4
million  in  the  second  quarter  of  1995  relating  to  purchase   accounting
adjustments  to inventory. Steinway contributed $6.4 million of the increase. On
a pro forma  basis, gross  profits increased  $2.9 million  (15.8%), with  gross
profit  margins improving slightly from  32.5% in the second  quarter of 1995 to
32.6% in the second quarter of 1996.
    
 
   
    OPERATING EXPENSES -- Operating expenses  increased by $4.9 million  (62.8%)
to  $12.7 million  in the  second quarter  of 1996.  Steinway operating expenses
accounted for $4.3  million of  the increase. On  a pro  forma basis,  operating
expenses  increased  $0.3  million  (2.4%),  however  operating  expenses  as  a
percentage of net sales decreased from 22.3% to 19.8%.
    
 
   
    EARNINGS FROM  OPERATIONS  -- Earnings  from  operations increased  by  $3.3
million  (65.1%) to $8.2 million  in the second quarter  of 1996, after positive
adjustment of $2.4 million in  1995 relating to purchase accounting  adjustments
to  inventory. Steinway  contributed $2.1  million of  the increase  in earnings
during the period. On a pro forma basis, earnings from operations increased $2.6
million (45.3%)  primarily due  to earnings  on the  increased net  sales and  a
decrease in operating expenses as a percentage of sales.
    
 
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    NET  INTEREST  EXPENSE --  Net interest  expense  increased by  $1.9 million
(63.9%) to $4.9 million in  the second quarter of  1996 primarily due to  higher
outstanding long-term debt balances relating to the Steinway Acquisition.
    
 
   
    SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 29, 1996 COMPARED TO SIX MONTHS ENDED JULY 1, 1995
    
 
   
    NET  SALES -- Net sales increased by $61.7 million (86.0%) to $133.4 million
in the first  six months  of 1996.  The Steinway  Acquisition contributed  $52.6
million of the increase for the first six months of 1996. Selmer sales increased
$9.1  million (15.0%)  with instrument  unit growth  of 7.6%,  representing $3.8
million  of  the  increase.  The  balance  of  the  increase  relates  to  price
realization.  On a pro forma basis, net sales increased $17.8 (15.4%) reflecting
strong growth at Selmer and increased contribution from Steinway, primarily as a
result of increased unit sales.
    
 
   
    GROSS PROFIT --  Gross profit increased  by $19.7 million  (85.9%) to  $42.7
million  in the  first six  months of 1996,  after positive  adjustments of $2.4
million in  the  first  six  months of  1995  relating  to  purchase  accounting
adjustments  to inventory.  On a  pro forma  basis, gross  profits improved $5.2
million (14.0%) with gross margins declining from 32.4% in the first six  months
of  1995 to 32.0% in the  first six months of 1996  primarily due to product mix
changes.
    
 
   
    OPERATING EXPENSES -- Operating expenses increased by $13.0 million  (98.3%)
to  $26.3 million in the  first six months of  1996. Steinway operating expenses
accounted for $12.0  million of the  increase. On a  pro forma basis,  operating
expenses  increased  $1.3  million  (5.3%);  however  operating  expenses  as  a
percentage of net sales decreased from 21.6% to 19.7%.
    
 
   
    EARNINGS FROM  OPERATIONS  -- Earnings  from  operations increased  by  $6.7
million (69.0%) to $16.4 million in the first six months of 1996, after positive
adjustment  of $2.4 million in the first six months of 1995 relating to purchase
accounting adjustments to inventory.  The Steinway Acquisition contributed  $4.1
million  of the increase  in earnings during  the period. On  a pro forma basis,
earnings from  operations  increased  $3.9 million  (31.3%),  primarily  due  to
earnings  on the increased net  sales and a decrease  in operating expenses as a
percentage of net sales.
    
 
   
    NET INTEREST  EXPENSE --  Net  interest expense  increased by  $5.0  million
(107.8%) to $9.6 million in the first six months of 1996 primarily due to higher
outstanding long-term debt balances relating to the acquisition of Steinway.
    
 
    1995 COMPARED TO 1994
 
    NET  SALES -- Net sales increased by $88.7 million (87.7%) to $189.8 million
in 1995. Steinway's net  sales contributed $80.9 million  during the period  May
25,  1995 to December 31, 1995. Selmer's net sales increased $7.8 million (7.7%)
as compared to 1994. Modest instrument unit growth contributed $2.0 million. The
remaining increase can be attributed to price realization in most divisions.
 
    GROSS PROFIT --  Gross profit increased  by $27.9 million  (87.5%) to  $59.9
million  in 1995 after positive adjustments of  $9.6 million and $0.3 million in
1995 and  1994, respectively,  relating to  purchase accounting  adjustments  to
inventory.  Selmer  gross  profits increased  by  $1.9 million  (5.8%)  to $33.8
million. Steinway contributed $26.1 million of  gross profit. Gross profit as  a
percentage of net sales remained essentially unchanged.
 
    OPERATING  EXPENSES -- Operating expenses increased by $17.9 million (93.4%)
to $37.1 million in 1995. Steinway operating expenses were $17.7 million for the
period. Selmer  operating  expenses  increased  $0.2  million  (1.3%)  to  $19.4
million,  but decreased as a percentage of net sales from 19.0% in 1994 to 17.9%
in 1995.
 
    EARNINGS FROM  OPERATIONS --  Earnings  from operations  (excluding  charges
incurred  by the Company in the amounts of $9.6 million and $0.2 million in 1995
and 1994,  respectively,  relating to  the  purchase accounting  adjustments  to
inventory)  increased  by  $10.0  million  (78.6%)  to  $22.7  million. Steinway
operating income  was  $8.4 million  for  the period.  Selmer  operating  income
increased  by  $1.6  million (12.6%)  to  $14.3  million, primarily  due  to the
earnings on the increased sales and minimal increases in operating expenses.
 
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    NET INTEREST  EXPENSE --  Net  interest expense  increased by  $6.6  million
(85.0%)  to $14.3 million in  1995 due to the  higher outstanding long-term debt
relating to the Steinway Acquisition.
 
    1994 COMPARED TO 1993
 
    NET SALES -- Net sales increased  by $9.6 million (10.5%) to $101.1  million
in  1994.  Virtually  all of  Selmer's  product  lines increased  due  to strong
industry demand. Instrument unit  volume increases, ranging  from 4.4% for  band
instruments  to  11.5%  for acoustic  percussion  instruments,  represented $4.5
million of  the  increase. The  balance  of  the sales  increase  was  primarily
attributable to price realization.
 
    GROSS  PROFIT --  Gross profit  increased by  $3.7 million  (13.1%) to $31.9
million in 1994, after positive adjustments of $0.2 million and $4.8 million  in
1994  and  1993, respectively,  relating to  purchase accounting  adjustments to
inventory. Gross profit  as a percentage  of net sales  increased from 30.8%  in
1993  to  31.6% in  1994.  The increase  resulted  primarily from  overall price
appreciation exceeding cost increases.
 
    OPERATING EXPENSES --  Operating expenses decreased  $0.4 million (1.9%)  to
$19.2  million  in  1994.  This  decrease was  attributable  to  a  $0.9 million
reduction in  amortization  expenses  due to  the  higher  amortization  expense
incurred  prior to the acquisition of Selmer in 1993. The provision for doubtful
accounts was reduced by $0.4 million in 1994. These decreases were offset by  an
increase  in  sales and  marketing  expenses of  $0.6  million (6.0%),  to $11.3
million  relating  to  incentive  programs  directly  associated  with  customer
purchases.
 
    EARNINGS  FROM  OPERATIONS --  Earnings  from operations  (excluding charges
incurred by the Company in the amounts of $0.2 million and $4.8 million in  1994
and  1993,  respectively, relating  to  the purchase  accounting  adjustments to
inventory) increased $4.1 million  (47.5%) to $12.7 million  as a result of  the
increased sales for the year.
 
    NET  INTEREST  EXPENSE --  Net interest  expense  increased by  $0.7 million
(9.2%) to $7.8 million in 1994 due to higher outstanding debt balances.
 
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
    The  Company  has  relied  primarily  upon  cash  provided  by   operations,
supplemented as necessary by seasonal borrowings under its Bank Credit Facility,
to  finance  its  operations,  repay  long-term  indebtedness  and  fund capital
expenditures.
 
    The Company  has financed  its major  acquisitions through  the issuance  of
long-term  debt and stock. Cash provided from  the issuance of $110.0 million of
Senior Subordinated Notes funded the Steinway Acquisition in 1995. Cash provided
from the issuance  of $55.0  million of Senior  Secured Notes,  $5.0 million  of
Subordinated  Notes,  and  $5.0  million  of  Common  Stock  funded  the  Selmer
acquisition in 1993. The balance of the financing for the Selmer acquisition was
funded by borrowings under the Company's Bank Credit Facility.
 
    Cash provided by operations was $6.7 million in 1995, $11.0 million in  1994
and $6.5 million for the combined periods in 1993. The decrease in cash provided
by  operations in 1995  is primarily due  to $7.4 million  invested in increased
accounts receivable, inventories  and prepaid  assets, offset  by an  additional
$3.1  million of cash earnings from operations. The increase in cash provided by
operations in 1994 as compared to 1993 is primarily attributable to $3.1 million
provided from  changes  in  inventory  and current  liability  balances  and  an
additional $1.4 million provided by cash earnings from operations.
 
   
    Cash required for operations was $20.6 million for the six months ended June
29,  1996 and $12.0 million  for the same period  in 1995. Increases in accounts
receivable balances, primarily due to  Selmer's financing arrangements with  its
customers,  offset  by decreases  in  inventory balances  and  current liability
balances, contributed to the $29.0 increase in working capital from December 31,
1995 to June 29, 1996. The  seasonal increase in receivables generally peaks  in
September.  The Company anticipates that these balances will decrease in October
as customer payments accelerate and will continue to decrease through the end of
the year.
    
 
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    The Company's investing activities used cash  of $102.8 million in 1995  and
$94.1 million in 1993 to acquire Steinway and Selmer, respectively.
 
    Capital  expenditures in 1995, 1994 and 1993 were $3.2 million, $1.1 million
and $0.9 million, respectively. These  capital expenditures were used  primarily
for the purchase of new machinery and building improvements. The Company expects
to  increase its level of capital  expenditures to approximately $5.0 million in
each of 1996 and 1997 in order to modernize, expand and renovate its facilities.
 
    Like most of its competitors, Selmer sells band instruments almost  entirely
on  credit. These programs create large  working capital requirements during the
year when band instrument receivable balances reach highs of approximately $50.0
million in August  and September,  and lows  of approximately  $20.0 million  in
January  and February. The  financing programs, intended  to assist dealers with
the seasonality  inherent in  the  industry and  to facilitate  the  rent-to-own
programs  offered to students by many retailers,  also allow Selmer to match its
production and  delivery schedules.  Selmer offers  the following  two forms  of
financing to qualified band instrument dealers:
 
         (i)  RECEIVABLE DATING:  Purchases  made from January through September
    have payment due in  October. Purchases made  from October through  December
    have  payment  due in  January. Customers  are  offered discounts  for early
    payment.
 
        (ii) NOTE  RECEIVABLE FINANCING:   Qualified  dealers may  convert  open
    accounts to a note payable to Selmer. The note program is offered in January
    and  October, and  coincides with  the receivable  dating program.  The note
    receivable is secured by dealer inventories and receivables. The majority of
    Selmer's  notes  receivable  are   purchased  by  a  third-party   financial
    institution,  on a full recourse  basis. Selmer's current arrangement, which
    allows the  financial institution  to  purchase, at  its  option, up  to  an
    aggregate  of $15.0 million  of notes receivable per  year, expires in 1997.
    Net notes receivable sales generated  approximately $13.0 million and  $12.0
    million in cash in 1995 and 1994, respectively.
 
    Unlike  many of  its competitors  in the  piano industry,  Steinway does not
provide extended financing arrangements to its dealers. To facilitate  long-term
financing  required by some dealers, Steinway has arranged for financing through
a third-party provider which generally involves no guarantee by Steinway.
 
   
    The Bank Credit  Facility was  restated on May  25, 1995,  and provides  the
Company  with a potential  borrowing capacity of  up to $60.0  million, based on
eligible accounts receivable and  inventory. Borrowings are  secured by a  first
lien  on  the  Company's  domestic  inventory,  receivables,  a  first  lien  on
Steinway's fixed assets and a second lien  on Selmer's fixed assets. As of  June
29,  1996,  $21.4 million  was outstanding,  and availability  was approximately
$43.5 million. The  Bank Credit Facility  bears interest, at  the option of  the
Company, at (i) the higher of the prime rate or the federal funds rate plus 0.5%
on  any day, plus 1.5%, or (ii) the Eurodollar rate plus 3.0%, and expires March
31, 2000. Open account loans with  foreign banks also provide for borrowings  by
Steinway's   foreign   subsidiaries  of   up  to   20  million   Deutsche  Marks
(approximately $13.5 million as of the date hereof).
    
 
   
    At June 29, 1996, the  Company's total outstanding indebtedness amounted  to
$194.1  million.  Such indebtedness  consists of  $21.4  million under  the Bank
Credit Facility,  $110 million  of 11.00%  Senior Subordinated  Notes due  2005,
$43.2  million of 11.00% Senior  Secured Notes due 2000,  $9.7 million of 10.92%
Senior Secured Notes  due 2000,  and $9.8 million  of notes  payable to  foreign
banks.  Cash interest paid during the six months ended July 1, 1995 and June 29,
1996 was $3.7 million  and $9.6 million, respectively,  and during fiscal  1993,
1994  and 1995 was  $6.5 million, $8.0 million  and $13.4 million, respectively.
The net proceeds of the  Offering will be used to  repay and defease the  11.00%
Senior  Secured Notes due 2000 and the 10.92% Senior Secured Notes due 2000. See
"Use of Proceeds." The Company's  debt agreements contain restrictive  covenants
that  place certain restrictions  on the Company,  including restrictions to the
Company's ability  to  make  investments  in  other  entities  or  to  pay  cash
dividends. See "Description of Certain Indebtedness."
    
 
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    The  Company believes that cash on hand, together with cash flow anticipated
from operations and available borrowings under the Bank Credit Facility, will be
adequate to meet debt service requirements, fund continuing capital requirements
and satisfy working capital and general corporate needs through the next  twelve
months.
 
    The  Company may  need to raise  additional funds through  public or private
debt or equity financing  in order to take  advantage of opportunities that  may
become  available to the Company, including more rapid expansion and acquisition
of businesses or products.
 
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
 
    In March  1995, the  Financial Accounting  Standards Board  ("FASB")  issued
Statement  of Financial Accounting  Standards ("SFAS") No.  121, "Accounting for
the Impairment of  Long-Lived Assets and  for Long-Lived Assets  to be  Disposed
Of,"  which the  Company adopted  effective January  1996. SFAS  No. 121  is not
expected to have  a material  effect on the  Company's net  income or  financial
position.  In  October  1995, the  FASB  issued  SFAS No.  123,  "Accounting for
Stock-Based  Compensation."  SFAS  No.  123  requires  expanded  disclosures  of
stock-based  compensation arrangements  with employees and  encourages (but does
not require) compensation cost  to be measured  based on the  fair value of  the
equity  instrument  awarded. Companies  are permitted,  however, to  continue to
apply Accounting  Principles  Board  ("APB") Opinion  No.  25  which  recognizes
compensation cost based on the intrinsic value of the equity instrument awarded.
The  Company  adopted SFAS  No. 123  effective  January 1,  1996 and  intends to
account for employee stock-based compensation arrangements under APB Opinion No.
25.
 
                                    STEINWAY
 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
    The following table is derived from Steinway's Statements of Operations  for
the  periods indicated and presents the results of operations as a percentage of
net sales:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE       NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                     30,             --------------------------
                                                           ------------------------   MARCH 31,     MARCH 31,
                                                              1993         1994          1994          1995
                                                           -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
<S>                                                        <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>
INCOME STATEMENT DATA:
  Net sales..............................................      100.0%       100.0%        100.0%        100.0%
  Cost of sales..........................................       70.9         69.0          68.9          66.9
                                                               -----        -----         -----         -----
    Gross profit.........................................       29.1         31.0          31.1          33.1
  Operating expenses.....................................       27.0         22.4          21.7          20.0
    Operating income.....................................        2.1%         8.6%          9.4%         13.2%
</TABLE>
 
    NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1995 COMPARED TO NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31,
1994
 
    NET SALES -- Net sales increased  by $15.8 million (20.3%) to $93.5  million
for  the nine months ended March  31, 1995. Steinway's strong recovery continued
through the nine  months ended  March 31,  1995. This  increase was  principally
attributable  to  an  8.9%  increase  in units  sold.  In  addition,  sales were
favorably affected by increases in selling prices of approximately 5.0%, both at
the wholesale and retail levels. The strengthening of the Deutsche Mark relative
to the dollar likewise positively  affected sales, contributing $4.4 million  to
the overall increase.
 
    GROSS  PROFIT  -- Gross  profit for  the  nine months  ended March  31, 1995
increased by $6.8  million (28.2%) to  $31.0 million, and  gross profit  margins
improved  to  33.1%  from  31.1%  for  the  comparable  period  in  1994.  These
improvements reflect both the sales  volume increase and improved absorption  of
production  overhead  as  activity  in  the  manufacturing  plants  continued to
increase to meet higher demand.
 
    OPERATING EXPENSES -- Selling, general and administrative ("SG&A")  expenses
increased  by $1.9 million  (11.0%) to $18.7  million for the  nine months ended
March 31,  1995.  The balance  is  consistent with  the  higher level  of  sales
activity.  The strengthening of the Deutsche  Mark accounted for $0.8 million of
this increase. As a percentage of  sales, SG&A expenses decreased to 20.0%  from
21.7% .
 
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    OPERATING  INCOME  --  The  increase in  sales  volume,  improved production
efficiency and continued cost containment  resulted in an increase in  operating
income  of $5.0 million (67.8%) to $12.3 million for the nine month period ended
March 31, 1995.
 
    NET INTEREST  EXPENSE --  Net  interest expense  decreased by  $0.4  million
(12.6%)  to  $2.7 million  principally due  to  Steinway's reduction  in amounts
outstanding under its revolving credit lines with cash generated by operations.
 
    FISCAL YEAR JUNE 30, 1994 COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR JUNE 30, 1993
 
    NET SALES -- Net sales increased by $12.2 million (13.6%) to $101.9  million
in  fiscal 1994. The continued economic recovery  in the United States and, to a
lesser extent, Europe contributed  to an increase in  unit sales of 17.6%.  This
volume  increase was somewhat offset by a weakening in the value of the Deutsche
Mark which resulted in a decrease of $3.2 million in sales.
 
    GROSS PROFIT  -- In  fiscal  1994, gross  profit  improved by  $5.5  million
(21.0%)  to $31.6  million. The  gross margin  improved to  31.0% from  29.1% in
fiscal 1993.  These  performance  indicators,  which  substantially  exceed  the
improvement  at the sales  level, reflect the positive  impact of cost reduction
programs implemented in  fiscal 1992 and  fiscal 1993 as  well as the  increased
manufacturing efficiency associated with the higher production volume.
 
    OPERATING  EXPENSES  --  SG&A expenses  (which  in 1993  included  a pension
curtailment gain  of $1.1  million and  restructuring charges  of $0.8  million)
decreased  by $1.4 million (5.7%) in fiscal 1994. Approximately one-half of this
decrease is attributable  to the  weakening of  the Deutsche  Mark. The  balance
resulted from reductions implemented during the year.
 
    OPERATING INCOME -- The impact of cost reduction programs implemented during
fiscal  1992  and  fiscal 1993,  as  well  as the  continued  economic recovery,
contributed to a tremendous improvement in operating profits, which increased by
$6.9 million (358%) to $8.8 million in fiscal 1994. These improved results  were
achieved  even as unit  sales remained well below  traditional levels. The total
grand piano unit sales  for fiscal 1994  of 2,572 was  only 76.3% of  Steinway's
30-year average of 3,011.
 
    NET  INTEREST  EXPENSE --  Net interest  expense  decreased by  $0.5 million
(12.5%) to $3.8 million in fiscal  1994 principally due to Steinway's  reduction
in  amounts outstanding under its revolving  credit lines with cash generated by
operations.
 
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                                    BUSINESS
 
GENERAL
 
    The  Company, through  its subsidiaries Steinway  and Selmer, is  one of the
world's leading  manufacturers of  musical  instruments. Steinway  produces  the
highest quality piano in the world and has one of the most widely recognized and
prestigious brand names. For more than a century, the Steinway concert grand has
been  the piano of  choice for the  world's greatest and  most popular pianists,
including artists such  as Vladimir  Horowitz, George Gershwin  and Billy  Joel.
More than 90% of all concert piano performances worldwide were on Steinway grand
pianos   during  the  1995  concert  season.  Selmer  is  the  leading  domestic
manufacturer  of  band  and  orchestral  instruments  and  related  accessories,
including  a  complete  line  of brasswind,  woodwind,  percussion  and stringed
instruments. SELMER PARIS  saxophones, BACH  trumpets and  trombones and  LUDWIG
snare  drums are  considered by many  to be  the finest such  instruments in the
world. In 1995, Selmer's domestic market share was approximately 42% in advanced
and professional band instruments and 25% in beginner instruments.
 
    Steinway concentrates on the high-end  grand piano segment of the  industry.
Steinway  also offers vertical pianos as well  as a mid-priced line of grand and
vertical pianos under the  Boston brand name to  provide dealers with a  broader
product  line. Steinway hand crafts its pianos in New York and Germany and sells
them through  more  than  200  independent  piano  dealers  worldwide  and  five
Steinway-operated  retail  showrooms located  in New  York, New  Jersey, London,
Hamburg and Berlin. In 1995, approximately  50% of Steinway's net sales were  in
the United States, 37% in Europe and the remaining 13% primarily in Asia.
 
    Selmer has the leading domestic market share in virtually all of its product
lines,  with such widely recognized brand  names as SELMER PARIS, BACH, GLAESEL,
WILLIAM LEWIS, LUDWIG and MUSSER. Selmer's  products are made by highly  skilled
craftsmen  at  manufacturing facilities  in  Indiana, North  Carolina,  Ohio and
Illinois, and  sold  through  more  than  1,600  independent  dealers.  Beginner
instruments  accounted  for 76%  of Selmer's  unit sales  and 53%  of instrument
revenues in 1995  with advanced  and professional  instruments representing  the
balance. In 1995, 81% of Selmer's net sales were in the United States.
 
    The  Company acquired Selmer in August  1993 from an affiliate of Integrated
Resources, Inc., and Steinway in May 1995 from John and Robert Birmingham.
 
HISTORY
 
    STEINWAY.  Steinway & Sons was  founded in 1853 by Henry Engelhard  Steinway
and  his three  sons. Steinway's  superior instruments  and aggressive marketing
efforts resulted in rapid expansion. By  1860, Steinway was the world's  largest
piano  manufacturer with 350 employees and  a weekly production of thirty square
and five grand pianos. In 1875, the Steinways established a showroom and concert
hall in London and, in 1880, a factory in Hamburg, Germany. In 1928,  Steinway's
current foreign manufacturing facility was opened in Hamburg.
 
    Steinway's  global success and fame was symbolized  by the 1925 opening of a
new Steinway Hall on West 57th Street in New York. In 1972, the Steinway  family
sold  their piano business  to an affiliate of  the Columbia Broadcasting System
television network ("CBS"), but remained intimately involved with the management
of the operations. In 1985, CBS sold Steinway to John and Robert Birmingham.  In
May 1995, the Company acquired Steinway from the Birmingham brothers.
 
    SELMER.  In 1885, Henri Selmer, a renowned French clarinetist, founded Henri
Selmer  et  Cie  ("Selmer  Paris"), a  French  musical  instrument manufacturer.
Alexander Selmer, Henri's brother, began to use clarinets manufactured by Selmer
Paris in symphony  performances throughout France  and America. After  receiving
many inquiries and requests for the clarinets, Alexander opened a retail shop in
New  York to sell musical instruments. Alexander  returned to Paris and left the
American Selmer concern  to an employee,  George Bundy. Mr.  Bundy directed  the
firm  until his death  in 1951 and  grew Selmer into  a leading manufacturer and
importer of musical instruments and related merchandise.
 
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    Through a number of  selected acquisitions and  internal growth, Selmer  has
expanded  into  a full-line  musical  instrument manufacturer.  In  1978, Selmer
acquired  Glaesel  Stringed  Instrument   Service,  Inc.,  a  manufacturer   and
distributor  of violins,  cellos and stringed  basses. In  1981, Selmer acquired
Ludwig Industries,  a  leading drum  manufacturer,  and Musser,  its  orchestral
percussion  division. In  1993, the  Company purchased  Selmer's assets  from an
affiliate of Integrated Resources, Inc. In  1995, Selmer acquired the assets  of
William  Lewis &  Son, a manufacturer  of orchestral  stringed instruments, from
Gemeinhardt Company, Incorporated.
 
BUSINESS STRATEGY
 
   
    The Company  believes  that  there  are  significant  opportunities  in  the
Steinway  and Selmer  businesses which  were not  fully pursued  by the previous
owners. The Company's strategy  is to capitalize on  its strong brand names  and
leading  market  positions  to grow  sales  and  profitability. On  a  pro forma
combined basis, the Company's  net sales and  earnings from operations  improved
8.7%  and 28.0%, respectively, for  1995 compared to 1994,  and 15.4% and 31.3%,
respectively, for the  first six months  of 1996 over  the comparable period  in
1995. The Company intends to pursue the following strategic opportunities.
    
 
    CAPITALIZE ON SELMER'S STRONG INDUSTRY DEMAND
 
   
    The  Company  believes  that the  domestic  demand for  band  and orchestral
instruments has increased significantly over the  last few years as a result  of
strong  demographic trends and a heightened  overall interest in music. Sales of
Selmer instruments have been generally resistant to macroeconomic cycles and are
strongly correlated to the number of  school children in the United States.  The
domestic  student population is currently the largest  it has been over the past
30 years and is expected to grow steadily over the next decade. During the  past
two  years, Selmer has been unable  to manufacture enough instruments to satisfy
the demand for  its products. Selmer  has recently made  investments to  improve
production  output  and  expand  capacity,  including  hiring  and  training  of
additional personnel and installation of state-of-the-art equipment. The Company
expects to benefit from increased production  in 1996. For the first six  months
of  1996, Selmer's net sales were up  15.0% with instrument unit volumes up 7.6%
compared to the first six months of 1995.
    
 
    INCREASE STEINWAY'S PENETRATION OF DOMESTIC MARKET
 
   
    Steinway's share of the domestic grand piano market was approximately 7%  in
1995.  The  Company  believes  there  is  a  significant  opportunity  to better
penetrate the domestic market through improved selling and marketing  techniques
and  better  training  and selection  of  dealers.  During the  past  two years,
Steinway has increased its focus on these efforts and has developed several  new
initiatives.  For  example, dealer  training  material has  been  redesigned and
customized marketing campaigns have been developed for all dealers. In addition,
each market  is  reviewed  periodically  and rated  relative  to  its  size  and
demographic  potential. Underperforming markets are targeted and a comprehensive
plan is developed to improve performance. Largely as a result of these measures,
domestic unit sales of grand pianos increased 11% from 1994 to 1995 and 23% from
the first six months of 1995 to the comparable period in 1996.
    
 
    The institutional segment  of the  U.S. piano market,  which includes  music
schools,  conservatories and universities, currently represents less than 10% of
Steinway's domestic sales. Until recently, many institutions have been reluctant
to purchase  new  pianos because  of  the high  cost  and their  limited  annual
budgets.  The  Company  estimates  that existing  institutional  pianos  have an
average age of approximately 30 years  and are, therefore, prime candidates  for
replacement.  In 1995, Steinway introduced a new marketing initiative, supported
by a  unique  third-party  financing  program,  which  enables  institutions  to
purchase  pianos on a long-term installment basis at attractive financing terms.
The historically high  resale value  of Steinway pianos  allows the  third-party
lender  to provide this  attractive financing program  without any obligation on
the  part  of  the  Company.  The  Company  believes  that  this  program   will
significantly   enhance  its  institutional  sales  efforts.  Since  its  recent
implementation, the program has helped generate additional institutional  sales,
including  the sale of over  80 pianos to two  major U.S. universities which had
previously been using competitors' pianos.
 
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    PURSUE STRATEGIC ACQUISITIONS
 
    The Company  believes  that the  fragmented  nature of  the  music  industry
provides  significant  opportunities for  acquisitions  to further  increase its
growth. The  Company  considers itself  uniquely  positioned to  make  strategic
acquisitions  in  complementary  music-related  businesses  due  to  its  market
leadership,  broad   distribution  capabilities   and  history   of   successful
acquisitions.  Several  acquisition  opportunities  have  been  identified  with
candidates that have attractive market shares  and growth potential, as well  as
other  candidates whose manufacturing  and distribution systems  can be combined
with the Company's  systems to  achieve operating  efficiencies. Currently,  the
Company  is at various stages of  discussions with several potential acquisition
candidates.
 
    EXPLOIT INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
 
    The Company  believes  that Steinway  is  well positioned  to  benefit  from
further  economic recovery in  Europe. Since 1992, the  number of Steinway grand
pianos sold outside the United States has been relatively flat at  approximately
900  units per year. However, for the 15 years prior to 1992, Steinway's foreign
operations sold approximately 1,200 to 1,400 grand pianos annually. The  Company
believes  this recent decline  is primarily due to  relatively weak economies in
Europe, particularly in its largest markets of Germany, Switzerland, France  and
Italy.  The Company believes that it has at least maintained its market share in
its foreign markets throughout this period and expects to benefit  significantly
from  a  recovery  of  foreign  sales  to  levels  which  more  closely resemble
Steinway's higher historical experience.
 
    In addition, the Company is  exploring expansion opportunities for  Steinway
beyond  its traditional markets of North America  and Western Europe. One of the
most attractive opportunities for Steinway lies in its continued expansion  into
the  Asian  piano market.  Steinway's current  market share  in Japan  and Korea
combined is less  than 1.0%,  although these countries  are two  of the  largest
piano  markets  in  the world.  Although  the  Steinway piano  has  an excellent
reputation in  Asia and  is the  piano  of choice  in virtually  every  Japanese
concert  venue,  Steinway has  not historically  focused significant  selling or
marketing efforts in  these markets.  The Company is  reviewing these  important
markets  and  is  taking  steps to  improve  Steinway's  local  distribution and
marketing capabilities.
 
    Although Selmer's brand names are  recognized worldwide, foreign sales  have
historically  represented less  than 20% of  Selmer's net sales,  due largely to
manufacturing capacity  limitations  at  its  present  facilities.  The  Company
believes that the European market presents significant opportunities for growth,
particularly  in the professional segment. To target this market, the Company is
aggressively pursuing relationships with  new dealers as  well as utilizing  the
existing Steinway dealer network.
 
    IMPROVE MANUFACTURING EFFICIENCIES
 
    The  Company  believes  that  Steinway and  Selmer  manufacture  the highest
quality musical instruments in  the world. The  manufacturing processes of  both
companies  require a significant  level of hand  craftsmanship. A Steinway grand
piano contains more than 12,000 parts. At Selmer, the manufacturing process  for
a  typical instrument  involves thousands  of intricate  and precise  steps. The
Company believes that, over  time, portions of  the manufacturing processes  for
Steinway  and Selmer can  be simplified or  stream-lined to improve productivity
without compromising  the quality  and integrity  of the  finished product.  The
Company  has  increased its  capital  expenditure budget  for  1996 and  1997 to
approximately $5.0 million from $4.1 million in  1995 on a pro forma basis.  The
majority  of this spending is targeted  for capacity expansion and manufacturing
quality and productivity improvements.
 
PRODUCTS
 
    STEINWAY.  Steinway concentrates on the high-end grand piano segment of  the
industry.  Steinway also offers vertical pianos as  well as a mid-priced line of
grand and vertical pianos under the Boston brand name to provide dealers with  a
broader  product  line.  Steinway  pianos  differ  from  all  others  in  design
specifications, materials used and assembly process. All of Steinway's  patented
designs  and innovations,  referred to  in the  piano industry  as "The Steinway
System," contribute to the unique sound and quality of the Steinway piano.
 
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    GRAND PIANOS.   Grand pianos  historically have  accounted for  the bulk  of
Steinway's  production. Steinway  offers eight  models of  the grand  piano that
range in length  from 155 cm  (5'1") for  a baby grand  to 274 cm  (9') for  the
largest  concert-style piano. The smaller grands are sold to both individual and
institutional  customers,  while  the  concert  grands  are  sold  primarily  to
institutions.  Grand pianos are at the premium  end of the piano market in terms
of quality and price, with  the Steinway grands dominating  the high end of  the
market  with retail  prices generally  ranging from  $27,600 to  $101,200 in the
United States.
 
    In 1995, Steinway sold 2,797 grand pianos, with 1,912 units shipped from its
New York facility and 885 units shipped from its Hamburg facility. The following
table shows the  Steinway grand  piano units  sold per  year for  the past  five
years.
 
         HISTORICAL STEINWAY GRAND PIANO UNIT SALES FOR YEARS 1991-1995
 
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<CAPTION>
 CALENDAR
   YEAR       NEW YORK      HAMBURG      TOTAL
- -----------  -----------  -----------  ---------
<S>          <C>          <C>          <C>
   1991           1,550        1,438       2,988
   1992           1,344          917       2,261
   1993           1,631          887       2,518
   1994           1,798          953       2,751
   1995           1,912          885       2,797
</TABLE>
 
    VERTICAL  PIANOS.  Steinway produces vertical  pianos primarily to offer its
dealers a complete line of pianos and  to satisfy the needs of institutions  and
other  customers  who  are constrained  by  space limitations  but  unwilling to
compromise on quality. Steinway's four models of vertical pianos range in height
from 114 cm (45") to 132 cm (52").
 
    THE BOSTON PIANO  LINE.   In October  1991, Steinway  introduced the  Boston
piano,  a complete line  of grand and  vertical pianos designed  by Steinway and
manufactured by a Japanese manufacturer to provide Steinway dealers with  pianos
priced  in  the high  end of  the middle  range  of the  piano market.  The line
provides dealers with an opportunity to realize better margins in the mid-market
price  range  while  capturing  sales  that  would  have  otherwise  gone  to  a
competitor.  The product  line increases  Steinway's business  with its dealers,
making Steinway the  dealers' primary supplier  in many instances.  Furthermore,
because  historically 75% of  Steinway customers have  previously owned a piano,
the Boston  piano is  expected  to provide  an  entry-level product  for  future
Steinway grand piano customers. The Boston line is comprised of nine upright and
grand piano models, with retail prices ranging from $4,995 to $33,310.
 
    SERVICES.  Steinway provides restoration services and sells piano parts from
its  New  York, London,  Berlin and  Hamburg  locations. Steinway  also provides
tuning and  regulating  services.  Restoration, repair,  tuning  and  regulating
services  are important because  they lead to potential  new customers. In 1995,
restoration services and piano parts accounted for approximately 7% of  revenue,
with  gross margins  of approximately  29%. As  a result  of the  quality of its
restorations and repairs, the demand  for restoration of existing Steinways  has
increased.
 
    SELMER.    Selmer  produces  and  distributes  a  wide  variety  of  musical
instruments and related products through its four operating divisions.
 
    SELMER DIVISION manufactures brasswind  and woodwind instruments,  including
clarinets, flutes, piccolos, trumpets, cornets, trombones, saxophones, oboes and
bassoons. The division also manufactures mouthpieces and distributes accessories
such as oils, lubricants, polishes, stands, batons, sax straps, mutes and reeds.
The  division's  products are  manufactured under  the  SELMER, BACH,  BUNDY and
SIGNET brand names and are sold to student, amateur and professional  musicians.
Products  sold to professional  musicians are often  customized to meet specific
design  options   or   sound   characteristics.  The   Company   believes   that
specialization  of products helps Selmer maintain  a competitive edge in quality
and product design.
 
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    Selmer  owns  the  exclusive  U.S.  distribution  rights  for  SELMER  PARIS
products.  The SELMER PARIS saxophone  is generally considered to  be one of the
best in the world. SELMER PARIS,  in turn, has exclusive distribution rights  to
Selmer's  woodwind and brasswind products in France. Selmer expects to renew the
99 year SELMER  PARIS distribution  rights agreement  when it  expires in  1998.
SELMER  PARIS products  represented approximately  7% of  Selmer's net  sales in
1995. While the extension of these distribution rights is expected, the  Company
believes  that  the failure  to extend  such  rights would  not have  a material
adverse effect on Selmer's operating results.
 
    LUDWIG/MUSSER  DIVISION   manufactures  acoustical   and  tuned   percussion
instruments,  including outfit  drums, marching drums,  concert drums, marimbas,
xylophones, vibraphones, orchestra bells, chimes, mallets and accessories.  This
division  manufactures its  products in  Monroe, North  Carolina and  La Grange,
Illinois under the LUDWIG and MUSSER brand names. LUDWIG is considered a leading
brand name in drums and MUSSER has the dominant market share of tuned percussion
products.
 
    GLAESEL/WILLIAM  LEWIS  DIVISION   manufactures  and  distributes   stringed
instruments,  including violins, violas, cellos and basses, and accessories such
as bridges, covers, mutes,  pads, chin rests, rosins,  strings, bows, cases  and
instrument  care  products.  Components  are  primarily  imported  from  several
European and Asian  suppliers and  are assembled  at the  factory in  Cleveland,
Ohio.
 
    VINCENT  BACH INTERNATIONAL, LTD. ("VBI"), located  in London, England, is a
wholly-owned  subsidiary  of  Selmer.  VBI  distributes  Selmer's  products,  in
addition  to other products that do not compete directly with Selmer's products,
in the United Kingdom. Selmer also exports products to Europe and other parts of
the world under its trademark name of VINCENT BACH INTERNATIONAL.
 
CUSTOMERS
 
    STEINWAY.  Steinway's  core customer base  consists of professional  artists
and   amateur  pianists,  as  well  as   institutions  such  as  concert  halls,
conservatories, colleges,  universities and  music schools.  Customers  purchase
Steinway  pianos  either through  one  of the  Company's  five retail  stores or
through independently owned dealerships. Over 90% of Steinway piano sales in the
United States are to individuals. In other countries, sales to individuals are a
smaller percentage and represent an opportunity for further market  penetration.
For  example, sales to individuals represent less  than 60% of sales in Germany.
Steinway pianos primarily are purchased by affluent individuals with incomes  in
excess of $100,000 per year. The typical customer is over 45 years old and has a
serious interest in music. Steinway's largest dealer accounted for approximately
8% of sales in 1995, while the top 15 accounts represented 28% of sales.
 
    The  Company believes there is a significant opportunity to better penetrate
the domestic market through improved selling and marketing techniques and better
training and  selection of  dealers. During  the past  two years,  Steinway  has
increased  its focus on these efforts and has developed several new initiatives.
For example,  dealer  training  material  has  been  redesigned  and  customized
marketing  campaigns  have been  developed for  all  dealers. In  addition, each
market is reviewed periodically and rated  relative to its size and  demographic
potential.  Underperforming  markets are  targeted and  a comprehensive  plan is
developed to improve performance. For  example, the Chicago market was  targeted
for  a  remedial  action  plan  in  1993  that  included  increased  promotional
activities and  a  change in  dealer  location. Largely  as  a result  of  these
measures, Chicago's sales volume doubled by 1995.
 
    SELMER.  Historically, a majority of Selmer's net sales has been to students
in  elementary and  high school.  Traditionally, students  join school  bands or
orchestras at  age 10  or 11  and  learn on  beginner level  instruments.  After
several years, they progress to an advanced or professional level instrument. In
addition,  certain large instruments typically  are purchased directly by school
systems. Selmer also sells to  professional players. Selmer's customers  include
over  1,600 musical instrument dealers.  Selmer's largest customer accounted for
approximately 4%  of  sales in  1995,  while  the top  15  accounts  represented
approximately 26% of sales.
 
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SALES AND MARKETING
 
    STEINWAY.   Steinway distributes its products primarily on a wholesale basis
through over 200 select dealers and distributors around the globe. The New  York
manufacturing  facility supplies dealers  in North and  Latin America, while the
Hamburg plant manufactures pianos for  sale through dealers and distributors  in
Europe,  Africa  and  Asia.  The New  York  manufacturing  facility manufactured
approximately 67% of Steinway pianos sold in 1995.
 
    Steinway operates  five  retail stores  in  New York,  New  Jersey,  London,
Hamburg and Berlin. Steinway's West 57th Street store in New York City, known as
Steinway Hall, is one of the largest and most famous piano stores in the world.
 
    In  1995, approximately 90% of Steinway unit  sales were sold on a wholesale
basis, with the remaining 10% being sold directly by Steinway at one of its five
company-owned retail  locations. According  to industry  statistics,  Steinway's
domestic market share of the grand piano market was approximately 7% in 1995.
 
    Dealers are attracted to Steinway for several reasons. A Steinway dealership
carries  with it an elevated status because the dealer represents the best piano
available in the  industry. Further, Steinway  pianos attract premium  customers
and  command higher profit margins than  the instruments of other manufacturers.
The Company believes that a Steinway dealership tends to be the most  profitable
in  any  given  market.  Steinway's  "Partnership  Program"  provides  a  mutual
commitment between Steinway  and its dealers.  Dealers are assigned  significant
exclusive  sales  territories,  provided  extensive  sales  training  and unique
pre-scripted promotional materials. In turn, dealers must carry a representative
level of  inventory,  support  Steinway's  concert  and  artist  activities  and
actively promote Steinway as the world's premier piano.
 
        NORTH  AND LATIN  AMERICA:   Steinway pianos are  sold by  dealers in 45
    states across the United States. The  major markets for Steinway pianos  are
    in  and around major metropolitan areas. The two largest regions in terms of
    sales  are  California   and  New   York,  which   together  accounted   for
    approximately  29% of domestic  wholesale revenue in  1995. Recognizing that
    the emerging markets  in Latin America  may continue to  grow, Steinway  has
    recently added dealers in Brazil and Argentina.
 
        EUROPE:    Germany, Switzerland,  France, the  United Kingdom  and Italy
    account for the greatest percentage of sales outside the Americas.  Steinway
    grand  pianos are also  sold in other  European countries. As  in the United
    States, Steinway is widely recognized in Europe as the highest quality piano
    and dominates the top  segment of the market.  The largest European  markets
    for Steinway pianos in 1995 were Germany and Switzerland.
 
        ASIA:   Japan  and Korea  are two  of the  largest piano  markets in the
    world. The largest market for Steinway pianos in Asia today is Japan,  where
    Steinway  recently  positioned  a  full-time  employee  to  head  the  Asian
    marketing efforts. Steinway grand  pianos are also sold  in most other  East
    Asian countries, many of which may present attractive growth opportunities.
 
    STEINWAY  ARTISTS.  The most effective form of marketing for Steinway is the
endorsement by world class pianists  who voluntarily select the Steinway  piano.
Unlike  many of its  competitors, Steinway does  not pay artists  to endorse its
instruments. Indeed, to become a "Steinway Artist" a pianist must not only  meet
certain  performance  and professional  criteria,  he or  she  must first  own a
Steinway piano. The Steinway Artist roster  currently exceeds over 1,000 of  the
world's finest pianists. Steinway Artists play only on a Steinway. In turn, they
have  access  to  the  Piano  Bank  described  below.  For  years  Steinway  has
successfully used artist endorsements to form marketing programs. Those  ongoing
programs  have helped solidify  brand-name recognition by  the general public as
well as clearly  demonstrate that Steinway  pianos surpass all  other brands  in
quality. In addition, various promotional events have been organized to maintain
and strengthen public awareness of the superiority of the Steinway piano.
 
    THE  CONCERT AND ARTIST  PIANO BANK.  Virtually  all major venues throughout
the world own a Steinway piano. However, to ensure all pianists, and  especially
Steinway Artists, have a broad selection of
 
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instruments  to  meet each  individual's touch  and tonal  preferences, Steinway
maintains the famed Concert and Artist Piano Bank (the "Piano Bank"). The  Piano
Bank  includes approximately  330 instruments  worldwide. Of  these instruments,
approximately 275  are located  in the  United  States. In  New York  City,  the
Steinway  concert department has  approximately 86 concert  grands available for
various occasions.  The  balance of  the  domestic-based pianos  are  leased  to
dealers around the country who actively support the Steinway Artists program. In
addition  to promoting  Steinway's name  in the  music industry,  the Piano Bank
provides  Steinway  with  feedback  on  the  quality  and  performance  of   the
instruments from its most critical customer, the professional pianist. Since the
average  age of the  instruments in the  Piano Bank is  approximately 3.3 years,
Steinway  receives  continuous  feedback   on  recently  produced   instruments.
Generally, the Piano Bank instruments are sold after five years and are replaced
with new pianos.
 
    INSTITUTIONAL  SALES.   Many  musical institutions  and music  teachers have
chosen to endorse Steinway pianos. For example, The Juilliard School in New York
uses Steinway pianos exclusively and currently has more than 200 of these pianos
in  use.  Nevertheless,  in  the  United  States,  such  sales  to  institutions
historically  have represented only  a small percentage  of Steinway's business.
Colleges and universities have been reluctant to purchase new pianos because  of
the  high  cost and  their limited  annual budgets.  The Company  estimates that
existing institutional pianos have an average age of approximately 30 years  and
are, therefore, prime candidates for replacement. In 1995, Steinway introduced a
new  marketing initiative, supported  by a unique  third-party financing program
with Banc One Leasing Corporation, which enables institutions to purchase pianos
on a long-term installment basis at attractive financing terms. The historically
high resale value of  Steinway pianos allows the  third-party lender to  provide
this  attractive financing  program without  any obligation  on the  part of the
Company. The Company believes that  this program will significantly enhance  its
institutional  sales efforts. Since  its recent implementation,  the program has
helped generate additional institutional  sales, including the  sale of over  80
pianos   to  two  major  U.S.  universities  which  had  previously  been  using
competitors' pianos.
 
    LIMITED EDITIONS.  In 1993 Steinway introduced its first limited edition  of
280  pianos commemorating  its 140th  anniversary. These  pianos featured unique
case designs and finishes.  The success of the  anniversary edition lead to  the
production  of a second limited edition of 146 pianos in 1995 featuring historic
Steinway case  designs and  decals. Both  limited editions  were sold  out in  a
matter  of days, providing premium margin sales for Steinway and further product
differentiation for its dealers. Steinway  intends to introduce similar  limited
editions in the future at appropriate time intervals.
 
    DISTRIBUTION,  SALES AND  MARKETING OF  THE BOSTON  PIANO LINE.   The Boston
piano line is  targeted toward the  high end  of the mid-market  segment of  the
market.  The  line was  introduced  to provide  a  broader product  offering for
dealers and  provide an  entry-level  product for  future Steinway  grand  piano
customers,  since historically 75% of Steinway customers have previously owned a
piano. With certain limited exceptions, Steinway allows only Steinway dealers to
carry the Boston piano line and thus ensures that the pianos will be marketed as
a complementary product line.  Increased traffic generated  by the Boston  piano
creates  current and future customers for Steinway. The introduction of a lower-
priced alternative  has not  negatively  impacted the  sales of  other  Steinway
pianos. The Boston piano line profits from the "spillover" effect created by the
marketing efforts supporting Steinway's main product lines.
 
    SELMER.   Selmer has 18 domestic district sales managers who, in addition to
their retail music distribution  responsibilities, form relationships with  high
school  and college band directors within  their territories. Each sales manager
is required to make  scheduled calls to educators  and professionals. The  local
dealer or distributor is typically responsible for making direct selling efforts
to  an individual  school and  is often a  designated supplier  for such school.
School band and orchestra directors refer students to the designated dealer  for
the   purchase  of  instruments.  Students   are  normally  offered  rent-to-own
arrangements with payments  averaging from $20  to $40  a month over  a one-  to
two-year  period. Typically only  larger instruments such  as tubas and stringed
basses are purchased by schools.
 
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    Selmer  supports  dealers  through   incentive  programs,  advertising   and
promotional activities. Trade shows, print media, direct mail and personal sales
calls  are the primary methods of reaching customers. Selmer actively advertises
in consumer trade magazines. In addition, Selmer executives attend several trade
shows a year, including  the two largest in  Anaheim, California and  Frankfurt,
Germany.  Selmer also  provides educational materials  and up-to-date instrument
catalogs to educators in the band, orchestral and percussion fields.
 
    In 1995, Selmer's domestic  market share was  approximately 42% in  advanced
and professional band instruments and 25% in beginner instruments.
 
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT INDUSTRY
 
    PIANOS.   In 1995, approximately  50% of Steinway's total  sales were in the
United States and  37% were in  Europe. The Company  believes that the  high-end
niche  of the piano market  occupied by Steinway is  stable in the United States
and Western Europe, and  significant growth is possible  in both Asia and  Latin
America.
 
    The  Company believes that since piano sales tend to follow general economic
trends, an upswing in the piano industry can be expected to occur as the general
economy continues to improve. The Company further believes that the high end  of
the  grand piano market generally lags behind the rest of the market in both the
downturn and recovery phases of the industry cycle.
 
    Vertical piano sales  have been impacted  not only by  the general  economic
recession,  but also  by the  increase in  competition stemming  from electronic
alternatives to the vertical piano and lower-cost and smaller grand pianos  mass
produced  by Asian  manufacturers. Since only  a small  percentage of Steinway's
profits are derived  from sales of  vertical pianos, the  Company believes  this
trend will not have a material adverse effect on Steinway's operating results.
 
    UNITED  STATES.   In  1995, the  musical instrument  industry in  the United
States generated  retail sales  of approximately  $5.5 billion.  Meanwhile,  the
acoustic piano industry, which represents approximately 11% of the total musical
instrument  industry, had retail sales of $598  million in 1995, up 7% from 1994
which included  an 11%  increase for  grand  pianos over  five feet  in  length.
Sixty-one percent of this increase was attributable to grand piano sales.
 
    During  the period  from 1991  to 1995, total  dollar sales  of grand pianos
increased at  an average  annual rate  of  7.3% from  $287.8 million  to  $371.8
million,  whereas vertical piano dollar sales increased during such period at an
average annual rate of only 1.5%. For Steinway, this market differential between
verticals versus grands is significant, as  the vast majority of Steinway's  net
sales is attributable to grand pianos.
 
    FOREIGN MARKETS.  Korea, China and Japan are the three largest piano markets
in  the world. Steinway's  strongest international markets  outside the Americas
are Germany, Japan, Switzerland, France, the United Kingdom and Italy.
 
    BAND AND  ORCHESTRAL  INSTRUMENTS.    Selmer  believes  that  the  band  and
orchestral   instrument  industry   has  historically  been   impacted  more  by
demographic trends  than  by  macroeconomic cycles.  Since  1984,  both  student
enrollment  (grades  K  through  12)  and  school  expenditures  have  increased
steadily. The U.S. Department of  Education projects that student enrollment  is
expected  to grow steadily over  the next decade. The  following table shows the
relationship between domestic industry  unit sales for  the years indicated  and
the number of live births in the United States 11 years prior.
 
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    RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIVE BIRTHS 11 YEARS PRIOR AND BAND INDUSTRY UNITS
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
EDGAR REPRESENTATION OF DATA POINTS USED IN PRINTED GRAPHIC
 
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             UNITS               LIVE BIRTHS
<S>        <C>        <C>        <C>
1974             595       1974          4098
1975             503       1975          4027
1976             497       1976          3760
1977             472       1977          3606
1978             472       1978          3521
1979             478       1979          3502
1980             462       1980          3600
1981             494       1981          3731
1982             462       1982          3556
1983             443       1983          3258
1984             363       1984          3137
1985             365       1985          3160
1986             371       1986          3144
1987             449       1987          3168
1988             475       1988          3327
1989             456       1989          3329
1990             441       1990          3468
1991             437       1991          3623
1992             429       1992          3645
1993             465       1993          3690
1994             465       1994          3616
1995             475       1995          3697
                           1996          3749
                           1997          3731
                           1998          3829
                           1999          3914
                           2000          4022
                           2001          4179
</TABLE>
 
    The  band  and  orchestral instrument  industry  experienced  moderate sales
declines starting in the mid to late 1970s, which Selmer believes were primarily
due to a reduction in  the number of students enrolled  in grades 4 through  12.
The  Company estimates that there are approximately 25,000 high schools with one
or more bands. Historically, approximately 1  in 10 ten-year-olds in the  United
States has played a band or orchestral instrument.
 
    Sales  improvements  have also  been caused  by  recent cultural  and social
trends. The  Company believes  that parents  are encouraging  their children  to
pursue   musical  instruments  as  a  response   to  recent  studies  that  show
participation in music programs increase a  student's ability to excel in  other
aspects  of their education (e.g.,  college entrance test scores). Additionally,
many school band directors are  promoting band programs as social  organizations
rather than the first step of intensive music study.
 
PRODUCTION PROCESS
 
    STEINWAY.   The manufacturing process of a  Steinway piano is an exercise in
diligence and  precision.  Much of  the  construction  of a  finished  piano  is
performed  by  hand. A  Steinway grand  piano  consists of  approximately 12,000
parts, each  of them  carefully made,  shaped and  inspected. The  manufacturing
process  takes  up to  nine months  and primarily  involves the  fabrication and
assembly of piano components by skilled workers, each of whom has his or her own
area of specialization. At the end of this process, each piano is tuned,  voiced
and  regulated to achieve the high standard of sound that customers have come to
expect from a Steinway piano.
 
    SELMER.  Selmer's  manufacturing process  involves a large  number of  tasks
performed by skilled craftsmen. Employees perform welding, forming, drilling and
polishing  applications  throughout  the  process.  Selmer  maintains  a  fairly
constant production schedule, minimizing labor disruptions and keeping inventory
relatively  stable.   Selmer's   Ludwig/Musser  Division   primarily   assembles
percussion  parts  and  components  purchased  from  both  domestic  and foreign
suppliers. Stringed instruments, except cellos (which Selmer manufactures),  are
assembled  and finished  at the  Glaesel/William Lewis  Division with unfinished
components imported from Europe and Asia.
 
    Raw materials for  use in the  production of the  Company's instruments  are
purchased predominately in the United States.
 
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LABOR
 
   
    As  of June 29, 1996, the Company employed 1,910 people, consisting of 1,416
hourly and 494 salaried employees. Of the 1,910 employees, 1,490 are employed in
the United States and the remaining 420 are employed in Europe. At the New  York
manufacturing   and   retail  facilities,   all  employees   except  executives,
supervisory employees and clerical,  administrative and retail sales  department
employees  are organized  under Local 102  of the  United Furniture Workers/IUE,
AFL/CIO. The  current labor  agreement covering  domestic employees  expires  on
September  30, 1997. In Hamburg, manufacturing  employees are represented by the
workers' council, Gewerkschaft  Holz und Kunststoff,  which negotiates on  their
behalf.  In  Germany, Steinway  participates in  a  consortium with  other local
manufacturers in similar industries,  primarily woodworking, to negotiate  labor
rates.  Wage  increases tend  to track  those  of the  major unions  in Germany.
Steinway's current  contract  covering  salaries and  wages  for  hourly  German
employees  is negotiated annually. Many of the Company's craftsmen are second or
third generation employees of Steinway. The  United Auto Workers and the  United
Brotherhood  of Carpenters represent 657 members of the Company's workforce. The
Company has experienced only one labor strike which lasted for 10 days in  March
1994  and  involved 415  hourly employees.  The Company's  collective bargaining
agreements expire  in  November 1996,  February  1997 and  September  1997.  The
Company believes that its relationship with its employees is generally good.
    
 
PROPERTIES
 
    The  Company  owns most  of  its manufacturing  and  warehousing facilities.
Substantially all of  the domestic real  estate has been  pledged to secure  the
Company's  debt. The  Company believes  its facilities  to be  in good operating
condition. The following table lists the Company's owned and leased facilities.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                          APPROXIMATE
                                          FLOOR SPACE
       LOCATION           OWNED/LEASED   (SQUARE FEET)                             USE
- -----------------------  --------------  -------------  ---------------------------------------------------------
<S>                      <C>             <C>            <C>
New York, NY                 Owned            449,900   Piano manufacturing; restoration center; parts sales;
                                                         sales; research and development; executive offices;
                                                         training
                             Leased            38,750   Steinway Hall retail store/showroom; Piano Bank for the
                                                         New York City metropolitan area
Hamburg, Germany             Owned            220,660   Piano manufacturing; executive offices; training
                             Leased            11,300   Steinway Haus retail store/showroom
Elkhart, IN                  Owned            144,000   Brasswind manufacturing
                             Owned             77,000   Woodwind manufacturing
                             Owned             75,000   Warehouse
                             Owned             25,000   Executive offices
LaGrange, IL                 Owned             46,000   Percussion instrument manufacturing
                             Leased            18,000   Timpani production
Monroe, NC                   Leased            44,000   Drum warehouse
                             Leased            42,000   Drum assembly
                             Leased            40,000   Case assembly
                             Leased            21,000   Drum woodshop
Cleveland, OH                Leased            35,000   Stringed instrument manufacturing
London, England              Leased            20,000   Vincent Bach International
                             Leased             9,580   Steinway Hall retail store/showroom
                             Leased             5,780   Piano repair/restoration
Berlin, Germany              Leased             5,650   Steinway Haus retail store/showroom
Paramus, NJ                  Leased             4,200   Steinway Hall West retail store
</TABLE>
 
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PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS
 
    The Company  has several  trademarks  and patents  effective in  the  United
States  and in several foreign countries  for varying lengths of time, including
the trademarks  STEINWAY,  STEINWAY  &  SONS,  the  Lyre  symbol,  STEINWAY  THE
INSTRUMENT  OF THE IMMORTALS, BOSTON, DESIGNED BY STEINWAY, SELMER, BACH, BUNDY,
SIGNET, WILLIAM LEWIS, LUDWIG and MUSSER. Steinway has pioneered the development
of the modern piano with over 125 patents granted since its founding. Several of
the Company's  patents remain  in force,  with additional  patents pending.  The
Company  considers  its  various  trademarks and  patents  to  be  important and
valuable assets.
 
COMPETITION
 
    STEINWAY.   In general,  the  piano market  in  which Steinway  operates  is
competitive; however, the level of competition Steinway faces depends to a large
extent  on the market  definition. While there  are many makers  of pianos, both
domestically and abroad,  only a  few compete directly  with Steinway.  Steinway
holds  a unique  position at the  top end of  the market for  grand and vertical
pianos, both in terms of quality and price. Other manufacturers of higher priced
pianos include Yamaha,  Bechstein, Baldwin, Bosendorfer  and Fazioli  Pianoforti
SLR.  However,  these manufacturers'  instruments  are generally  not considered
comparable in quality to the Steinway piano.
 
    Because of the potential savings  associated with buying a used  instrument,
as  well as the durability of the  Steinway piano, a relatively large market for
used Steinways exists.  It is  difficult to  estimate the  significance of  used
piano  sales, since most are conducted  in the private aftermarket. The Company,
however, believes  that  used  Steinway  pianos  provide  the  most  significant
competition  in its market segment. To  capitalize on this segment, Steinway has
recently increased  its  emphasis  on  both its  restoration  services  and  the
procurement, refurbishment and sale of used Steinway pianos.
 
    SELMER.    A number  of domestic  and foreign  manufacturers compete  in the
musical  instrument  industry.  Other  manufacturers  of  band  and   orchestral
instruments  include Yamaha,  United Musical  Instruments and  LeBlanc. However,
Selmer is the largest domestic producer  of band and orchestral instruments  and
enjoys  leading market shares  in many of  its product lines.  New entrants have
difficulty competing with Selmer due to the long learning curve inherent in  the
production   of  musical  instruments,  cost  of  tooling,  significant  capital
requirements, lack  of  name-brand  recognition and  an  effective  distribution
system.
 
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
 
    The  Company is subject to compliance with various federal, state, local and
foreign environmental regulations. On August 9, 1993, Philips Electronics  North
America  Corporation ("Philips") agreed to continue  to indemnify Selmer for any
and all  losses,  damages,  liabilities and  claims  relating  to  environmental
matters resulting from certain activities of Philips occurring prior to December
29,  1988 (the "Environmental Indemnity Agreement").  To date, Philips has fully
performed its  obligations  under  the Environmental  Indemnity  Agreement.  The
Environmental Indemnity Agreement terminates on December 29, 2008.
 
    Three unsettled matters covered by the Environmental Indemnity Agreement are
currently  pending. For  two of  these sites,  Philips has  entered into Consent
Orders with the Environmental  Protection Agency ("EPA")  or the North  Carolina
Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources, as appropriate, whereby
Philips  has agreed to pay required response  costs. For the third site, the EPA
has notified Selmer it intends to carry out the final remediation remedy itself.
The EPA estimates that this remedy has  a present net cost of approximately  $12
million.  Over 40 persons or entities have  been named by the EPA as potentially
responsible parties  at this  site. This  matter has  been tendered  to  Philips
pursuant  to the Environmental  Indemnity Agreement. The  potential liability of
the Company at any of these sites is affected by several factors including,  but
not  limited  to,  the  method  of remediation,  the  Company's  portion  of the
materials on the  site relative to  other named parties,  the number of  parties
participating   and  the   financial  capabilities  of   the  other  potentially
responsible parties once the relative share has been determined.
 
    The matters discussed above and the Company's compliance with  environmental
laws and regulations are not expected to have a material impact on the Company's
capital  expenditures, earnings or  competitive position. The  Company has taken
several remedial and preventative steps to comply with
 
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federal and state environmental regulations over the last 10 to 15 years.  These
measures  have  included  independent site  assessments,  installation  of water
treatment equipment and installation of  a hazardous material recycling  system.
The  Company believes that to the best  of its knowledge, no further incident of
contamination has  occurred since  December  1988. No  assurance can  be  given,
however,  that  additional  environmental issues  will  not  require additional,
currently unanticipated investigation, assessment or remediation expenditures or
that Philips  will  make  payments  that  it is  obligated  to  make  under  the
Environmental Indemnity Agreement.
 
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
    In  the ordinary course of  its business, the Company  is a party to various
legal actions that the Company believes are routine in nature and incidental  to
the  operation of  its business.  While the  outcome of  such actions  cannot be
predicted with certainty, the Company believes that, based on the experience  of
the  Company in  dealing with  these matters,  the ultimate  resolution of these
matters will  not have  a material  adverse impact  on the  business,  financial
condition  and  results  of operations  or  prospects  of the  Company.  See "--
Environmental Matters."
 
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                                   MANAGEMENT
 
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY
 
    Set  forth below are the names, ages, positions and offices held and a brief
account of the business  experience for each executive  officer and director  of
the Company.
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
        NAME              AGE                                      POSITION
- ---------------------     ---     --------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                    <C>        <C>
Kyle R. Kirkland          34      Chairman of the Board
Dana D. Messina           34      Chief Executive Officer and Director
Thomas Burzycki           52      President -- Selmer and Director
Bruce Stevens             54      President -- Steinway and Director
Dennis Hanson             42      Chief Financial Officer
Michael R. Vickrey        53      Executive Vice President
Thomas Kurrer             47      Managing Director, Steinway-Germany
Peter McMillan            38      Director
</TABLE>
    
 
    KYLE R. KIRKLAND, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND DIRECTOR.  Mr. Kirkland has been
a principal of Kirkland Messina, Inc. since 1994. Mr. Kirkland was a Senior Vice
President of a Los Angeles-based investment bank from 1991 to 1994, where he was
responsible  for its private placement financing  activities. From 1990 to 1991,
Mr. Kirkland was employed by Canyon Partners  as a Vice President. From 1988  to
1990  he  was  employed  by  Drexel  Burnham  Lambert  in  its  High  Yield Bond
Department. Mr.  Kirkland  is  also  a  director,  at  the  request  of  certain
creditors, of International Airline Support Group, Inc.
 
    DANA D. MESSINA, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR.  Mr. Messina has been
a  principal of Kirkland Messina, Inc. since 1994. Mr. Messina was a Senior Vice
President of a Los Angeles-based investment bank from 1990 to 1994, where he was
responsible for all of  its corporate finance  and merchant banking  activities.
From  1987 to 1990, he was employed at  Drexel Burnham Lambert in its High Yield
Bond Department.
 
    THOMAS BURZYCKI, PRESIDENT-SELMER AND DIRECTOR.  Mr. Burzycki joined  Selmer
in 1990 as President. From 1978 to 1990, Mr. Burzycki held various financial and
operational  positions with United Musical Instruments, including President from
1985 to 1990.
 
    BRUCE STEVENS, PRESIDENT-STEINWAY AND DIRECTOR.  Mr. Stevens was employed by
the Polaroid Corporation  for 18 years.  Mr. Stevens held  various positions  at
Polaroid  and in 1980  moved to Tokyo,  Japan, where he  operated a $100 million
subsidiary of Polaroid, eventually returning to the United States as Director of
Marketing for all of Polaroid's  international business. After leaving  Polaroid
in  1984, he became the President of Robert Williams, Inc. He joined Steinway in
1985 when Steinway was acquired from CBS. He has served on numerous industry and
music education committees.
 
    DENNIS HANSON, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.  Mr. Hanson serves as the  Company's
Chief  Financial Officer  as well as  the Company's General  Counsel. Mr. Hanson
started his career in public accounting at  Haskins and Sells in 1976. In  1980,
he  joined Computervision Corporation, where he held various financial positions
including Vice President of Audit. He joined Steinway in 1988 as Vice  President
Finance and assumed duties as General Counsel in 1993.
 
    MICHAEL R. VICKREY, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT.  Mr. Vickrey has been employed
by  Selmer  since 1970.  He  has held  the  positions of  Controller, Accounting
Manager, Cost Accounting Manager and  Regional Credit Manager. Prior to  joining
Selmer,  Mr. Vickrey spent seven years  in the banking industry, specializing in
commercial finance.
 
    THOMAS KURRER, MANAGING DIRECTOR, STEINWAY-GERMANY.  Mr. Kurrer was employed
by the  German-American Chamber  of Commerce  in  New York  from 1976  to  1978.
Between 1978 and 1989, he held
 
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various  positions  of increasing  responsibility with  the Otto  Wolff-Group, a
conglomerate of  steel  and machinery  equipment  companies. Mr.  Kurrer's  last
position  with the  Otto Wolff-Group  was Managing  Director of  Wirth GmbH. Mr.
Kurrer joined Steinway in 1989 as Managing Director of the Hamburg facility.
    
 
    PETER MCMILLAN,  DIRECTOR.   Mr. McMillan  is Executive  Vice President  and
Chief  Investment Officer  of SunAmerica  Investments, Inc.  As Chief Investment
Officer, Mr. McMillan has overall  investment management responsibility for  the
major  asset classes in SunAmerica's portfolio, including government securities,
mortgage-backed  securities,  public  and  private  bonds,  and  commercial  and
residential  mortgages. Mr. McMillan joined SunAmerica Investments, Inc. in 1989
after managing the fixed-income portfolio  for Aetna Life Insurance and  Annuity
Company.
 
    Each  director of the Company is elected for a period of one year and serves
until his successor is duly elected and appointed.
 
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
    The following table sets forth the  annual compensation paid and accrued  by
the  Company for  services rendered during  the fiscal years  ended December 31,
1995, 1994 and 1993 to  (i) the Company's Chief  Executive Officer and (ii)  the
four  other most highly compensated executive officers of the Company serving at
the end of the last completed fiscal year ("Named Executive Officer").
 
                       SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE (1)(2)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              ANNUAL COMPENSATION
                                                                 ---------------------------------------------
                                                                                              OTHER ANNUAL
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION                         FISCAL YEAR    SALARY        BONUS        COMPENSATION
- --------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -------------------
<S>                                                 <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
Kyle R. Kirkland..................................       1995    $         1      --                   (3)
 Chairman of the Board                                   1994    $         1      --                   (3)
                                                         1993    $         1      --                   (3)
Dana D. Messina...................................       1995    $         1      --                   (3)
 Chief Executive Officer                                 1994    $         1      --                   (3)
                                                         1993    $         1      --                   (3)
Thomas Burzycki...................................       1995    $   268,000  $   263,000
 President -- Selmer                                     1994    $   268,000  $   180,000
                                                         1993(4) $   268,000  $    82,000
Bruce Stevens ....................................       1995(5) $   340,000  $    70,000
 President -- Steinway
Dennis Hanson ....................................       1995(5) $   170,000  $   100,000
 Chief Financial Officer
Michael R. Vickrey................................       1995    $   100,000  $   112,000
 Executive Vice President                                1994    $   100,000  $    70,000
                                                         1993(4) $   100,000  $    45,000
Thomas Kurrer ....................................       1995(5) $   278,300  $   135,043
 Managing Director, Steinway-Germany
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
(1) The table does not include the cost for personal benefits made available  by
    the Company. However, no executive officer named in the Summary Compensation
    Table  received such compensation in excess of  the lesser of $50,000 or 10%
    of such officer's cash compensation, nor did all executive officers together
    receive such other compensation in excess of the lesser of $50,000 times the
    number of such executive  officers or 10% of  such officers' aggregate  cash
    compensation.
 
(2) The Company did not have any stock option or other long-term incentive plans
    based  on the performance of the Company during the periods reflected in the
    Summary Compensation Table.
 
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(3) Kyle Kirkland and Dana Messina received compensation indirectly pursuant  to
    the  Selmer  and Steinway  Management Agreements  which allowed,  subject to
    certain performance criteria, the payment of $400,000 in the aggregate.  The
    Selmer and Steinway Management Agreements have been replaced with agreements
    which  allow for a  payment of $200,000  for each of  Kyle Kirkland and Dana
    Messina. See  "Employment  Contracts."  In  connection  with  the  Offering,
    Kirkland  Messina, Inc., a company owned  by Kyle Kirkland and Dana Messina,
    will receive a  fee of  $1.0 million for  arranging, negotiating,  obtaining
    bank  waivers and other required consents, financial and market analyses and
    other similar consulting and investment banking services. See "Related Party
    Agreements."
 
(4) Salary and bonus  for 1993 reflect  payments made by  the Company after  the
    Company's  acquisition of Selmer in August 1993  as well as payments made by
    the Predecessor prior to that date.
 
(5) Salary and bonus  for 1995 reflect  payments made by  the Company after  the
    Steinway  Acquisition in May 1995 as well as payments made by Steinway prior
    to that date.
 
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
 
    Contemporaneous with the Offering, the Company will enter into an  agreement
with  Kyle Kirkland  and Kirkland  Messina, Inc.  which will  provide that until
December 31, 2006, unless earlier terminated  in accordance with its terms,  Mr.
Kirkland  will  serve as  Chairman of  the Company.  The consideration  for such
services will be  an annual payment  of $200,000  subject to an  annual cost  of
living  adjustment. In addition, Mr. Kirkland may be entitled to receive bonuses
and certain other employment benefits as determined by the Board of Directors in
its discretion. Mr. Kirkland will be required to devote his time to the  Company
as  may be reasonably required to  discharge his obligations under the agreement
and otherwise will be permitted to  render similar services to other  companies.
Upon  a  Change of  Control (as  defined  in the  agreement), the  contract will
terminate.
 
    Contemporaneous with the Offering, the Company will enter into an  agreement
with  Dana  Messina and  Kirkland Messina,  Inc. which  will provide  that until
December 31, 2006, unless earlier terminated  in accordance with its terms,  Mr.
Messina  will serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The consideration
for such services will  be an annual  payment of $200,000  subject to an  annual
cost  of living adjustment. In addition, Mr.  Messina may be entitled to receive
bonuses and certain  other employment  benefits as  determined by  the Board  of
Directors  in its discretion. Mr. Messina will be required to devote his time to
the Company as may be reasonably required to discharge his obligations under the
agreement and otherwise will  be permitted to render  similar services to  other
companies.  Upon a Change of Control (as defined in the agreement), the contract
will terminate.
 
    On June 22,  1993, the  Company entered  into an  Employment Agreement  with
Thomas  Burzycki  that  became  effective on  August  11,  1993.  Such agreement
provides that  until  December 31,  1996  unless affirmatively  terminated,  Mr.
Burzycki  will serve as President  of Selmer in consideration  of an annual base
salary of $268,000 per  year, which base salary  may be increased following  the
end  of each  year of  service. In addition  to a  base salary,  Mr. Burzycki is
eligible  to  receive  bonuses  and  certain  other  employment  benefits.   Mr.
Burzycki's  Employment Agreement  provides that,  in certain  circumstances, the
Company is obligated to pay up to  $550,000 to Mr. Burzycki upon termination  of
his employment by Selmer.
 
   
    In  July 1996, the Company entered into  a Noncompete Agreement with each of
Thomas  Burzycki,  Bruce  Stevens,  Dennis  Hanson  and  Michael  Vickrey.   The
Noncompete  Agreements remain in  effect for a  period of ten  years and bar the
individual parties thereto  from competing  with the Company  in any  geographic
region  in which the Company then conducts business. Additionally, provided that
the individual parties thereto refrain from engaging in certain restricted sales
of Ordinary Common Stock, each Noncompete Agreement commits the Company to renew
the individual  party's  employment  agreement described  below  for  successive
one-year periods over the life of the Noncompete Agreement.
    
 
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    On  May 1, 1995, the Company entered into an Employment Agreement with Bruce
Stevens that provides that  until December 31, 1996,  Mr. Stevens will serve  as
President  of Steinway in consideration of an annual base salary of $340,000 per
year, which base  salary may  be increased  following the  end of  each year  of
service.  In  addition to  a base  salary,  Mr. Stevens  is eligible  to receive
bonuses and certain other employment benefits. Mr. Stevens' Employment Agreement
provides that, in certain circumstances, the  Company is obligated to pay up  to
$340,000,  plus the salary  for the remainder  of his term,  to Mr. Stevens upon
termination of his employment by Steinway.
 
    On May 1, 1995, the Company entered into an Employment Agreement with Dennis
Hanson that provides  that until  December 31, 1996,  Mr. Hanson  will serve  as
Chief Financial Officer of the Company in consideration of an annual base salary
of  $170,000 per year, which  base salary may be  increased following the end of
each year of service. In  addition to a base salary,  Mr. Hanson is eligible  to
receive  bonuses and certain other  employment benefits. Mr. Hanson's Employment
Agreement provides that, in certain  circumstances, the Company is obligated  to
pay up to $210,000, plus the salary for the remainder of his term, to Mr. Hanson
upon termination of his employment by Steinway.
 
    On  December 19, 1995, the Company entered into an Employment Agreement with
Michael Vickrey that  provides that until  December 31, 1996,  Mr. Vickrey  will
serve  as Executive Vice President of the  Company in consideration of an annual
base salary of $100,000 per year,  which base salary may be increased  following
the  end of each year of  service. In addition to a  base salary, Mr. Vickrey is
eligible to receive bonuses and certain other employment benefits. Mr. Vickrey's
Employment Agreement provides  that, in  certain circumstances,  the Company  is
obligated to pay $100,000, plus the salary for the remainder of his term, to Mr.
Vickrey upon termination of his employment by the Company.
 
    As of May 8, 1989, Steinway entered into an Employment Agreement with Thomas
Kurrer  that  provides  that  Mr.  Kurrer will  serve  as  Managing  Director of
Steinway's German  operations  in consideration  of  an annual  base  salary  of
Deutsch  Mark 300,000, which base  salary may be increased  following the end of
each year of service. In  addition to a base salary,  Mr. Kurrer is eligible  to
receive   bonuses  and   certain  other   employment  benefits.   The  agreement
automatically renews every  three years  unless at  least 12  months' notice  is
given by either party.
 
RELATED PARTY AGREEMENTS
 
    Selmer   previously  entered  into  a   Management  Agreement  (the  "Selmer
Management Agreement")  with Kirkland  Messina, Inc.,  a company  owned by  Kyle
Kirkland  and  Dana Messina,  pursuant to  which Selmer  agreed to  pay Kirkland
Messina, Inc.  an aggregate  of  $250,000 per  year  to provide  management  and
consulting services, monitor the business of Selmer and conduct periodic reviews
of  such business as reasonably requested by Selmer's board of directors, assist
in developing a long-term strategic plan and identify, review and analyze merger
and acquisition opportunities. In addition,  the Company paid Kirkland  Messina,
Inc.  a one-time transaction  and consulting fee of  $750,000 in connection with
the Steinway Acquisition pursuant to an unwritten agreement for its services  in
arranging  and structuring  the Steinway  Merger Agreement,  obtaining long-term
financing, negotiating  the  terms  of  the Bank  Credit  Facility  and  related
documents  and  providing  financial  and  market  analyses  and  other  similar
consulting and investment banking services.
 
    Steinway previously  entered  into  a Management  Agreement  (the  "Steinway
Management  Agreement") with Kirkland Messina,  Inc., pursuant to which Steinway
agreed to pay Kirkland Messina, Inc. up to an aggregate of $150,000 per year  to
provide, among other things, management and consulting services similar to those
provided under the Selmer Management Agreement.
 
    Upon  consummation  of  the  Offering,  both  of  the  Selmer  and  Steinway
Management Agreements  will  be  terminated and  replaced  with  the  agreements
discussed above under "Employment Contracts."
 
    In  connection with the Offering, Kirkland  Messina, Inc. will receive a fee
of $1.0  million for  arranging,  negotiating and  obtaining waivers  and  other
required  consents and  for providing  financial and  market analyses  and other
similar consulting and investment banking services.
 
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    Kirkland Messina, Inc. is a merchant  banking firm founded by Kyle  Kirkland
and  Dana  Messina  in  1994.  The firm  is  a  licensed  broker-dealer  and has
participated in numerous financing, leveraged recapitalization and restructuring
transactions. See "Risk Factors -- Control by Principal Stockholders;  Conflicts
of Interest."
 
1996 STOCK PLAN
 
   
    Contemporaneous  with the  Offering, the Company  will adopt  the 1996 Stock
Plan. The total number  of shares of Ordinary  Common Stock subject to  issuance
under  the 1996 Stock Plan is 778,250, subject to adjustments as provided in the
1996 Stock Plan. The  1996 Stock Plan  provides for the  grant of stock  options
(including  incentive stock  options as defined  in Section 422  of the Internal
Revenue Code  of  1986, as  amended,  and non-qualified  stock  options),  stock
appreciation  rights ("SARs") and other stock awards (including restricted stock
awards and  stock  bonuses)  to  employees of  the  Company,  its  subsidiaries,
affiliates  or any consultant or advisor engaged by the Company who renders bona
fide services to  the Company  or the  Company's subsidiaries  or affiliates  in
connection  with  their  businesses; provided,  that  such services  are  not in
connection  with  the  offer  or  sale  of  securities  in  a  capital   raising
transaction.  Prior to the date when securities are first registered pursuant to
Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the 1996 Stock Plan will be administered by  the
Company's  Board of Directors.  Upon registration of  the Ordinary Common Stock,
the 1996 Stock Plan will be administered by the Option Committee of the Board of
Directors (the "Committee") which will  be comprised of "disinterested  persons"
within  the meaning  of Rule  16b-3 of  the Exchange  Act. Stock  options may be
granted by the Committee on such terms, including vesting and payment forms,  as
it  deems  appropriate  in  its  discretion; provided,  that  no  option  may be
exercised later  than ten  years after  its grant,  and the  purchase price  for
incentive  stock options and non-qualified stock  options shall not be less than
100% and 85% of the fair market value  of the Ordinary Common Stock at the  time
of  grant, respectively.  SARs may  be granted by  the Committee  on such terms,
including payment forms, as the Committee deems appropriate, provided that a SAR
granted in connection  with a stock  option shall become  exercisable and  lapse
according to the same vesting schedule and lapse rules established for the stock
option  (which shall not exceed  ten years from the date  of grant). A SAR shall
not be exercisable during  the first six  months of its term  and only when  the
fair  market value  of the  underlying Ordinary  Common Stock  exceeds the SAR's
exercise price and is  exercisable subject to any  other conditions on  exercise
imposed  by the Committee. Unless terminated by the Board of Directors, the 1996
Stock Plan  continues  for  ten  years  from the  date  of  adoption.  Upon  the
occurrence  of an event constituting a change  in control of the Company, in the
sole discretion of the Committee, all options, SARs and other awards will become
immediately  exercisable  in  full  for   the  remainder  of  their  terms   and
restrictions  on stock granted pursuant to  a restricted stock award will lapse.
The Board of Directors has authorized  the grant of options to certain  officers
and  key employees to purchase an aggregate of 553,500 shares of Ordinary Common
Stock under the 1996 Stock Plan at the initial public offering price  contingent
upon the consummation of the Offering.
    
 
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
 
    During  fiscal  1995,  the  Company's  Board of  Directors  did  not  have a
compensation committee  or other  committee  performing similar  functions.  All
compensation decisions concerning the Company's executive officers during fiscal
1995 were made by the entire Board of Directors.
 
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                             PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
 
   
    The  following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial
ownership of voting securities of  the Company by (i)  each person known by  the
Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of any class of the Company's
voting securities, (ii) each of the directors and named officers of the Company,
and (iii) all executive officers and directors of the Company as a group.
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         AMOUNT AND NATURE OF BENEFICIAL
                               AMOUNT AND NATURE OF BENEFICIAL        OWNERSHIP OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK (1)
                             OWNERSHIP OF ORDINARY COMMON STOCK
                           ---------------------------------------   ---------------------------------------
                            BEFORE                AFTER               BEFORE               AFTER
                           OFFERING   PERCENT   OFFERING   PERCENT   OFFERING   PERCENT   OFFERING   PERCENT
                           ---------  -------   ---------  -------   --------   -------   --------   -------
<S>                        <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>
SunAmerica Life Insurance
 Company.................  1,553,355   28.4%    1,553,355   17.1%      --        --         --        --
  1 SunAmerica Center
  Los Angeles, California
  90067
John Hancock Mutual Life
 Insurance Company.......  1,543,637   28.2%    1,368,185   15.1%      --        --         --        --
  200 Clarendon Street
  John Hancock Place,
  57th Floor Boston,
  Massachusetts 02117
Equitable Capital Private
 Income and Equity
 Partnership II, L.P.....    583,149   10.6%      450,189    5.0%      --        --         --        --
  c/o Alliance Corporate
  Finance Group
  Incorporated
  1345 Avenue of the
  Americas, 37th Floor
  New York, New York
  10105
Directors
  Thomas T. Burzycki.....    197,080    3.6%      197,080    2.2%      --        --         --        --
  Kyle Kirkland (3)......    191,791    3.5%      191,791    2.1%    226,949     47.5%    226,949     47.5%
  Dana D. Messina (3)....    198,266    3.6%      198,266    2.2%    251,004     52.5%    251,004     52.5%
  Bruce Stevens..........     86,173    1.6%       86,173    0.9%      --        --         --        --
  Peter McMillan (2).....     (2)       (2)
Other Executive Officers
  Dennis Hanson..........     41,601    0.8%       41,601    0.5%      --        --         --        --
  Michael R. Vickrey.....    145,132    2.6%      145,132    1.6%      --        --         --        --
  Thomas Kurrer..........     41,601    0.8%       41,601    0.5%
All directors and
 executive officers as a
 group (8 persons)
 (2)(3)..................    901,645   16.5%      901,645    9.9%    477,953    100.0%    477,953    100.0%
</TABLE>
    
 
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(1)  Each  share of Class  A Common Stock  has 98 votes.  Each share of Ordinary
     Common Stock has one vote.
 
   
(2)  Mr. McMillan is Executive  Vice President and  Chief Investment Officer  of
     SunAmerica  Investments, Inc. As Chief Investment Officer, Mr. McMillan has
     overall investment management responsibility for the major asset classes in
     SunAmerica's investment portfolio, including the 1,553,355 shares owned  by
     SunAmerica  Life  Insurance  Company.  Mr.  McMillan  disclaims  beneficial
     ownership of such shares.
    
 
(3)  Includes 6,922 shares owned by Kirkland Messina, Inc., which may be  deemed
     to be beneficially owned by both Kyle Kirkland and Dana Messina.
 
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                              SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
 
    The  following table sets forth information regarding the shares of Ordinary
Common Stock (i) beneficially owned by  the Selling Stockholders and (ii) to  be
sold by the Selling Stockholders in the Offering.
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                       SHARES TO
                                                                                      BE SOLD IN
                                                           SHARES OWNED PRIOR TO THE      THE      SHARES TO BE OWNED AFTER THE
                                                                   OFFERING            OFFERING              OFFERING
                                                           -------------------------  -----------  -----------------------------
NAME AND ADDRESS                                              NUMBER     PERCENTAGE    NUMBER(1)    NUMBER(1)     PERCENTAGE(1)
- ---------------------------------------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  ------------  ---------------
<S>                                                        <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company(2)............     1,543,637        28.2%     175,452      1,368,185          15.1%
  200 Clarendon Street
  John Hancock Place, 57th Floor
  Boston, Massachusetts 02117
Equitable Capital Private Income and Equity Partnership
 II, L.P.(3).............................................       583,149        10.6%     132,960        450,189           5.0%
  c/o Alliance Corporate Finance Group Incorporated
  1345 Avenue of the Americas,
  37th Floor
  New York, New York 10105
BNY Financial Corporation(4).............................       198,100         3.6%     198,100              0             0%
  1290 Avenue of the Americas
  3rd Floor
  New York, New York
Allstate Life Insurance Company(2).......................        82,327         1.5%      82,327              0             0%
  Allstate Plaza West
  3100 Sanders Road, Suite M2A
  Northbrook, Illinois 60062
BEA Associates(2)(5).....................................        82,327         1.5%      20,582         61,745             *
  c/o Atwell & Co.
  P O Box 456
  Wall Street Station
  New York, New York 10005
Lipper & Company(2)(6)...................................        20,579           *       20,579              0             0%
  101 Park Avenue, 6th Floor
  New York, New York 10178
</TABLE>
    
 
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*   Represents less than one percent.
 
   
(1)  If  the  Underwriters' over-allotment  option  is exercised  in  full, John
    Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company will sell an additional 53,796  shares
    in  the Offering and Equitable Capital Private Income and Equity Partnership
    II, L.P. will sell an additional 40,704 shares in the Offering.
    
 
   
(2) John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Allstate Life Insurance Company,
    BEA Associates and Lipper & Company hold $20 million, $4 million, $4 million
    and $2.315 million principal amount,  respectively, of the Company's  11.00%
    Senior  Secured Notes due 2000. The Company  intends to use a portion of the
    net proceeds from the Offering to  redeem such Notes. See "Use of  Proceeds"
    and "Description of Certain Indebtedness."
    
 
   
(3) Equitable Capital Private Income and Equity Partnership II, L.P. ("Equitable
    Fund") is a third party fund whose general partner is indirectly held by The
    Equitable  Companies Incorporated,  which in  turn indirectly  owns 80.2% of
    Donaldson, Lufkin  &  Jenrette Securities  Corporation.  Alliance  Corporate
    Finance Group Incorporated, which is the investment sub-advisor to Equitable
    Fund,  holds $10  million principal  amount of  the Company's  10.92% Senior
    Secured Notes due  2000. The Company  intends to  use a portion  of the  net
    proceeds  from the Offering to redeem such  Notes. See "Use of Proceeds" and
    "Description of Certain Indebtedness." In  addition, from September 1993  to
    January  1996, an officer  of Alliance Corporate  Finance Group Incorporated
    served as a director of the Company.
    
 
   
(4) BNY Financial  Corporation is  the Company's  lender under  its Bank  Credit
    Facility. See "Description of Certain Indebtedness -- Bank Credit Facility."
    
 
   
(5)  BEA Associates is affiliated  with CS First Boston  Corporation, one of the
    representatives of the Underwriters, in  that they are both indirectly  held
    by CS Holding.
    
 
   
(6) Lipper & Company also holds $3 million principal amount of the Company's 11%
    Senior   Subordinated   Notes  due   2005.   See  "Description   of  Certain
    Indebtedness."
    
 
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                          DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
 
    The following description of  the capital stock of  the Company and  certain
provisions of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate") and
Bylaws  ("Bylaws")  is  a  summary  and is  qualified  in  its  entirety  by the
provisions of the  Certificate and Bylaws,  copies of which  have been filed  as
exhibits to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part.
 
   
    Upon completion of the Offering, the authorized capital stock of the Company
will  consist of (i) 90,000,000 shares of Ordinary Common Stock, $.001 par value
per share, of which 9,079,174 shares will be outstanding, (ii) 5,000,000  shares
of  Class A Common  Stock, $.001 par value  per share, of  which 477,953 will be
outstanding and (iii) 5,000,000 shares of  Preferred Stock, $.001 par value  per
share ("Preferred Stock"), of which no shares will be outstanding.
    
 
ORDINARY COMMON STOCK AND CLASS A COMMON STOCK
 
    The  Certificate  authorizes  two  classes  of  Common  Stock  designated as
Ordinary Common Stock and Class A Common Stock. With the exception of  disparate
voting power, both classes of Common Stock are substantially identical.
 
    Each  share of Ordinary Common  Stock and Class A  Common Stock entitles the
record holder  to  one  vote and  98  votes,  respectively, at  any  meeting  of
stockholders  or in  any action  by written consent  of stockholders  in lieu of
meeting. The holders  of Ordinary  Common Stock and  Class A  Common Stock  vote
together  as  a  single  class  on  all  matters  submitted  to  a  vote  of the
stockholders, except  as  otherwise provided  by  law. Neither  the  holders  of
Ordinary  Common Stock nor the  holders of Class A  Common Stock have cumulative
voting or preemptive rights.
 
    Holders of Common Stock will be entitled to receive such dividends and other
distributions as may  be declared by  the Board  of Directors out  of assets  or
funds   of  the  Company  legally  available   therefor  after  payment  of  any
preferential  dividends  on  shares  of  Preferred  Stock  as  provided  in  the
Certificate.
 
    The  holders of  more than  50% of the  Ordinary Common  Stock and Preferred
Stock, voting as a class, must approve  any proposal to amend the Bylaws of  the
Company  in  a way  that  would affect  the  respective designations,  rights or
preferences of  holders  of  Ordinary  Common Stock  and  Preferred  Stock.  Any
amendment, modification or waiver to the Certificate requires the approval of at
least 66 2/3% of the holders of each class of Common Stock adversely affected by
such action.
 
    Only Messrs. Kirkland and Messina, and their wholly-owned entities, may hold
Class  A Common Stock. If at  any time, any share of  Class A Common Stock shall
become owned by a stockholder other than Dana Messina or Kyle Kirkland, or their
wholly-owned entities, such share  of Class A  Common Stock shall  automatically
convert  into  Ordinary  Common Stock  on  a share-per-share  basis.  Holders of
Ordinary Common Stock as a  result of such conversion  would be entitled to  one
vote per share.
 
    In  the event of any liquidation, dissolution  or winding up of the Company,
holders of Common Stock will be entitled to receive the assets and funds of  the
Company available for distribution after payments to creditors and to holders of
any  outstanding Preferred  Stock, in  proportion to  the number  of shares they
hold.
 
    The Ordinary Common Stock has been  approved for listing, subject to  notice
of issuance, on the NYSE under the symbol "LVB."
 
PREFERRED STOCK
 
    The  Board of  Directors, without  further action  by the  stockholders, may
issue shares of the Preferred Stock in one  or more series and may fix or  alter
the  relative, participating, optional or  other rights, preferences, privileges
and restrictions, including the voting rights, redemption provisions  (including
sinking   fund  provisions),   dividend  rights,   dividend  rates,  liquidation
preferences and conversion rights, and the  description of and number of  shares
constituting  any  wholly  unissued  series of  Preferred  Stock.  The  Board of
Directors, without further stockholder approval, can issue Preferred Stock  with
voting and conversion rights that could adversely affect the voting power of the
holders of Common Stock. The
 
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Company  currently has  no plans  to issue shares  of Preferred  Stock and, upon
completion of the Offering,  no shares of Preferred  Stock will be  outstanding.
The  issuance of Preferred Stock in certain circumstances may have the effect of
delaying or preventing a change of control of the Company without further action
by the stockholders,  may discourage bids  for the Company's  Common Stock at  a
premium  over the market price of the  Common Stock and may adversely affect the
market price and the voting and other rights of the holders of Common Stock.
 
   
    As of  the  date hereof,  there  are  1,000,000 shares  of  the  Convertible
Participating  Preferred Stock  outstanding. Pursuant  to the  Certificate, upon
consummation of  the  Offering  such  Preferred  Stock  shall  be  automatically
converted into 2,829,999 shares of Ordinary Common Stock.
    
 
DELAWARE LAW AND CERTAIN CORPORATE PROVISIONS
 
    Upon  the consummation of the  Offering, the Company will  be subject to the
provisions of Section 203 of the General Corporation Law ("GCL") of Delaware. In
general, this  statute  prohibits  a publicly  held  Delaware  corporation  from
engaging  under  certain circumstances  in  any "business  combination"  with an
"interested stockholder," for  a period  of three years  after the  date of  the
transaction  in which  the person became  an interested  stockholder, unless (i)
prior to the date at which the stockholder became an interested stockholder  the
Board  of Directors approved either the  business combination or the transaction
which resulted  in  the person  becoming  an interested  stockholder,  (ii)  the
stockholder  owned  at  least  85%  of  the  outstanding  voting  stock  of  the
corporation (excluding shares  held by  directors who  are officers  or held  in
certain  employee  stock  plans)  upon  consummation  of  the  transaction which
resulted in the  stockholder becoming  an interested stockholder,  or (iii)  the
business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and by 66 2/3% of the
outstanding  voting  stock  of the  corporation  (excluding shares  held  by the
interested stockholder)  at  a  meeting  of stockholders  (and  not  by  written
consent)  held on  or subsequent  to the  date of  the business  combination. An
"interested  stockholder"  is  a  person  who  (x)  owns  15%  or  more  of  the
corporation's  voting  stock  or  (y)  is  an  affiliate  or  associate  of  the
corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock  of
the  corporation at any time within the prior three years. Section 203 defines a
"business combination" to include, without limitation, mergers,  consolidations,
stock  sales and asset based transactions  and other transactions resulting in a
financial benefit to the interested stockholder.
 
    The Company's Certificate and Bylaws contain a number of provisions relating
to corporate governance  and to  the rights  of stockholders.  Certain of  these
provisions may be deemed to have a potential "anti-takeover" effect in that such
provisions  may  delay or  prevent a  change  of control  of the  Company. These
provisions include (a) a requirement that,  in the event that Kyle Kirkland  and
Dana Messina, collectively, cease to have directly or indirectly, voting control
of  at  least 50%  of  the voting  securities of  the  Company entitled  to vote
generally in the election of directors,  any action required or permitted to  be
taken  by the stockholders of  the Company may be effected  only at an annual or
special  meeting  and  not  by  written  consent  of  the  stockholders,  (b)  a
requirement   that,  in  the   event  that  Kyle   Kirkland  and  Dana  Messina,
collectively, cease to have directly or  indirectly, voting control of at  least
50%  of the voting securities  of the Company entitled  to vote generally in the
election of directors, the stockholders will not  be able to remove a member  of
the  Board of Directors without  cause, and (c) a  provision that holders of the
Class A Common Stock shall  have 98 votes per share  on all matters to be  voted
upon  by  the  stockholders. See  also  "Risk  Factors --  Control  by Principal
Stockholders; Conflicts of Interest."
 
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
 
    As permitted by  the GCL,  the Certificate  provides that  directors of  the
Company  shall not be personally  liable to the Company  or its stockholders for
monetary damages  for  breach  of  fiduciary duty  as  a  director,  except  for
liability (i) under Section 174 of the GCL or any amendment thereto or successor
provision  thereto, (ii) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
Company or its stockholders, (iii)  for acts or omissions  not in good faith  or
which  involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or (iv) for
any transaction from which the  director derives any improper personal  benefit.
In  addition, the Company's Bylaws provide  for indemnification of the Company's
officers and  directors to  the  fullest extent  permitted under  Delaware  law.
Insofar    as    indemnification    for    liabilities    arising    under   the
 
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Securities Act may be  permitted to directors,  officers or persons  controlling
the  Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed
that in the  opinion of the  Commission such indemnification  is against  public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
 
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
 
    The  transfer agent and  registrar for the Common  Stock will be Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
 
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                      DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS
 
BANK CREDIT FACILITY
 
    The Bank  Credit  Facility  with  BNY  Financial  Corporation  (the  "Bank")
provides  Steinway and Selmer (collectively,  the "Borrowers" and, together with
the Company,  the  "Credit Parties")  with  a line  of  credit consisting  of  a
revolver  and  a  term  loan subfacility  with  aggregate  commitments  of $60.0
million. The principal terms of the  Bank Credit Facility are described  herein.
The  information  contained  herein  relating to  the  Bank  Credit  Facility is
qualified in its  entirety by reference  to the complete  text of the  documents
entered  into  in  connection therewith,  copies  of  which have  been  filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part.
 
    The proceeds  of the  Bank Credit  Facility may  be used  for the  following
purposes  by the Credit Parties: (i) general working capital needs; (ii) certain
capital expenditures; (iii) payment of  administrative and legal expenses;  (iv)
payment  of capitalized  and interest  expenses; (v)  repurchase of  the Textron
Notes (as defined below);  and (vi) limited repurchase  of Senior Secured  Notes
(as  defined below). The final maturity of the Bank Credit Facility is March 31,
2000, with the amounts then outstanding to be paid in full on such date,  unless
extended pursuant to mutual agreement by the parties thereto.
 
    Borrowings  under the Bank  Credit Facility bear interest,  at the option of
the Company, at (i) the higher of the prime rate or the federal funds rate  plus
0.5%  on any  day, plus 1.5%,  or (ii) the  Eurodollar rate plus  3.0%. The Bank
Credit Facility is  secured by a  first lien on  the inventory, receivables  and
intangibles  of Selmer and the domestic assets  of Steinway and a second lien on
Selmer's fixed assets. Additionally, the  Bank Credit Facility is guaranteed  by
the Company and the Company's direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries.
 
    Covenants  contained in the Bank Credit  Facility include (i) maintenance by
the Borrowers  of a  minimum consolidated  net worth;  (ii) maintenance  by  the
Borrowers  of  a minimum  quick  asset ratio,  fixed  charge coverage  ratio and
interest coverage  ratio; (iii)  limitations on  the creation  of liens  by  the
Credit  Parties;  (iv)  limitations  on  the  Credit  Parties'  ability  to make
investments; (v) limitations on the  Credit Parties' capital expenditures;  (vi)
limitations  on the Credit Parties' ability  to pay dividends; (vii) limitations
on  the  Credit  Parties  ability  to  incur  additional  indebtedness;   (viii)
limitations  on transactions  with affiliates  of the  Credit Parties;  and (ix)
restrictions on the transfer of assets by the Credit Parties.
 
    Events of default include: (i) failure by the Borrowers to make any  payment
of  principal, interest or any  other amount owing in  respect of any obligation
under the Bank Credit  Facility when due and  payable; (ii) a representation  or
warranty  by a Credit Party  proves to have been  materially false or misleading
when made; (iii) failure by a Credit Party to furnish financial information when
due or to permit inspection of books or records; (iv) issuance of a notice of  a
material  lien  or  similar  charge;  (v) breach  of  certain  of  the covenants
contained in the Bank Credit Facility or any other agreement with the Bank; (vi)
any judgment rendered or judgment lien filed for an amount in excess of $500,000
against a Credit  Party; (vii) application  for the appointment  of a  receiver,
custodian,  trustee or  liquidator, an  admission of  inability to  pay debts, a
general assignment  for  the  benefit  of creditors,  or  a  commencement  of  a
voluntary case under the bankruptcy laws by a Credit Party; (viii) default under
any  agreement, instrument or arrangement which has a material adverse effect on
the conditions  or affairs  of a  Credit Party;  (ix) termination  or breach  of
certain  other documents  or guarantees  delivered in  connection with  the Bank
Credit Facility; (x) any change in control (as such event is defined in the Bank
Credit Facility);  (xi)  any offset  by  Philips  of any  amounts  Philips  owes
pursuant  to  the  Environmental Indemnity  Agreement  or a  default  under such
agreement (see  "Business  --  Environmental Matters");  (xii)  any  failure  by
Textron  to purchase  the Textron  Notes pursuant  to the  Textron Note Purchase
Agreement (as defined below); (xiii)  determination that any material  provision
of  the Bank  Credit Facility  or certain other  related documents  ceases to be
valid and  binding  on any  Credit  Party; and  (xiv)  any competition  by  Kyle
Kirkland or Dana Messina with a Credit Party.
 
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11% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2005
 
   
    The  Company's 11%  Senior Subordinated  Notes due  2005 (the  "Notes") will
mature on May 15, 2005. As of June 29, 1996, there were $110.0 million of  Notes
outstanding.  Proceeds from  the Notes were  used to  pay a portion  of the cash
consideration payable in connection with  the Steinway Acquisition and to  repay
certain  indebtedness of Steinway. The  information contained herein relating to
the Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of  the
documents  entered into in connection therewith, copies of which have been filed
as exhibits to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part.
    
 
    The Notes are general unsecured obligations of Selmer, subordinated in right
of payment to all  senior debt (as  such term is defined  in the Indenture.  The
Notes  are  guaranteed  by  the  Company,  Steinway  and  certain  of Steinway's
subsidiaries (the  "Guarantors").  The Notes  have  no mandatory  redemption  or
sinking  fund payments until maturity. The Notes are redeemable at the option of
the Company  beginning June  1,  2000 at  104.125%,  with the  redemption  price
declining ratably each year thereafter to par on June 1, 2003.
 
    The  Indenture contains certain  covenants including limitations  on (i) the
incurrence by Selmer and its  subsidiaries of additional indebtedness; (ii)  the
ability  of Selmer and its subsidiaries  to pay dividends; (iii) transactions by
Selmer and its subsidiaries with affiliates;  (iv) the retention of proceeds  by
Selmer  and its subsidiaries from the sales of assets; (v) the ability of Selmer
and its  subsidiaries to  incur  certain liens;  and  (vi) Selmer's  ability  to
consolidate  or merge with or  into, or to transfer  all or substantially all of
its assets, to another entity.
 
    Events of default under the Indenture include (i) default in the payment  of
interest on the Notes when due and payable, which default continues for 30 days;
(ii)  default in the payment of the  principal of or any applicable premium when
due and payable on the Notes; (iii) Selmer or any Guarantor fails to observe  or
perform  any covenant, condition, or agreement made pursuant to the Indenture of
the Notes,  which failure  remains  uncurred after  notice  of such  default  is
provided  to Selmer; (iv)  default under any  mortgage, indenture, or instrument
evidencing any indebtedness of Selmer or its subsidiaries; (v) failure by Selmer
or any of its subsidiaries to  discharge within 60 days final judgments  entered
by  a court which in the aggregate exceed $5.0 million; (vi) any guarantee under
the Indenture or the Notes held by a judicial proceeding to be unenforceable  or
invalid,  or if any Guarantor defaults  on, denies or disaffirms its obligations
under its guarantee; and (vii) certain  events of bankruptcy or insolvency  with
respect to Selmer or any of its subsidiaries.
 
SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2000
 
   
    The  Company intends to use a portion  of the net proceeds from the Offering
to redeem its  11.00% Senior Secured  Notes due 2000  and 10.92% Senior  Secured
Notes  due  2000  (collectively,  the  "Senior  Secured  Notes").  See  "Use  of
Proceeds." As of June 29, 1996, there were $52.9 million of Senior Secured Notes
outstanding. The information  contained herein  relating to  the Senior  Secured
Notes  is qualified  in its entirety  by reference  to the complete  text of the
documents entered into in connection therewith, copies of which have been  filed
as exhibits to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part.
    
 
    Proceeds  from the Senior  Secured Notes were  used to pay  a portion of the
cash consideration  payable  in connection  with  the Company's  acquisition  of
Selmer  in  1993.  The indenture  governing  the Senior  Secured  Notes contains
certain covenants, similar to those contained  in the Indenture relating to  the
Notes. See "-- 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2005" above.
 
    The  Senior  Secured  Notes are  redeemable  at  the option  of  the Company
beginning July 31, 1996.  At any time on  or after such date  and upon 30  days'
notice,  the Company may prepay  the Senior Secured Notes  at a redemption price
equal to the sum of  100% of the principal amount  to be prepaid, together  with
accrued  and unpaid interest, plus a premium  equal to the Make-Whole Amount (as
defined in the Senior Secured Notes). See "Capitalization." The Company  intends
to  send a notice of redemption to the  holders of the Senior Secured Notes upon
consummation of the Offering.
 
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NOTES RECEIVABLE FINANCING
 
    Certain of Selmer's dealers may convert their open accounts to Selmer into a
promissory note. The  program divides the  year into two  periods commencing  in
January  and October, and  dealers must elect  to participate in  the program in
advance at the beginning of each year.  If dealers elect to participate in  this
program  with respect to purchases made from January through September, then the
initial payment on their  notes receivable is due  in October. Notes  receivable
applicable  to purchases made  from October through  December have their initial
payment due in  February. The term  of the  notes receivable range  from six  to
twelve  months, and  bear interest at  3% to 5%  over the prime  rate. The notes
receivable are secured by the  respective dealer's inventory. Substantially  all
of  the notes receivable are purchased by a third-party financial institution on
a recourse basis.
 
    The notes receivable are currently being purchased by Textron pursuant to  a
Master  Note  Purchase  and Repurchase  Agreement  dated December  2,  1994 (the
"Textron Note Purchase Agreement") by and  between the Company and Textron.  The
Textron  Note Purchase  Agreement, which expires  in December  1997, permits the
Company to  sell  and  have  outstanding  up to  $15.0  million  of  such  notes
receivable to Textron (the "Textron Notes").
 
    The  Company may  enter into other  financing arrangements  with its dealers
and/or other financial  institutions in  the future;  however, there  can be  no
assurance  that the Company will secure financing arrangements on the same terms
as currently exist under the Textron Note Purchase Agreement.
 
                        SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
 
   
    Immediately after  consummation  of  the Offering,  the  Company  will  have
outstanding  9,557,127 shares of Common Stock, including 477,953 shares of Class
A Common Stock, assuming no exercise of the over-allotment option granted to the
Underwriters. Of these  shares, the  4,230,000 shares of  Ordinary Common  Stock
sold  in the Offering  (or a maximum  of 4,864,500 shares  if the over-allotment
option is exercised  in full) will  be freely tradable  without restrictions  or
further  registration under the Securities  Act unless purchased by "affiliates"
of the Company (as  that term is  defined under Rule 144  of the Securities  Act
("Rule  144")). The  remaining 5,327,127 shares  of Common  Stock, including the
477,953 shares  of Class  A Common  Stock, will  be "restricted  securities"  as
defined  under  the  Securities Act,  and  may not  be  sold in  the  absence of
registration under the Securities Act other than pursuant to Rule 144 or another
applicable exemption from registration under  the Securities Act. As defined  in
Rule  144, an "affiliate" of an issuer  is a person that directly, or indirectly
through the usage of one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled  by,
or is under common control with, such issuer.
    
 
    In  general, under  Rule 144  as currently in  effect, a  person (or persons
whose shares are aggregated), including an affiliate, who has beneficially owned
restricted securities for  at least two  years, is entitled  to sell within  any
three-month period that number of shares that does not exceed the greater of (i)
one  percent of the then outstanding shares of the Ordinary Common Stock or (ii)
the average weekly  trading volume of  the then outstanding  securities for  the
four  weeks preceding each such  sale. Sales under Rule  144 also are subject to
certain manner  of  sale  restrictions  and  notice  requirements,  and  to  the
availability of current public information about the Company.
 
    A  person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who is not deemed to have
been an  affiliate  of  the Company  at  any  time during  90  days  immediately
preceding the sale and who has beneficially owned the shares proposed to be sold
for at least three years is entitled to sell such shares pursuant to Rule 144(k)
under  the Securities Act without regard to the limitations described above. The
Commission has published a  notice of rulemaking that,  if adopted as  proposed,
would  shorten the two-year holding period under  Rule 144 to one year and would
shorten the three-year holding  period under Rule 144(k)  to two years. If  such
amendments  are adopted,  certain shares  of Ordinary  Common Stock  may be sold
under Rule 144 immediately  following the Offering.  The Company cannot  predict
whether such amendments will be adopted.
 
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    The  Company and certain of the  Company's stockholders have agreed, subject
to certain exceptions, not to sell, offer to sell, grant any option (other  than
pursuant  to  the Company's  existing stock  option  plans) for  the sale  of or
otherwise dispose of any shares of  Common Stock or securities convertible  into
or  exercisable or exchangeable for Common  Stock (except for the shares offered
hereby) for a period of 180 days after the date of this Prospectus.
 
    No prediction can be  made as to  the effect, if any,  that future sales  of
shares, or availability of shares for future sale, will have on the market price
of  the Ordinary Common Stock prevailing from time to time. Sales of substantial
amounts of Ordinary Common Stock (including  shares issued upon the exercise  of
stock  options), or the perception that  such sales could occur, could adversely
affect prevailing market prices for the  Ordinary Common Stock, with the  result
that  the Company's  ability to raise  additional capital in  the equity markets
could be adversely affected.
 
    In accordance with  a registration rights  agreement dated as  of August  9,
1993  (the  "Registration Rights  Agreement"),  the Company  granted  to certain
holders of outstanding Ordinary Common Stock, warrants exercisable into Ordinary
Common Stock  and preferred  stock convertible  into Ordinary  Common Stock  the
right  to require the Company  to register such shares  of Ordinary Common Stock
for resale under the Securities Act.  Such holders have the right beginning  180
days  after the closing of the Offering,  to twice demand that the Company cause
all, or any portion, of those holders' shares to be registered for resale  under
the  Securities Act.  In addition,  such holders  have the  "piggyback" right to
require the  Company to  include their  shares  with other  shares that  may  be
registered  by the Company  under the Securities Act.  Such holders waived their
"piggyback" rights in connection with the Offering.
 
    In the event that additional shares of Ordinary Common Stock are  registered
as  a result of  the exercise of  either their demand  or piggyback registration
rights pursuant  to the  Registration Rights  Agreement, the  prevailing  market
price  for  the  Ordinary  Common  Stock  and  the  Company's  ability  to raise
additional capital could be adversely affected.
 
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                     CERTAIN UNITED STATES TAX CONSEQUENCES
                          TO NON-UNITED STATES HOLDERS
 
    The  following  is a  general discussion  of  certain United  States federal
income and estate tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of  Ordinary
Common  Stock applicable  to "Non-United  States Holders."  A "Non-United States
Holder" is any beneficial owner of Ordinary Common Stock that, for United States
federal income  tax purposes,  is  a non-resident  alien individual,  a  foreign
corporation,  a foreign  partnership or  a non-resident  fiduciary of  a foreign
estate or trust as such terms are defined in the Internal Revenue Code of  1986,
as amended (the "Code"). This discussion is based on the Code and administrative
and  judicial interpretations as of the date hereof, all of which are subject to
change either retroactively or prospectively.  This discussion does not  address
all  aspects of  United States  federal income and  estate taxation  that may be
relevant to Non-United States Holders in light of their particular circumstances
and does not address any tax consequences  arising under the laws of any  state,
local or foreign taxing jurisdiction. Prospective investors are urged to consult
with  their tax  advisors regarding the  United States federal,  state and local
income and other tax consequences,  and the non-United States tax  consequences,
of owning and disposing of Ordinary Common Stock.
 
DIVIDENDS
 
    Subject  to the discussion  below, any dividend paid  to a Non-United States
Holder generally will be  subject to United States  withholding tax either at  a
rate  of 30% of the  gross amount of the  dividend or such lower  rate as may be
specified by  an  applicable income  tax  treaty. For  purposes  of  determining
whether tax is to be withheld at a 30% rate or at a reduced rate as specified by
an income tax treaty, the Company ordinarily will presume that dividends paid to
an  address in a foreign  country are paid to a  resident of such country absent
knowledge that such presumption is not warranted. However, under proposed United
States Treasury regulations not currently in effect, a Non-United States  Holder
would  be  required to  file certain  forms  accompanied by  a statement  from a
competent authority of the treaty  country in order to  claim the benefits of  a
tax  treaty. Dividends paid to a holder with an address within the United States
generally will not be subject to withholding tax, unless the Company has  actual
knowledge that the holder is a Non-United States Holder.
 
    Dividends  received  by  a  Non-United States  Holder  that  are effectively
connected with a United  States trade or business  conducted by such  Non-United
States  Holder  are  exempt  from  withholding  tax.  However,  such effectively
connected dividends are subject to regular United States income tax in the  same
manner  as if  the Non-United  States Holder  were a  United States  resident. A
Non-United  States  Holder  may  claim  exemption  from  withholding  under  the
effectively  connected income exception by  filing Form 4224 (Statement Claiming
Exemption from  Withholding of  Tax  on Income  Effectively Connected  With  the
Conduct  of Business  in the United  States) each  year with the  Company or its
paying agent prior to  the payment of the  dividends for such year.  Effectively
connected  dividends received  by a  corporate Non-United  States Holder  may be
subject to an additional "branch  profits tax" at a rate  of 30% (or such  lower
rate  as  may  be specified  by  an  applicable tax  treaty)  of  such corporate
Non-United States Holder's effectively  connected earnings and profits,  subject
to certain adjustments.
 
    A  Non-United States  Holder eligible  for a  reduced rate  of United States
withholding tax pursuant  to a  tax treaty  may obtain  a refund  of any  excess
amounts  currently withheld by  filing an appropriate claim  for refund with the
United States Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS").
 
GAIN ON DISPOSITION OF ORDINARY COMMON STOCK
 
    A Non-United States Holder  generally will not be  subject to United  States
federal  income  tax  with  respect  to  a gain  realized  upon  the  sale  or a
disposition of  Ordinary  Common Stock  unless:  (i) such  gain  is  effectively
connected  with  a United  States  trade or  business  of the  Non-United States
Holder, (ii) the Non-United States Holder is an individual who is present in the
United States for a period  or periods aggregating 183  days or more during  the
calendar  year  in  which such  sale  or  disposition occurs  and  certain other
conditions are met, or (iii)  the Company is or has  been a "United States  real
property holding corporation" for federal income tax purposes at any time within
the  shorter of the five-year period preceding such disposition or such holder's
holding period and certain other conditions are met. The
 
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Company has determined that it is not, has not been for the last five years, and
does not believe  that it  will become a  "United States  real property  holding
corporation"  for federal  income tax  purposes. If  a Non-United  States Holder
falls under clause (i) above, the Non-United States holder will be taxed on  the
net  gain derived  from the sale  under regular graduated  United States federal
income tax rates (and, with respect to corporate Non-United States Holders,  may
also  be subject to  the branch profits  tax described above).  If an individual
Non-United States Holder falls  under clause (ii)  above, the Non-United  States
Holder generally will be subject to a 30% tax on the gain derived from the sale,
which  gain may be offset by United  States capital losses recognized within the
same taxable year of such sale.
 
BACKUP WITHHOLDING AND INFORMATION REPORTING
 
    Generally, the Company must report to the IRS the amount of dividends  paid,
the  name and address of the recipient, and the amount, if any, of tax withheld.
A similar  report is  sent to  the holder.  Pursuant to  tax treaties  or  other
agreements,  the IRS may  make its reports  available to tax  authorities in the
recipient's country of residence.
 
    Unless the Company has actual knowledge that a holder is a non-United States
person, dividends paid to a holder at an address within the United States may be
subject to backup withholding at  a rate of 31% if  the holder is not an  exempt
recipient  as defined  in Treasury Regulation  Section 1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii) (which
includes corporations) and  fails to provide  a correct taxpayer  identification
number  and other information to the  Company. Backup withholding will generally
not apply to dividends paid to holders  at an address outside the United  States
(unless the Company has knowledge that the holder is a United States person.)
 
    If  the proceeds of the disposition of Ordinary Common Stock by a Non-United
States Holder are paid over, by or  through a United States office of a  broker,
the  payment is subject to information reporting  and to backup withholding at a
rate of 31% unless the  disposing holder certifies as  to its name, address  and
status  as a  Non-United States Holder  under penalties of  perjury or otherwise
establishes an  exemption. Generally,  United States  information reporting  and
backup  withholding will not apply  to a payment of  disposition proceeds if the
payment is made outside the United States through a non-United States office  of
a  non-United  States  broker.  However,  United  States  information  reporting
requirements (but not backup withholding) will apply to a payment of disposition
proceeds outside the United States if (a) the payment is made through an  office
outside  the United States of a broker that is either (i) a United States person
for United  States  federal income  tax  purposes, (ii)  a  "controlled  foreign
corporation"  for United States  federal income tax purposes  or (iii) a foreign
person which derives 50% or  more of its gross  income for certain periods  from
the  conduct of a United  States trade or business, and  (b) the broker fails to
maintain documentary  evidence in  its files  that the  holder is  a  Non-United
States  Holder and that certain conditions are  met or that the holder otherwise
is entitled to an exemption.
 
    Backup withholding is not  an additional tax. Rather,  the tax liability  of
persons  subject to 31% backup withholding will  be reduced by the amount of tax
withheld. If withholding  results in an  overpayment of taxes,  a refund may  be
obtained, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS.
 
    The   United  States  Treasury  has  recently  issued  proposed  regulations
regarding the withholding  and information reporting  rules discussed above.  In
general,  the proposed regulations do not  alter the substantive withholding and
information reporting requirements  but unify  current certification  procedures
and  forms and clarify  reliance standards. If finalized  in their current form,
the proposed regulations would  generally be effective  for payments made  after
December 31, 1997, subject to certain transition rules.
 
ESTATE TAX
 
    An  individual  Non-United States  Holder  who is  treated  as the  owner of
Ordinary Common  Stock at  the time  of his  or her  death or  has made  certain
lifetime  transfers of an interest in Ordinary  Common Stock will be required to
include the value of such Ordinary Common  Stock in his or her gross estate  for
United  States federal estate tax  purposes and may be  subject to United States
federal estate tax, unless an applicable estate tax treaty provides otherwise.
 
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                                 LEGAL MATTERS
 
    Certain legal matters with  respect to the Ordinary  Common Stock have  been
passed  upon for the  Company by Milbank,  Tweed, Hadley &  McCloy, Los Angeles,
California. Certain legal matters relating to  the Offering will be passed  upon
for the Underwriters by Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, California.
 
                                    EXPERTS
 
   
    The consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 1994
and  1995 and  for the  period January 1,  1993 to  August 10,  1993, the period
August 10, 1993 to December 31, 1993  and the years ended December 31, 1994  and
1995  and the consolidated financial statements of  Steinway as of June 30, 1993
and 1994 and  for each  of the three  years in  the period ended  June 30,  1994
included  in  this  Prospectus  have  been audited  by  Deloitte  &  Touche LLP,
independent auditors, as stated  in their reports dated  March 8, 1996 (July  3,
1996  as to the fifth paragraph of  Note 9) and September 9, 1994, respectively,
appearing herein and elsewhere in the  Registration Statement, and have been  so
included in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as
experts in accounting and auditing.
    
 
                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
    The  Company has filed with the  Commission a Registration Statement on Form
S-1 under the Securities Act with  respect to the Ordinary Common Stock  offered
hereby. This Prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the
Registration Statement including the exhibits and schedules thereto. For further
information  with respect to the Company or the Ordinary Common Stock, reference
is made to the Registration Statement and the schedules and exhibits filed as  a
part  thereof. Statements contained in this Prospectus regarding the contents of
any contract  or any  other document  are necessarily  summaries and  each  such
statement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of such contract
or  other  document  filed  as  an exhibit  to  the  Registration  Statement. In
addition, the  Company  is subject  to  the informational  requirements  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act  of 1934,  as  amended  (the "Exchange  Act"),  and in
accordance therewith the  Company files periodic  reports and other  information
with  the Commission  relating to its  business, financial  statements and other
matters. The Registration  Statement and other  information, including  exhibits
thereto,  may be inspected  at the Commission's  principal office in Washington,
D.C., and at the following regional offices of the Commission: Citicorp  Center,
500  West Madison Street, Suite 1400,  Chicago, Illinois 60661-2511 and at Seven
World Trade Center, Suite 1300, New York,  New York 10048. Copies of all or  any
part  thereof may be obtained from  the Public Reference Section, Securities and
Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 upon payment
of  the  prescribed  fees.  Reports,  proxy  statements  and  other  information
regarding the Company may also be inspected at the offices of the New York Stock
Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.
 
    The Company intends to furnish to its stockholders annual reports containing
audited  financial statements and quarterly reports containing unaudited interim
financial information for the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of
the Company.
 
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                         INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
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<S>                                                                                                          <C>
STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
  Independent Auditors' Report.............................................................................        F-2
  Consolidated Balance Sheets..............................................................................        F-3
  Consolidated Statements of Operations....................................................................        F-4
  Consolidated Statements of Partners' Equity..............................................................        F-5
  Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity..........................................................        F-6
  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows....................................................................        F-7
  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements...............................................................        F-8
  Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements.............................................................       F-22
 
STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
  Independent Auditor's Report.............................................................................       F-28
  Consolidated Balance Sheets..............................................................................       F-29
  Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity..........................................................       F-30
  Consolidated Statements of Operations....................................................................       F-31
  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows....................................................................       F-32
  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements...............................................................       F-33
  Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements................................................       F-42
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-1
<PAGE>
                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
 
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. (formerly Selmer Industries, Inc.)
Elkhart, Indiana
 
    We  have  audited  the  accompanying  consolidated  financial  statements of
Steinway Musical  Instruments,  Inc.  (formerly  Selmer  Industries,  Inc.)  and
subsidiaries  (the "Successor")  as of  December 31, 1995  and 1994  and for the
years ended December 31, 1995  and 1994 and the period  from August 10, 1993  to
December  31,  1993,  and of  The  Selmer  Company, Inc.  (formerly,  The Selmer
Company, L.P.) and subsidiaries (the "Predecessor") for the period from  January
1,  1993 to  August 10, 1993  listed in  the table of  contents. These financial
statements  are   the  responsibility   of   the  Companies'   management.   Our
responsibility  is to express an opinion  on these financial statements based on
our audits.
 
    We conducted  our  audits in  accordance  with generally  accepted  auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence  supporting
the  amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the  accounting  principles used  and  significant estimates  made  by
management,  as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
    In our opinion,  such consolidated financial  statements present fairly,  in
all  material respects, the financial  position of Steinway Musical Instruments,
Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for the  years ended December 31, 1995 and  1994
and  the period from  August 10, 1993 to  December 31, 1993,  and the results of
operations and cash flows of The  Selmer Company, Inc. and subsidiaries for  the
period  January 1, 1993 to August 10, 1993 in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
 
    As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, on August 10, 1993,  the
net  assets of the Predecessor were acquired in a transaction accounted for as a
purchase. Accordingly, the  financial statements  of the  Successor reflect  the
revaluation  of  the net  assets at  the  date of  acquisition, and  the amounts
reported for  the Successor  are not  comparable to  the amounts  shown for  the
Predecessor in prior periods.
 
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Chicago, Illinois
March 8, 1996 (July 3, 1996 as to the fifth paragraph of Note 9)
 
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              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                  DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1995 AND JUNE 29, 1996
    
 
   
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                                        JUNE 29,
                                                                       DECEMBER 31,    DECEMBER 31,       1996
                                                                           1994            1995       (UNAUDITED)
                                                                      --------------  --------------  ------------
                                                                              (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT
                                                                                   PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
<S>                                                                   <C>             <C>             <C>
                                       ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash..............................................................    $      380     $      3,706    $    1,670
  Accounts, notes and leases receivable, net of allowance for bad
   debts of $5,003, $6,281 and $7,156 in 1994, 1995 and 1996,
   respectively.....................................................        26,940           41,860        59,894
  Inventories.......................................................        26,807           79,063        76,539
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets.........................         1,038            3,058         3,426
  Deferred tax asset................................................         1,100            4,693         4,570
                                                                      --------------  --------------  ------------
Total current assets................................................        56,265          132,380       146,099
Property, plant and equipment, net..................................        15,341           64,132        61,556
Other assets, net...................................................         3,469           32,114        29,407
Cost in excess of fair value of net assets acquired, net of
 accumulated amortization of $376, $1,024 and $1,457 in 1994, 1995
 and 1996, respectively.............................................        10,449           35,170        33,986
                                                                      --------------  --------------  ------------
TOTAL ASSETS........................................................    $   85,524     $    263,796    $  271,048
                                                                      --------------  --------------  ------------
                                                                      --------------  --------------  ------------
                LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
  Notes payable and current portion of long-term debt...............                   $      2,306    $    6,534
  Accounts payable..................................................    $    2,825            8,172         4,795
  Other current liabilities.........................................        10,563           31,289        22,709
                                                                      --------------  --------------  ------------
Total current liabilities...........................................        13,388           41,767        34,038
Long-term debt......................................................        62,057          171,733       187,614
Deferred taxes......................................................           500           29,452        27,506
Non-current pension liability.......................................         2,326           15,016        14,569
                                                                      --------------  --------------  ------------
Total liabilities...................................................        78,271          257,968       263,727
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
  Convertible, participating preferred stock, $.001 par value,
   authorized 14,150,000 shares, 2,829,999 shares issued and
   outstanding......................................................             1                1             1
  Class A Common Stock, $.001 par value, authorized 1,415,000
   shares, 477,953 shares issued and outstanding....................        --              --             --
  Common stock, $.001 par value, authorized 26,885,000 shares,
   issued and outstanding -- 1,021,946 in 1994 and 1,319,084 shares
   in 1995 and 1996.................................................        --              --             --
  Warrants, 1,330,091 common stock equivalents outstanding..........         2,335            2,335         2,335
  Additional paid-in capital........................................         4,999            5,629         5,629
  Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)...........................          (187)          (2,261)        1,030
  Accumulated translation adjustment................................           105              124        (1,674)
                                                                      --------------  --------------  ------------
    Total stockholders' equity......................................         7,253            5,828         7,321
                                                                      --------------  --------------  ------------
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY..........................    $   85,524     $    263,796    $  271,048
                                                                      --------------  --------------  ------------
                                                                      --------------  --------------  ------------
</TABLE>
    
 
                See notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
                                      F-3
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              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
              PERIODS ENDED AUGUST 10, 1993 AND DECEMBER 31, 1993
                   YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1995 AND
                  PERIODS ENDED JULY 1, 1995 AND JUNE 29, 1996
    
 
   
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<CAPTION>
                                      PREDECESSOR                    SUCCESSOR
                                     -------------  -------------------------------------------     PERIOD        PERIOD
                                        PERIOD        PERIOD       YEAR ENDED      YEAR ENDED      1/1/95 -      1/1/96 -
                                       1/1/93 -      8/10/93 -    DECEMBER 31,    DECEMBER 31,      7/1/95       6/29/96
                                        8/10/93      12/31/93         1994            1995       (UNAUDITED)   (UNAUDITED)
                                     -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
                                                        (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
<S>                                  <C>            <C>          <C>             <C>             <C>           <C>
Net sales..........................   $    57,171   $    34,339   $    101,114    $    189,805    $   71,714    $  133,416
Cost of sales......................        39,216        28,855         69,453         139,587        51,191        90,729
                                     -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
Gross profit.......................        17,955         5,484         31,661          50,218        20,523        42,687
Operating Expenses:
  Sales and marketing..............         6,570         4,116         11,328          21,001         7,961        15,499
  Provision for doubtful
   accounts........................           919           157            655             797           398           410
  General and administrative.......         3,121         2,158          5,435          11,612         3,615         7,873
  Amortization.....................         1,527           409          1,067           3,041           864         2,305
  Other expense....................           298           284            704             665           442           247
                                     -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
Total Operating Expenses...........        12,435         7,124         19,189          37,116        13,280        26,334
                                     -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
Earnings (loss) from operations....         5,520        (1,640)        12,472          13,102         7,243        16,353
Other (income) expense:
  Other income, principally
   interest and late charges.......          (360)         (226)          (503)           (583)         (188)         (177)
  Interest and amortization of debt
   discount........................         4,432         3,254          8,255          14,923         4,796         9,753
                                     -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
Other expense, net.................         4,072         3,028          7,752          14,340         4,608         9,576
                                     -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
Income (loss) before income
 taxes.............................         1,448        (4,668)         4,720          (1,238)        2,635         6,777
Provision for (benefit of) income
 taxes.............................            43        (1,559)         1,798             836           926         3,486
                                     -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
Net income (loss)..................   $     1,405   $    (3,109)  $      2,922    $     (2,074)   $    1,709    $    3,291
                                     -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
                                     -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
Net income (loss) per share........                 $     (2.07)  $        .52    $      (1.36)   $      .30    $      .55
                                                    -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
                                                    -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
Weighted average common and common
 equivalent shares outstanding.....                   1,499,900      5,660,000       1,524,663     5,660,000     5,957,127
                                                    -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
                                                    -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
</TABLE>
    
 
                See notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
                                      F-4
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                  CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' EQUITY
                          PERIOD ENDED AUGUST 10, 1993
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  THE SELMER COMPANY, L.P. (PREDECESSOR)
                                                       -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                               ACCUMULATED
                                                                               TRANSLATION      PENSION
                                                        CAPITAL    DEFICIT     ADJUSTMENT      LIABILITY     TOTAL
                                                       ---------  ---------  ---------------  -----------  ---------
                                                                          (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                    <C>        <C>        <C>              <C>          <C>
BALANCE, December 31, 1992...........................  $  22,366  $  (5,021)    $    (260)     $    (459)  $  16,626
Net income for the period............................                 1,405                                    1,405
State tax withholdings...............................       (108)                                               (108)
Foreign currency translation adjustment..............                                 (56)                       (56)
Recognition of additional minimum pension
 liability...........................................                                                132         132
                                                       ---------  ---------        ------     -----------  ---------
BALANCE, August 10, 1993.............................  $  22,258  $  (3,616)    $    (316)     $    (327)  $  17,999
                                                       ---------  ---------        ------     -----------  ---------
                                                       ---------  ---------        ------     -----------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
                See notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
                                      F-5
<PAGE>
   
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                    FOR THE PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993,
                 THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1995 AND
                         THE PERIOD ENDED JUNE 29, 1996
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.
                                                                 AND SUBSIDIARIES (SUCCESSOR)
                                     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                RETAINED
                                                                                ADDITIONAL      EARNINGS      ACCUMULATED
                                        PREFERRED       COMMON                    PAID IN     (ACCUMULATED    TRANSLATION
                                          STOCK          STOCK      WARRANTS      CAPITAL       DEFICIT)      ADJUSTMENT
                                     ---------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  --------------  -------------
                                                                    (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                  <C>              <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>             <C>
INITIAL STOCK ISSUANCE
  August 10, 1993..................     $       1         --        $   2,335    $   4,999
Net loss for the period............                                                            $   (3,109)
                                               --
                                                           -----   -----------  -----------       -------    -------------
BALANCE, December 31, 1993.........             1         --            2,335        4,999         (3,109)
Net income for the year............                                                                 2,922
Foreign currency translation
 adjustment........................                                                                            $     105
                                               --
                                                           -----   -----------  -----------       -------    -------------
BALANCE, December 31, 1994.........             1         --            2,335        4,999           (187)           105
Net loss for the year..............                                                                (2,074)
Foreign currency translation
 adjustment........................                                                                                   19
Issuance of 297,150 shares of
 common stock......................                                                    630
                                               --
                                                           -----   -----------  -----------       -------    -------------
BALANCE, December 31, 1995.........             1         --            2,335        5,629         (2,261)           124
Net income for the period
 (unaudited).......................                                                                 3,291
Foreign currency translation
 adjustment (unaudited)............                                                                               (1,798)
                                               --
                                                           -----   -----------  -----------       -------    -------------
BALANCE, June 29, 1996
 (unaudited).......................     $       1         --        $   2,335    $   5,629     $    1,030      $  (1,674)
                                               --
                                               --
                                                           -----   -----------  -----------       -------    -------------
                                                           -----   -----------  -----------       -------    -------------
</TABLE>
    
 
                See notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
                                      F-6
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
   
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
              PERIODS ENDED AUGUST 10, 1993 AND DECEMBER 31, 1993
                   YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1995 AND
                  PERIODS ENDED JULY 1, 1995 AND JUNE 29, 1996
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              PREDECESSOR                    SUCCESSOR
                                             -------------  -------------------------------------------     PERIOD        PERIOD
                                                PERIOD        PERIOD       YEAR ENDED      YEAR ENDED      1/1/95 -      1/1/96 -
                                               1/1/93 -      8/10/93 -    DECEMBER 31,    DECEMBER 31,      7/1/95       6/29/96
                                                8/10/93      12/31/93         1994            1995       (UNAUDITED)   (UNAUDITED)
                                             -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
                                                                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                          <C>            <C>          <C>             <C>             <C>           <C>
Cash flows from operating activities
  Net income (loss)........................    $   1,405     $  (3,109)   $      2,922    $     (2,074)   $    1,709    $    3,291
  Adjustments to reconcile net income
   (loss) to net cash flows from operating
   activities:
    Depreciation and amortization..........        2,704         1,199           3,198           7,739         2,249         5,654
    Provision for doubtful accounts........          919           157             655             766           380           410
    Amortization of senior note discount...       --                91             248             277           135           152
    Deferred tax provision (benefit).......       --            (1,600)          1,000          (5,083)         (999)       (1,127)
    Other..................................          424             3              14              93        --                11
    Changes in operating assets and
     liabilities:
      Accounts, notes and leases
       receivable..........................      (15,313)       12,947          (2,126)         (4,172)      (13,035)      (18,818)
      Inventories..........................          989         4,235           2,586           7,664         2,026           928
      Prepaid expense and other current
       assets..............................          (81)          183             137            (701)         (319)         (356)
      Accounts payable.....................          766          (908)          1,170           1,354        (1,694)       (4,913)
      Accrued expenses.....................         (378)        1,904           1,169             800        (2,419)       (5,811)
                                             -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
    Net cash flows from operating
     activities............................       (8,565)       15,102          10,973           6,663       (11,967)      (20,579)
Cash flows from investing activities
  Capital expenditures.....................         (576)         (303)         (1,112)         (3,162)       (1,005)       (1,555)
  Proceeds from disposals of fixed assets..            4             6              17              51            50            12
  Increase in other assets.................           (5)           (5)           (107)         (1,801)         (184)          162
  Acquisition of Steinway Musical
   Properties, Inc. (net of cash
   acquired)...............................       --            --             --             (102,790)     (102,790)       --
  Acquisition of The Selmer Company, L.P...       --           (94,111)        --              --             --            --
                                             -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
    Net cash flows from investing
     activities............................         (577)      (94,413)         (1,202)       (107,702)     (103,929)       (1,381)
Cash flows from financing activities
  Borrowing under line of credit
   agreement...............................       12,992        60,916          88,830         147,993        61,864       106,029
  Repayments under line of credit
   agreement...............................       (3,372)      (47,268)        (97,958)       (148,486)      (50,261)      (84,898)
  Proceeds from issuance of long-term
   debt....................................       --            57,630         --              110,000       110,000         4,639
  Proceeds from issuance of stock and
   warrants................................       --             7,370         --                  630        --            --
  Repayments of long-term debt.............       --            --                (421)         (5,772)       (5,230)       (5,486)
Other financing activities.................         (108)       --             --              --             --            --
                                             -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
    Net cash flows from financing
     activities............................        9,512        78,648          (9,549)        104,365       116,373        20,284
Effects of foreign exchange rate changes on
 cash......................................          (56)       --                 105         --                196          (360)
                                             -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
Increase (Decrease) in Cash................          314          (663)            327           3,326           673        (2,036)
Cash, beginning of period..................          402           716              53             380           380         3,706
                                             -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
Cash, end of period........................    $     716     $      53    $        380    $      3,706    $    1,053    $    1,670
                                             -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
                                             -------------  -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  ------------
</TABLE>
    
 
                See notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
                                      F-7
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
   
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
              PERIODS ENDED AUGUST 10, 1993 AND DECEMBER 31, 1993
                   YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1995 AND
            (UNAUDITED) PERIODS ENDED JULY 1, 1995 AND JUNE 29, 1996
                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
    
 
(1) NATURE OF BUSINESS
    Steinway  Musical Instruments,  Inc. (formerly Selmer  Industries, Inc.) and
subsidiaries (the  "Company" or  the "Successor")  is a  major manufacturer  and
distributor  of woodwind, brasswind, percussion  and string musical instruments,
pianos and related accessories and services.
 
    On August 10, 1993,  the Company purchased substantially  all of the  assets
and  certain  liabilities of  The Selmer  Company,  L.P. (the  "Predecessor"), a
wholly owned subsidiary of Integrated Resources, Inc. ("Integrated"), for  $94.1
million,  including fees and expenses. The  Selmer Company, L.P. was reorganized
as The Selmer Company, Inc. ("Selmer").
 
    On May 25, 1995, Selmer purchased the assets of Steinway Musical Properties,
Inc. and  its  wholly-owned  subsidiaries ("Steinway")  for  approximately  $104
million.  The acquisition  has been  accounted for  as a  purchase for financial
reporting purposes.
 
   
    The unaudited financial statements  for the periods ended  July 1, 1995  and
June  29, 1996 reflect all  adjustments, all of which  are of a normal recurring
nature, necessary in the  opinion of management for  a fair presentation of  the
results for such interim periods and are not necessarily indicative of full-year
results.
    
 
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
    USE  OF ESTIMATES --  The preparation of  financial statements in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles necessarily requires management to
make estimates and assumptions  that affect the reported  amounts of assets  and
liabilities  and  the  reported  amounts of  revenues  and  expenses  during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
    PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION -- The consolidated financial statements of  the
Company  include  the  accounts  of Selmer  and  its  wholly-owned subsidiaries,
Steinway and Vincent Bach International, Ltd. ("VBI"). Significant  intercompany
balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
    REVENUE  RECOGNITION -- Revenue  is recognized at the  date of shipment. The
Company provides for the estimated costs of warranties at the time of sale.
 
    INCOME TAXES  -- Income  taxes are  provided using  an asset  and  liability
approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income
tax  assets and  liabilities are computed  annually for  differences between the
financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result  in
taxable  or deductible amounts in the future based on enacted tax laws and rates
applicable to  the periods  in  which the  differences  are expected  to  affect
taxable  income. Valuation allowances  are established when  necessary to reduce
deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. Income tax expense is
the tax payable or refundable for the period plus or minus the change during the
period in deferred tax assets and liabilities.
 
   
    INVENTORIES -- Inventories are stated at the lower of cost, determined on  a
first-in,  first-out basis,  or market. On  August 10,  1993, Selmer inventories
were adjusted up by approximately $5,000 to reflect their fair market value.  On
May  25, 1995, Steinway inventories were  adjusted up by approximately $9,638 to
reflect their fair market value.  Cost of sales for  the period from August  10,
1993  to December 31, 1993,  the years ended December 31,  1994 and 1995 and the
period  ended  July  1,   1995  included  $4,800,   $200,  $9,638  and   $2,433,
respectively, of such adjustments.
    
 
                                      F-8
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
    DEPRECIATION  AND AMORTIZATION -- Property, plant and equipment are recorded
at cost. Assets existing at the acquisition date were revalued to fair value  at
that  date. Depreciation has  been computed using  the straight-line method over
the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. Leasehold improvements  are
amortized  using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the
improvements or  the  remaining  term  of the  respective  lease,  whichever  is
shorter. Estimated useful lives are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                                              <C>
Building and improvements......................................  15-30 years
Leasehold improvements.........................................   5-15 years
Machinery, equipment and tooling...............................   3-10 years
Office furniture and fixtures..................................   3-10 years
Concert and artist and rental pianos...........................     15 years
</TABLE>
 
    Cost in excess of fair value acquired is amortized over 40 years. Trademarks
acquired  are  recorded at  appraised  value and  are  amortized over  10 years.
Deferred financing  costs  are  amortized  on a  straight-line  basis  over  the
repayment periods of the under-lying debt.
 
    FOREIGN   CURRENCY  TRANSLATION  --  Assets   and  liabilities  of  non-U.S.
operations are translated into U.S. dollars at year-end rates, and revenues  and
expenses  at average rates of exchange prevailing during the year. The resulting
translation adjustments are  reported as a  separate component of  stockholders'
equity.  Foreign currency transaction gains and  losses are recognized in income
currently.
 
    FOREIGN EXCHANGE  CONTRACTS  -- The  Company  enters into  foreign  exchange
contracts  as a  hedge against foreign  currency transactions.  Gains and losses
arising from fluctuations in  exchange rates are recognized  at the end of  each
reporting  period. Such  gains and losses  directly offset  the foreign exchange
gains or losses  associated with  the hedged  receivable or  payable. Gains  and
losses  on foreign exchange contracts which  exceed the related balance sheet or
firm purchase commitment exposure are included in foreign currency gain or  loss
in the statement of operations.
 
    INCOME  (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE  -- Income (loss) per  common share has been
computed using  the weighted  average  number of  common and  common  equivalent
shares outstanding.
 
    RECLASSIFICATIONS -- Certain reclassifications of 1993 and 1994 amounts have
been made to conform to the financial statement classification adopted in 1995.
 
    ENVIRONMENTAL  MATTERS -- Potential  environmental liabilities are accounted
for in  accordance  with Statement  of  Financial Accounting  Standards  No.  5,
"Accounting  for Contingencies", which requires a  liability to be recorded when
it is probable that a  loss has been incurred and  its amount can reasonably  be
estimated.
 
    NEW  ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS  -- In  March 1995,  the Financial Accounting
Standards Board  ("FASB") issued  Statement  of Financial  Accounting  Standards
("SFAS")  No. 121, "Accounting  for the Impairment of  Long-Lived Assets and for
Long-Lived Assets to  be Disposed Of",  which the Company  must adopt by  fiscal
year  1996. SFAS 121 is not expected to  have a material effect on the Company's
net income or financial position. In October 1995, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123,
"Accounting for  Stock-Based  Compensation".  The  Company  has  no  stock-based
compensation which meets the criteria for SFAS 123.
 
                                      F-9
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(3) INVENTORIES
    Inventories consist of the following:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 DECEMBER 31
                                                             --------------------  JUNE 29,
                                                               1994       1995       1996
                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>
Raw materials..............................................  $   3,383  $  11,332  $  12,135
Work in process............................................     13,273     37,793     31,938
Finished goods.............................................     10,151     29,938     32,466
                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------
Total......................................................  $  26,807  $  79,063  $  76,539
                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
    
 
(4) PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
    Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             DECEMBER 31,
                                                                         --------------------
                                                                           1994       1995
                                                                         ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                      <C>        <C>
Land...................................................................  $     770  $  18,296
Building and improvements..............................................      5,636     19,949
Leasehold improvements.................................................        196        690
Machinery, equipment and tooling.......................................      9,235     16,612
Office furniture and fixtures..........................................      2,085      4,191
Concert and artist and rental pianos...................................                11,087
Construction in progress...............................................        464        903
                                                                         ---------  ---------
                                                                            18,386     71,728
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization.........................      3,045      7,596
                                                                         ---------  ---------
Total..................................................................  $  15,341  $  64,132
                                                                         ---------  ---------
                                                                         ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
(5) OTHER ASSETS
    Other assets consist of the following:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              DECEMBER 31,
                                                                          --------------------
                                                                            1994       1995
                                                                          ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                       <C>        <C>
Trademarks..............................................................             $  22,548
Deferred financing cost.................................................  $   2,842     10,340
Other assets............................................................      1,727      2,708
                                                                          ---------  ---------
                                                                              4,569     35,596
Less accumulated amortization...........................................      1,100      3,482
                                                                          ---------  ---------
Total...................................................................  $   3,469  $  32,114
                                                                          ---------  ---------
                                                                          ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-10
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(6) OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
    Other current liabilities consist of the following:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             DECEMBER 31,
                                                                         --------------------
                                                                           1994       1995
                                                                         ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                      <C>        <C>
Accrued payroll and related benefits...................................  $   3,930  $  10,983
Current pension liability..............................................      1,800      2,433
Accrued promotional expenses...........................................      2,340      2,357
Accrued warranty expense...............................................                 2,175
Accrued taxes..........................................................        892      3,980
Accrued interest.......................................................        208      1,541
Other accrued expenses.................................................      1,393      7,820
                                                                         ---------  ---------
Total..................................................................  $  10,563  $  31,289
                                                                         ---------  ---------
                                                                         ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
(7) INCOME TAXES
    The components of the income tax expense (benefit) are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                PERIOD         YEAR ENDED
                                                               8/10/93 -  --------------------
                                                               12/31/93     1994       1995
                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                            <C>        <C>        <C>
Federal:
  Current....................................................             $     600  $   2,439
  Deferred...................................................  $  (1,284)       882     (1,684)
State and local:
  Current....................................................         11         41        574
  Deferred...................................................       (316)       108       (321)
Foreign:
  Current....................................................         30        167      2,906
  Deferred...................................................                           (3,078)
                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
Total........................................................  $  (1,559) $   1,798  $     836
                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The  Company's income tax (benefit) differed from the statutory federal rate
as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 PERIOD         YEAR ENDED
                                                                8/10/93 -  --------------------
                                                                12/31/93     1994       1995
                                                                ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                             <C>        <C>        <C>
Statutory rate applied to earnings before income taxes........  $  (1,587) $   1,605  $    (433)
Increase (decrease) in income taxes resulting from:
  Foreign income taxes........................................         30        167       (172)
  State income taxes..........................................       (305)       149        (49)
  Valuation allowance on foreign tax credits..................                            1,277
  Other.......................................................        303       (123)       213
                                                                ---------  ---------  ---------
Income tax (benefit)..........................................  $  (1,559) $   1,798  $     836
                                                                ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-11
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(7) INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
    The components of net deferred taxes are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            DECEMBER 31,
                                                                        ---------------------
                                                                          1994        1995
                                                                        ---------  ----------
<S>                                                                     <C>        <C>
Deferred tax assets:
  AMT credit carry-forward............................................  $     350
  Uniform capitalization adjustment to inventory......................        336  $    2,303
  Allowance for doubtful accounts.....................................        300       1,406
  Accrued expenses and other current assets and liabilities...........        579       2,709
  Foreign tax credits.................................................                 22,086
  Other...............................................................        135         223
  Valuation allowances................................................                (13,534)
                                                                        ---------  ----------
    Total deferred tax assets.........................................      1,700      15,193
 
Deferred tax liabilities
  Pension contributions...............................................       (500)     (1,759)
  Fixed assets........................................................       (358)    (23,488)
  Intangibles.........................................................       (232)    (14,705)
  Other...............................................................        (10)
                                                                        ---------  ----------
    Total deferred tax liabilities....................................     (1,100)    (39,952)
                                                                        ---------  ----------
Net deferred taxes....................................................  $     600  $  (24,759)
                                                                        ---------  ----------
                                                                        ---------  ----------
</TABLE>
 
    Valuation allowances provided relate to excess foreign tax credits generated
over expected credit  absorption. Of  these valuation  allowances, $12,257  were
recorded at the date of acquisition of Steinway. Should the related tax benefits
be  recognized in  the future, the  effect of removing  the valuation allowances
would generally  be  a  decrease  in  goodwill.  During  1995,  these  valuation
allowances  increased by  $1,277 due to  the generation of  deferred foreign tax
credits for  which  realization  does  not appear  likely.  Foreign  tax  credit
carryforwards expire in varying amounts through 2000.
 
                                      F-12
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(8) NOTES PAYABLE AND LONG TERM DEBT
    Notes payable and long-term debt consists of the following:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            DECEMBER 31,
                                                                       ----------------------
                                                                         1994        1995
                                                                       ---------  -----------
<S>                                                                    <C>        <C>
Senior Debt, bearing interest at prime plus 1 1/2% due March 31, 2000
 (9.25% and 8.5%)....................................................  $   4,520  $     4,439
Senior Secured Notes:
  11% Notes, due June 30, 2000, net of unamortized discount of $1,644
   and $1,418........................................................     42,906       43,132
  10.92% Notes, due June 30, 2000, net of unamortized discount of
   $369 and $318.....................................................      9,631        9,682
11% Senior Subordinated Notes, due May 15, 2005......................                 110,000
10% Subordinated Notes, due July 31, 2001............................      5,000
Note payable to a foreign bank, due in annual installments of of
 principal and interest of DM 645 ($449 at the December 31, 1995
 exchange rate) at an interest rate of 8.75% with the balance due in
 September 2005......................................................                   2,874
Note payable to a foreign bank, due in quarterly installments of DM
 250 ($174 at the December 31, 1995 exchange rate) through September
 30, 1999, plus interest at 6.5%.....................................                   2,611
Note payable to a foreign bank, due in monthly installments of DM 25
 ($17 at the December 31, 1995 exchange rate) through August 31,
 1997, plus interest at 9.6%.........................................                     348
Open account loan, payable on demand to a foreign bank...............                     953
                                                                       ---------  -----------
Total................................................................     62,057      174,039
Less current portion.................................................                   2,306
                                                                       ---------  -----------
Long-term debt.......................................................  $  62,057  $   171,733
                                                                       ---------  -----------
                                                                       ---------  -----------
</TABLE>
 
    Scheduled  maturities  of long-term  debt  as of  December  31, 1995  are as
follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           AMOUNT
                                                                         -----------
<S>                                                                      <C>
1996...................................................................  $     2,306
1997...................................................................        2,300
1998...................................................................        4,680
1999...................................................................        6,776
2000...................................................................       46,279
Thereafter.............................................................      111,698
                                                                         -----------
Total..................................................................  $   174,039
                                                                         -----------
                                                                         -----------
</TABLE>
 
    The open account loan provides for borrowings by foreign subsidiaries of  up
to  DM 10,000 ($6,961 at the December 31, 1995 exchange rate) payable on demand,
of which up to DM 4,000 ($2,784 at  the December 31, 1995 exchange rate) may  be
drawn as a term loan for 30, 60, 90 or 180 days. Demand borrowings bear interest
at  the rate of 8.25%  and term borrowings bear  interest at the Euromarket rate
plus 2%.
 
    In connection with the merger discussed in Note 17, the Company entered into
a restated  and amended  Senior Bank  Credit Agreement.  The restated  agreement
provides for borrowings by Selmer
 
                                      F-13
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(8) NOTES PAYABLE AND LONG TERM DEBT (CONTINUED)
and  Steinway's domestic subsidiaries up to $60 million and extends the due date
to March 31,  2000. Interest on  the outstanding balances  accrues at the  prime
rate  plus 1 1/2% or the Eurodollar  rate plus 3%. Borrowings are collateralized
by domestic  accounts  receivable  and  inventory  balances,  a  first  lien  on
Steinway's  domestic fixed assets,  and a second lien  on Selmer's fixed assets.
The available balance is determined by eligible domestic accounts receivable and
inventory balances and was approximately $40.7 million on December 31, 1995.
 
    The Senior Secured Notes are secured by the fixed assets and common stock of
The Selmer Company,  Inc. and  mature on various  dates from  December 31,  1996
through  June 30, 2000. The  notes are guaranteed by  the Company. In connection
with the merger  discussed in  Note 17, the  Senior Secured  Note Indenture  was
amended  to provide  for the  additional guarantee  of the  Senior Notes  by the
Steinway Guarantors.
 
    All of the  Company's debt  agreements contain  certain financial  covenants
which,  among other things, require the  maintenance of certain financial ratios
and net worth, place  certain limitations on  additional borrowings and  capital
expenditures,  and prohibit  the payment  of cash  dividends. The  Company is in
compliance with all such covenants.
 
(9) STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND WARRANTS
    Funding for the Company's  acquisition discussed in Note  1 was provided  in
part  by  the issuance  of  capital stock  on August  10,  1993. Holders  of the
Convertible Participating  Preferred Stock  are  entitled to  receive  dividends
when,  as  and  if declared  by  the Board  of  Directors out  of  funds legally
available for such purpose. The Company  is restricted from paying dividends  on
common stock unless dividends are made on the preferred stock in an amount equal
to  the dividend payable upon  conversion of each share  of preferred stock. The
preferred stock has a liquidation value of $4.50 per share.
 
    Each share of Class A Common Stock  is entitled to 98 votes, and each  share
of ordinary common stock is entitled to one vote. Holders of preferred stock are
entitled to a number of votes equal to the number of ordinary common shares into
which  the  preferred  shares  may  be converted.  Class  A  Common  Stock shall
automatically convert to  ordinary common  stock if, at  any time,  the Class  A
Common Stock is not owned by an original Class A holder.
 
    The  Company issued warrants in conjunction  with the issuance of the Senior
Secured Notes on August 10, 1993. The warrants, which may be exercised after the
earlier of August  1, 1995, or  change of control,  entitle holders to  purchase
1,330,100  shares of  ordinary common  stock at  a purchase  price of  $0.01 per
share. The warrants expire on August 1, 2000.
 
    The Company has the option to convert the preferred stock and to set a  date
for  exercising the  warrants if  a registered  public offering  of common stock
raising $15 million in the aggregate is made.
 
    On May  14,  1996, the  Company  filed  a registration  statement  with  the
Securities  and  Exchange Commission  for  the proposed  sale  of shares  of the
Company's ordinary  common  stock. On  July  3,  1996, the  Company  effected  a
2.83-to-1  stock split. All share and  per share amounts have been retroactively
adjusted  for  all  periods  presented  to  give  effect  to  the  stock  split.
Additionally,  on July 3, 1996, the Company changed its name to Steinway Musical
Instruments, Inc.
 
                                      F-14
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(10) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
 
    LEASE COMMITMENTS -- The Company  has entered into various operating  leases
for  certain facilities and  equipment, some of  which have noncancelable terms,
expiring at various  times through  2016 with various  renewal options.  Minimum
lease  payments under noncancelable leases for the years ending December 31, are
as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            AMOUNT
                                                                           ---------
<S>                                                                        <C>
1996.....................................................................  $   3,182
1997.....................................................................      2,970
1998.....................................................................      1,722
1999.....................................................................        860
2000.....................................................................        564
Thereafter...............................................................      2,742
                                                                           ---------
Total....................................................................  $  12,040
                                                                           ---------
                                                                           ---------
</TABLE>
 
    Rent expense was $662  for the period  January 1, 1993  to August 10,  1993,
$344  for the  period from August  10, 1993 to  December 31, 1993,  and $970 and
$2,202 for the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1995, respectively,
 
    NOTES RECEIVABLE SOLD WITH RECOURSE -- The Company sells notes receivable on
a recourse basis to  a commercial finance company  under a three-year  facility.
Pursuant  to the terms of  the facility, the commercial  finance company may, at
its option, purchase at any one time up to an aggregate principal amount of  $15
million  of the  Company's notes  receivable. The  Company received  proceeds of
approximately $12.0 and $13.0 million from the sales of such notes for the years
ended December  31, 1994  and 1995,  respectively. Approximately  $6.8 and  $7.5
million  of these  notes remain  outstanding as of  December 31,  1994 and 1995,
respectively.
 
    ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS -- Certain  environmental matters are pending  against
the  Company, which might  result in monetary  damages, the amount  of which, if
any, cannot be determined at the  present time. Philips Electronics, a  previous
owner of the Company, has agreed to hold the Company harmless from any financial
liability  arising from  these environmental  matters which  were pending  as of
December 29,  1988. Management  believes  that these  matters  will not  have  a
material  adverse impact  on the  Company's results  of operations  or financial
condition.
 
    LITIGATION -- In the ordinary course  of its business, the Company is  party
to  various legal  actions that  management believes  are routine  in nature and
incidental to the operation of its  business. While the outcome of such  actions
cannot  be  predicted with  certainty, management  believes  that, based  on the
experience of the Company in dealing with these matters, the ultimate resolution
of these  matters will  not have  a  material adverse  impact on  the  business,
financial condition and results of operations or prospects of the Company.
 
(11) RETIREMENT PLANS
 
    DOMESTIC  PLANS -- The Company has a noncontributory defined benefit pension
plan (the "Selmer  Plan") in which  all eligible employees  may participate.  On
December  31, 1995, Steinway's defined benefit  pension plan was merged with the
Selmer Plan. The Company's funding policy is to contribute the minimum  required
contribution for each plan year by the fifteenth day of the month following each
quarter  plus the balance of the minimum required contribution for the plan year
by the following September 15.
 
                                      F-15
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(11) RETIREMENT PLANS (CONTINUED)
    The components of net pension expense are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                  PREDECESSOR               SUCCESSOR
                                                 -------------  ---------------------------------
                                                    PERIOD        PERIOD          YEAR ENDED
                                                   1/1/93 -      8/10/93 -   --------------------
                                                    8/10/93      12/31/93      1994       1995
                                                 -------------  -----------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                              <C>            <C>          <C>        <C>
Service cost -- benefits earned during the
 year..........................................    $     237     $     238   $     803  $     651
Interest cost on projected benefit
 obligation....................................          310           182         605        739
Return on plan assets..........................         (124)          (53)        (38)      (993)
Net amortization...............................          152                      (172)       621
                                                      ------         -----   ---------  ---------
Net pension expense............................    $     575     $     367   $   1,198  $   1,018
                                                      ------         -----   ---------  ---------
                                                      ------         -----   ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The funded status of the  pension plan at December 31,  1994 and 1995 is  as
follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              DECEMBER 31,
                                                                          --------------------
                                                                            1994       1995
                                                                          ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                       <C>        <C>
Accumulated benefit obligation (including vested benefit obligation of
 approximately $6,486 and $12,983 at December 31, 1994 and 1995,
 respectively)..........................................................  $   6,996  $  13,841
                                                                          ---------  ---------
                                                                          ---------  ---------
Projected benefit obligation............................................  $   7,499  $  14,592
Plan assets at fair value...............................................      3,953     12,020
                                                                          ---------  ---------
Projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets...................      3,546      2,572
Unrecognized net gain (loss)............................................      1,423       (137)
Unrecognized prior service cost.........................................       (843)      (765)
Recognition of minimum liability........................................                   762
                                                                          ---------  ---------
Net accrued pension cost................................................      4,126      2,432
Less amount currently payable...........................................      1,800      1,539
                                                                          ---------  ---------
Net accrued pension cost................................................  $   2,326  $     893
                                                                          ---------  ---------
                                                                          ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The  projected benefit obligation  was determined using  an assumed discount
rate of 8.5% and 7.5% in 1994 and 1995, respectively. The assumed long-term rate
of compensation increase was  4%. The assumed long-term  rate of return on  plan
assets was 8.5%.
 
    The  Company  also sponsors  401(k)  retirement savings  plans  for eligible
employees. Discretionary employer contributions,  as determined annually by  the
Board  of  Directors,  are  made  to  one  these  plans.  The  1995 contribution
approximated $159.
 
    The Company provides postretirement health care and life insurance  benefits
to  eligible  hourly retirees  and  their dependents.  The  health care  plan is
contributory, with retiree contributions adjusted every three years as part of a
union contract agreement. The  plans are unfunded and  the Company pays part  of
the health care premium and the full amount of the life insurance cost.
 
    Effective  January 1,  1994 the  Company adopted  SFAS No.  106, "Employers'
Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other  Than Pensions". SFAS 106  requires
recognition,  during employees' service  with the Company, of  the cost of their
retiree health and life insurance benefits.
 
                                      F-16
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(11) RETIREMENT PLANS (CONTINUED)
    In accordance with the Statement, the Company has elected to recognize  this
change  in accounting over a  twenty-year period. The accumulated postretirement
benefit obligation was $1,004 at January 1, 1994.
 
    Net postretirement benefit cost for 1994 and 1995 is as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  1994       1995
                                                                                ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                             <C>        <C>
Service cost..................................................................  $      35  $      32
Interest cost.................................................................         71         79
Amortization of transition obligation.........................................         50         50
Net amortization and deferral.................................................                    (6)
                                                                                ---------  ---------
Net postretirement benefit cost...............................................  $     156  $     155
                                                                                ---------  ---------
                                                                                ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The adoption of SFAS No. 106 did not have a material effect on the Company's
1994 postretirement benefit cost.  In prior years, the  cost of providing  these
benefits to retired employees was recognized as an expense primarily as premiums
were paid.
 
    The   following  table  sets  forth  the  funded  status  of  the  Company's
postretirement benefit plans and  accrued postretirement benefit cost  reflected
in the Company's balance sheet at year end:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 DECEMBER 31,
                                                                             --------------------
                                                                               1994       1995
                                                                             ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>
Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation:
  Retirees.................................................................  $     314  $     337
  Active Employees.........................................................        596        750
                                                                             ---------  ---------
                                                                                   910      1,087
Unrecognized net obligation at date of adoption of SFAS No. 106............       (954)      (904)
Unrecognized net gain......................................................        164         52
                                                                             ---------  ---------
Accrued postretirement benefit cost........................................  $     120  $     235
                                                                             ---------  ---------
                                                                             ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The annual assumed rate of increase in the per capita cost of covered health
care  benefits is  10.5% for  retirees under age  65 in  1996 and  is assumed to
decrease gradually to 4.5% in 2008, and remain at that level thereafter.
 
    The effect of increasing the assumed health care cost trend by 1  percentage
point  in  each  year  would  increase  the  accumulated  postretirement benefit
obligation as of December 31, 1995 by  $52 and the aggregate of the service  and
interest cost components of the net periodic postretirement benefit cost for the
year then ended by $7.
 
    The  discount  rate  used in  determining  the transition  obligation  as of
January 1 and the net  periodic postretirement benefit cost  was 7% and 8.5%  in
1994  and 1995, respectively. The  accumulated postretirement benefit obligation
was determined using an assumed discount rate of 8.5% and 7.5% in 1994 and 1995,
respectively.
 
    FOREIGN PLANS -- The foreign divisions of the Company's Steinway  subsidiary
have separate pension plans which provide retirement benefits for all hourly and
certain  salaried  employees. Unfunded  accrued  pension costs  are  included in
liabilities. The  plans  are  funded  in accordance  with  the  requirements  of
regulatory bodies governing each plan.
 
                                      F-17
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(11) RETIREMENT PLANS (CONTINUED)
    The  components of net pension cost  for the Company's foreign divisions are
as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         1995
                                                                                       ---------
<S>                                                                                    <C>
Service cost -- benefits earned during the period....................................  $     240
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation........................................        602
Return on plan assets................................................................       (199)
Net amortization and deferral........................................................        102
                                                                                       ---------
Net pension cost.....................................................................  $     745
                                                                                       ---------
                                                                                       ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The following table  sets forth  the funded  status and  obligations of  the
plans for the foreign divisions as of December 31, 1995:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                       1995
                                                                                     ---------
<S>                                                                                  <C>
Accumulated benefit obligation (including vested benefit obligation of
 approximately $15,199 at December 31, 1995).......................................  $  15,824
                                                                                     ---------
                                                                                     ---------
Projected benefit obligation.......................................................  $  17,222
Plan assets at fair value..........................................................      2,323
                                                                                     ---------
Projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets..............................     14,899
Unrecognized net gain..............................................................        118
                                                                                     ---------
Net accrued pension cost...........................................................     15,017
Less amount currently payable......................................................        894
                                                                                     ---------
Net accrued pension cost...........................................................  $  14,123
                                                                                     ---------
                                                                                     ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The  weighted  average  discount  rates  and  rates  of  increase  in future
compensation levels  used in  determining  the actuarial  present value  of  the
projected  benefit  obligation  were  7%  and  3%,  respectively.  The  expected
long-term rate of return on assets was 9%.
 
(12) FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTRACTS
    At December  31,  1995, the  Company's  German divisions,  whose  functional
currency  is the deutsche mark, had  forward contracts maturing at various dates
through  August  1996  to  purchase  $1,486  as  a  hedge  against  intercompany
transactions with U.S. affiliates. In addition, the German divisions had forward
contracts  maturing  at various  dates through  March 1996  to sell  350 British
pounds sterling as a hedge against transactions with their London affiliate.
 
(13) SEGMENT INFORMATION
    The Company operates in  one industry segment, the  manufacture and sale  of
musical  instruments. Sales and  marketing operations outside  the United States
are conducted through subsidiaries  in Germany and  the United Kingdom.  Foreign
manufacturing operations are located in Germany.
 
                                      F-18
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(13) SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
    Financial   information  concerning   the  Company's   operations  by  major
geographical area is as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   PERIOD      PERIOD            YEAR ENDED
                                                                  1/1/93 -    8/10/93 -   ------------------------
                                                                   8/10/93    12/31/93       1994         1995
                                                                  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                                               <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>
Net Sales
  United States
    Sales to unaffiliated customers.............................  $  55,565   $  32,494   $    97,027  $   148,269
    Intersegment sales..........................................        649         738         1,585        4,190
                                                                  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------
      Total.....................................................     56,214      33,232        98,612      152,459
  Western Europe
    Sales to unaffiliated customers.............................      1,606       1,845         4,087       41,536
    Intersegment sales..........................................     --          --           --           --
                                                                  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------
      Total.....................................................      1,606       1,845         4,087       41,536
                                                                  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------
Total...........................................................     57,820      35,077       102,699      193,995
  Less eliminations.............................................        649         738         1,585        4,190
                                                                  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------
Total...........................................................  $  57,171   $  34,339   $   101,114  $   189,805
                                                                  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------
                                                                  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------
 
Operating Income (loss)
  United States.................................................  $   5,385   $  (1,736)  $    12,082  $    13,460
  Western Europe................................................        131          89           400         (294)
    Eliminations................................................          4           7           (10)         (64)
                                                                  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------
      Total.....................................................  $   5,520   $  (1,640)  $    12,472  $    13,102
                                                                  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------
                                                                  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------
 
Identifiable Assets (at period end)
  United States.................................................  $  94,765   $  88,473   $    84,535  $   210,811
  Western Europe................................................      2,316       2,884         3,416       86,370
  Eliminations..................................................     (1,732)     (2,387)       (2,427)     (33,385)
                                                                  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------
      Total.....................................................  $  95,349   $  88,970   $    85,524  $   263,796
                                                                  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------
                                                                  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------
</TABLE>
 
    Export  sales  from  the  United  States  to  unaffiliated  customers   were
approximately  $7,964 for the  period from January  1, 1993 to  August 10, 1993,
$6,588 for the period from August 10, 1993 to December 31, 1993, and $15,717 and
$22,104 for the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1995, respectively.
 
(14) SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 PREDECESSOR               SUCCESSOR
                                                -------------  ---------------------------------
                                                   PERIOD        PERIOD          YEAR ENDED
                                                  1/1/93 -      8/10/93 -   --------------------
                                                   8/10/93      12/31/93      1994       1995
                                                -------------  -----------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                             <C>            <C>          <C>        <C>
Interest paid.................................    $   3,445     $   3,057   $   8,025  $  13,399
Income taxes paid.............................            0            73         470      5,532
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-19
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(14) SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
    Cash flow information with respect  to Selmer's acquisition of Steinway,  as
discussed in Note 17, is as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                      1995
                                                                                   -----------
<S>                                                                                <C>
Fair value of assets acquired....................................................  $   183,003
Liabilities assumed..............................................................      (78,542)
Cash paid........................................................................      104,461
</TABLE>
 
(15) DISCLOSURES ABOUT FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
    The  following  disclosures  of  the  estimated  fair  values  of  financial
instruments are  made  in accordance  with  the  requirements of  SFAS  No.  107
"Disclosures  about Fair  Values of  Financial Instruments".  The estimated fair
values  have   been   developed  using   appropriate   methodologies;   however,
considerable  judgment is required to  develop these estimates. Accordingly, the
estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of amounts that  could
be  realized  in a  current  market exchange.  Use  of different  assumptions or
methodologies could have a significant effect on these estimates.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       1994                     1995
                                              ----------------------  ------------------------
                                              CARRYING    ESTIMATED    CARRYING     ESTIMATED
                                                VALUE    FAIR VALUE      VALUE     FAIR VALUE
                                              ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                           <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>
Financial assets
  Cash......................................  $     380   $     380   $     3,706  $     3,706
  Accounts, notes and leases receivable.....     26,940      26,940        41,860       41,860
 
Financial liabilities
  Accounts payable..........................      2,825       2,825         8,172        8,172
  Notes payable and long term debt..........     62,057      62,057       174,039      172,773
  Foreign currency contracts................                                   36           36
</TABLE>
 
    The carrying  amount of  cash, accounts,  notes and  leases receivable,  and
accounts  payable approximate fair value because  of the short maturity of these
instruments.
 
    The estimated fair  value of existing  notes payable and  long-term debt  is
based  on rates currently available  to the Company for  debt with similar terms
and remaining maturities.
 
    The estimated fair  value of  foreign currency contracts  (used for  hedging
purposes)  has been determined  as the difference between  the current spot rate
and the contract rate multiplied by the notional amount of the contract.
 
                                      F-20
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(16) SUMMARIZED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
    The Company is a holding company whose only asset consists of its investment
in its wholly-owned  subsidiary, The Selmer  Company, Inc. Summarized  financial
information for The Selmer Company, Inc. and subsidiaries is as follows:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    PERIOD
                                         -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                JULY 1,     JUNE 29,
                                           1993        1994         1995         1995         1996
                                         ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                      <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
Current assets.........................  $  56,736  $    56,265  $   132,380  $   143,600  $   146,099
Total assets...........................     88,970       85,524      263,796      280,598      271,048
Current liabilities....................     10,174       13,388       41,767       39,170       34,038
Stockholder's equity...................      4,226        7,253        5,198       10,371        6,691
Total revenues.........................     34,339      101,114      189,805       71,714      133,416
Gross profit...........................      5,484       31,661       50,218       20,523       42,687
Net income (loss)......................     (3,109)       2,922       (2,074)       1,709        3,291
</TABLE>
    
 
(17) SUMMARY OF MERGER AND GUARANTEES
    On  May 25, 1995, Selmer acquired Steinway pursuant to an Agreement and Plan
of Merger dated as of April 11, 1995. The total purchase price of  approximately
$104  million, including fees  and expenses, was funded  by Selmer's issuance of
$105 million  of 11%  Senior  Subordinated Notes  due  2005 and  available  cash
balances of the Company.
 
    The   following  pro  forma  financial   information  gives  effect  to  the
acquisition as if it had occurred as of January 1, 1994:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                      ------------------------
                                                                         1994         1995
                                                                      -----------  -----------
<S>                                                                   <C>          <C>
Revenues............................................................  $   215,097  $   233,731
Net (loss)..........................................................       (8,141)         (89)
Net (loss) per share................................................  $     (5.43) $      (.06)
</TABLE>
 
    Selmer's payment obligations under the  Senior Subordinated Notes are  fully
and  unconditionally guaranteed on a  joint and several basis  by the Company as
Parent (the  "Guarantor  Parent"),  and by  Steinway  and  certain  wholly-owned
subsidiaries  of Steinway, each a direct  or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Company  and  each  a "Guarantor",  (the  "Guarantor  Subsidiaries").  These
subsidiaries,  together with the operating divisions of Selmer, represent all of
the operations of  the Company  conducted in  the United  States. The  remaining
subsidiaries,  which do  not guarantee  the Notes,  represent foreign operations
(the "Non Guarantor Subsidiaries").
 
    The following  condensed consolidating  supplementary data  illustrates  the
composition  of the combined Guarantors.  Separate complete financial statements
of the respective Guarantors would  not provide additional material  information
which  would be useful in assessing the financial composition of the Guarantors.
No single Guarantor  has any significant  legal restrictions on  the ability  of
investors or creditors to obtain access to its assets in event of default on the
Guarantee other than its subordination to senior indebtedness.
 
    Investments  in subsidiaries  are accounted  for by  the parent  on the cost
method for purposes of the supplemental consolidating presentation. Earnings  of
subsidiaries are therefore not reflected in the parent's investment accounts and
earnings.   The   principal   elimination  entries   eliminate   investments  in
subsidiaries and intercompany balances and transactions.
 
                                      F-21
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
                     CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS
                               DECEMBER 31, 1995
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           NON
                                GUARANTOR                 GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR
                                 PARENT       ISSUER     SUBSIDIARIES  SUBSIDIARIES  ELIMINATIONS  CONSOLIDATED
                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                                            (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                            <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
           ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash.......................               $       361   $    1,626    $    1,719                  $     3,706
  Accounts, notes and leases
   receivable, net...........                    25,700        7,504         8,656                       41,860
  Inventories................                    28,511       23,954        26,975    $     (377)        79,063
  Prepaid expenses and other
   current assets............                     1,108        1,006           944                        3,058
  Deferred tax asset.........                       700        1,888         2,105                        4,693
                                            -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total current assets.........                    56,380       35,978        40,399          (377)       132,380
Property, plant and
 equipment, net..............                    14,642       28,077        21,413                       64,132
Investment in subsidiaries...   $   7,335       105,630       30,521           177      (143,663)       --
Intercompany.................         630         1,576        2,523                      (4,729)       --
Other assets, net............                     4,070       17,888        11,469        (1,313)        32,114
Cost in excess of fair value
 of net assets acquired,
 net.........................                    10,179       12,079        12,912                       35,170
                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
TOTAL ASSETS.................   $   7,965   $   192,477   $  127,066    $   86,370    $ (150,082)   $   263,796
                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
  Notes payable and current
   portion of long-term
   debt......................               $       250                 $    2,056                  $     2,306
  Accounts payable...........                     3,085   $    2,994         2,093                        8,172
  Other current liabilities..                    10,019        6,576        14,694                       31,289
                                            -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total current liabilities....                    13,354        9,570        18,843                       41,767
Long-term debt...............                   165,355        1,648         4,730                      171,733
Intercompany.................                       630       80,000         4,099    $  (84,729)       --
Deferred taxes...............                       880       13,565        15,007                       29,452
Non-current pension
 liability...................                     2,206                     14,123        (1,313)        15,016
                                            -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total liabilities............                   182,425      104,783        56,802       (86,042)       257,968
Stockholders' equity.........   $   7,965        10,052       22,283        29,568       (64,040)         5,828
                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total........................   $   7,965   $   192,477   $  127,066    $   86,370    $ (150,082)   $   263,796
                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-22
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           NON
                                GUARANTOR                 GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR
                                 PARENT       ISSUER     SUBSIDIARIES  SUBSIDIARIES  ELIMINATIONS  CONSOLIDATED
                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                                            (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                            <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Net sales....................               $   106,498   $   45,961    $   41,536    $   (4,190)   $   189,805
Cost of sales................                    73,787       37,003        32,923        (4,126)       139,587
                                            -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Gross profit.................                    32,711        8,958         8,613           (64)        50,218
 
Operating expenses:
  Sales and marketing........                    11,172        5,911         4,078          (160)        21,001
  Provision for doubtful
   accounts..................                       566           47           184                          797
  General and
   administrative............                     5,332        2,805         3,475                       11,612
  Amortization...............                       864        1,234           943                        3,041
  Other expense..............                       466         (188)          227           160            665
                                            -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total operating expenses.....                    18,400        9,809         8,907        --             37,116
                                            -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Earnings (loss) from
 operations..................                    14,311         (851)         (294)          (64)        13,102
 
Other (income) expense:
  Other income...............                    (5,817)      --               (89)        5,323           (583)
  Interest expense...........                    14,406        5,210           630        (5,323)        14,923
                                            -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Other expense, net...........                     8,589        5,210           541        --             14,340
                                            -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Income (loss) before income
 taxes.......................                     5,722       (6,061)         (835)          (64)        (1,238)
 
Provision for (benefit of)
 income taxes................                     2,530       (2,014)          320                          836
                                            -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Net income (loss)............               $     3,192   $   (4,047)   $   (1,155)   $      (64)   $    (2,074)
                                            -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                            -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-23
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           GUARANTOR                   GUARANTOR     NON GUARANTOR
                             PARENT       ISSUER     SUBSIDIARIES    SUBSIDIARIES    ELIMINATIONS    CONSOLIDATED
                           ----------   ----------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------
                                                           (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                        <C>          <C>          <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>
Cash flows from operating
 activities
  Net income (loss)......               $    3,192   $     (4,047)   $     (1,155)   $        (64)   $     (2,074)
  Adjustments to
   reconcile net income
   (loss) to cash flows
   from operating
   activities:
    Depreciation and
     amortization........                    3,146          2,650           1,943                           7,739
    Provision for
     doubtful accounts...                      566        --                  200                             766
    Amortization of
     senior note
     discount............                      277        --              --                                  277
    Deferred tax
     provision
     (benefit)...........                      780         (2,785)         (3,078)                         (5,083)
    Other................                       52             71             (30)                             93
    Changes in operating
     assets and
     liabilities:
      Accounts, notes and
       leases
       receivable........                   (1,443)        (1,100)         (1,629)                         (4,172)
      Inventories........                   (2,475)         6,438           3,637              64           7,664
      Prepaid expense and
       other current
       assets............                     (120)          (587)              6                            (701)
      Accounts payable...                      596            323             435                           1,354
      Accrued expenses...                     (404)          (738)          1,942                             800
                                        ----------   -------------   -------------            ---    -------------
Net cash flows from
 operating activities....                    4,167            225           2,271         --                6,663
 
Cash flows from investing
 activities
  Capital expenditures...                   (1,639)          (810)           (713)                         (3,162)
  Proceeds from disposals
   of fixed assets.......                        3             11              37                              51
  Increase in other
   assets................                   (1,196)          (255)           (350)                         (1,801)
  Acquisition of Steinway
   Musical Properties,
   Inc. (net of cash
   acquired).............                 (104,461)         1,548             123                        (102,790)
                                        ----------   -------------   -------------            ---    -------------
Net cash flows from
 investing activities....                 (107,293)           494            (903)        --             (107,702)
 
Cash flows from financing
 activities
  Borrowing under line of
   credit agreement......                  105,187         42,441             365                         147,993
  Repayments under line
   of credit agreement...                 (106,915)       (41,571)                                       (148,486)
  Proceeds from issuance
   of long-term debt.....                  110,000                                                        110,000
  Proceeds from issuance
   of stock..............  $     630                                                                          630
  Repayments of long-term
   debt..................                   (5,000)                          (772)                         (5,772)
  Intercompany
   dividends.............                                   1,500          (1,500)                        --
  Intercompany...........       (630)          222         (1,463)          1,871                         --
                           ----------   ----------   -------------   -------------            ---    -------------
Net cash flows from
 financing activities....     --           103,494            907             (36)        --              104,365
Effect of exchange rate
 changes on cash.........                                                 --
Increase (decrease) in
 cash....................     --               368          1,626           1,332         --                3,326
Cash, beginning of
 period..................                       (7)       --                  387                             380
                           ----------   ----------   -------------   -------------            ---    -------------
Cash, end of period......  $  --        $      361   $      1,626    $      1,719    $    --         $      3,706
                           ----------   ----------   -------------   -------------            ---    -------------
                           ----------   ----------   -------------   -------------            ---    -------------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-24
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
   
                     CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS
                                 JUNE 29, 1996
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 NON
                                      GUARANTOR                 GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR
                                       PARENT       ISSUER     SUBSIDIARIES  SUBSIDIARIES  ELIMINATIONS  CONSOLIDATED
                                     -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                                                  (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
                                                                        (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                  <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
              ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash.............................               $      (839)  $    1,642    $      867                  $     1,670
  Accounts, notes and leases
   receivable, net.................                    47,411        4,569         7,914                       59,894
  Inventories......................                    25,708       24,698        26,424    $     (291)        76,539
  Prepaid expenses and other
   current assets..................                     1,420        1,185           821                        3,426
  Deferred tax asset...............                       700        1,888         1,982                        4,570
                                                  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total current assets...............                    74,400       33,982        38,008          (291)       146,099
 
Property, plant and equipment,
 net...............................                    14,130       27,434        19,992                       61,556
Investment in subsidiaries.........   $   7,335       105,630       30,521           178      (143,664)       --
Intercompany.......................         630         1,174        3,923                      (5,727)       --
Other assets, net..................                     3,575       17,008        10,137        (1,313)        29,407
Cost in excess of fair value of net
 assets acquired, net..............                    10,043       11,926        12,017                       33,986
                                     -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
TOTAL ASSETS.......................   $   7,965   $   208,952   $  124,794    $   80,332    $ (150,995)   $   271,048
                                     -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                     -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
  Notes payable and current portion
   of long-term debt...............               $       750                 $    5,784                  $     6,534
  Accounts payable.................                     2,247   $    1,345         1,203                        4,795
  Other current liabilities........                     8,031        5,952         8,726                       22,709
                                                  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total current liabilities..........                    11,028        7,297        15,713                       34,038
 
Long-term debt.....................                   180,060        3,554         4,000                      187,614
Intercompany.......................                       630       80,000         5,097    $  (85,727)       --
Deferred taxes.....................                       880       12,974        13,652                       27,506
Non-current pension liability......                     2,206                     13,676        (1,313)        14,569
                                                  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total liabilities..................                   194,804      103,825        52,138       (87,040)       263,727
 
Stockholders' equity...............   $   7,965        14,148       20,969        28,194       (63,955)         7,321
                                     -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total..............................   $   7,965   $   208,952   $  124,794    $   80,332    $ (150,995)   $   271,048
                                     -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                     -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
</TABLE>
    
 
                                      F-25
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
   
                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                         SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 29, 1996
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                NON
                                       GUARANTOR               GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR
                                        PARENT      ISSUER    SUBSIDIARIES  SUBSIDIARIES  ELIMINATIONS  CONSOLIDATED
                                      -----------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                                                  (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
                                                                        (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                   <C>          <C>        <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Net sales...........................               $  68,853   $   38,775    $   28,493    $   (2,705)   $   133,416
Cost of sales.......................                  46,607       27,879        19,034        (2,791)        90,729
                                                   ---------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Gross profit........................                  22,246       10,896         9,459            86         42,687
 
Operating expenses:
  Sales and marketing...............                   6,966        5,023         3,588           (78)        15,499
  Provision for doubtful accounts...                     351           51             8                          410
  General and administrative........                   2,942        2,570         2,361                        7,873
  Amortization......................                     400        1,035           870                        2,305
  Other expense.....................                      85         (222)          306            78            247
                                                   ---------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total operating expenses............                  10,744        8,457         7,133        --             26,334
                                                   ---------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Earnings (loss) from operations.....                  11,502        2,439         2,326            86         16,353
 
Other (income) expense:
  Other income......................                  (4,564)      --               (26)        4,413           (177)
  Interest expense..................                   9,365        4,460           341        (4,413)         9,753
                                                   ---------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Other expense, net..................                   4,801        4,460           315        --              9,576
                                                   ---------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Income (loss) before income taxes...                   6,701       (2,021)        2,011            86          6,777
 
Provision for (benefit of) income
 taxes..............................                   2,605         (707)        1,588                        3,486
                                                   ---------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Net income (loss)...................               $   4,096   $   (1,314)   $      423    $       86    $     3,291
                                                   ---------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                                   ---------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
</TABLE>
    
 
                                      F-26
<PAGE>
              STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
   
                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                         SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 29, 1996
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         GUARANTOR                 GUARANTOR    NON GUARANTOR
                                          PARENT       ISSUER    SUBSIDIARIES   SUBSIDIARIES    ELIMINATIONS    CONSOLIDATED
                                       -------------  ---------  -------------  -------------  ---------------  -------------
                                                                       (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
                                                                            (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                    <C>            <C>        <C>            <C>            <C>              <C>
Cash flows from operating activities
  Net income (loss)..................                 $   4,096    $  (1,314)     $     423       $      86       $   3,291
  Adjustments to reconcile net income
   (loss) to cash flows from
   operating activities:
    Depreciation and amortization....                     1,641        2,332          1,681                           5,654
    Provision for doubtful
     accounts........................                       351           51              8                             410
    Amortization of senior note
     discount........................                       152       --             --                                 152
    Deferred tax benefit.............                    --             (592)          (535)                         (1,127)
    Other............................                    --               11         --                                  11
    Changes in operating assets and
     liabilities:
      Accounts, notes and leases
       receivable....................                   (22,062)       2,883            361                         (18,818)
      Inventories....................                     2,803         (754)        (1,035)            (86)            928
      Prepaid expense and other
       current assets................                      (312)        (173)           129                            (356)
      Accounts payable...............                      (838)      (1,151)        (2,924)                         (4,913)
      Accrued expenses...............                    (1,988)      (1,123)        (2,700)                         (5,811)
                                                      ---------  -------------  -------------         -----     -------------
Net cash flows from operating
 activities..........................                   (16,157)         170         (4,592)         --             (20,579)
 
Cash flows from investing activities
  Capital expenditures...............                      (729)        (665)          (161)                         (1,555)
  Proceeds from disposals of fixed
   assets............................                    --               12         --                                  12
  (Increase) decrease in other
   assets............................                       231           (6)           (63)                            162
                                                      ---------  -------------  -------------         -----     -------------
Net cash flows from investing
 activities..........................                      (498)        (659)          (224)         --              (1,381)
 
Cash flows from financing activities
  Net borrowings (repayments) under
   line of credit agreement..........                    15,053        1,906          4,172                          21,131
  Issuance of long-term debt.........                    --           --              4,639                           4,639
  Repayments of long-term debt.......                    --           --             (5,486)                         (5,486)
  Intercompany.......................                       402       (1,401)           999                          --
                                             -----    ---------  -------------  -------------         -----     -------------
Net cash flows from financing
 activities..........................       --           15,455          505          4,324          --              20,284
 
Effect of exchange rate changes on
 cash................................                    --           --               (360)                           (360)
 
Increase (decrease) in cash..........       --           (1,200)          16           (852)         --              (2,036)
Cash, beginning of period............                       361        1,626          1,719                           3,706
                                             -----    ---------  -------------  -------------         -----     -------------
Cash, end of period..................    $  --        $    (839)   $   1,642      $     867       $  --           $   1,670
                                             -----    ---------  -------------  -------------         -----     -------------
                                             -----    ---------  -------------  -------------         -----     -------------
</TABLE>
    
 
                                      F-27
<PAGE>
                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
 
Steinway Musical Properties, Inc.:
 
    We  have audited  the accompanying  consolidated balance  sheets of Steinway
Musical Properties, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Companies") as of June 30,  1993
and  1994 and the  related consolidated statements  of operations, stockholders'
equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June  30,
1994.  These  financial  statements  are the  responsibility  of  the Companies'
management. Our  responsibility is  to  express an  opinion on  these  financial
statements based on our audits.
 
    We  conducted  our audits  in  accordance with  generally  accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to  obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also  includes
assessing  the  accounting principles  used  and significant  estimates  made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement  presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
    In  our opinion, such  consolidated financial statements  present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of the Companies at June 30,  1993
and  1994, and the results of their operations  and their cash flows for each of
the three years in the period ended  June 30, 1994 in conformity with  generally
accepted accounting principles.
 
    As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, in 1994 the
Companies  changed their method  of accounting for income  taxes to conform with
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109.
 
    Our audits were  made for the  purpose of  forming an opinion  on the  basic
consolidated  financial statements taken as  a whole. The supplemental condensed
consolidating balance sheets as of June 30, 1993 and 1994, and the  supplemental
condensed  consolidating statements of operations and  of cash flows for each of
the three years in the period ended June 30, 1994 are presented for purposes  of
additional  analysis  and are  not  a required  part  of the  basic consolidated
financial statements. This  supplemental condensed  consolidated information  is
the  responsibility of  the Companies' management.  Such condensed consolidating
information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our  audits
of  the basic consolidated  financial statements and, in  our opinion, is fairly
stated in  all  material respects  when  considered  in relation  to  the  basic
consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.
 
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
September 9, 1994
 
                                      F-28
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                          MARCH 31,
                                                                                         JUNE 30,        ------------
                                                                                   --------------------      1995
                                                                          NOTES      1993       1994     ------------
                                                                        ---------  ---------  ---------  (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                                                     <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
                                ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash................................................................             $   1,606  $   1,396   $    1,080
  Short-term investments..............................................      1          1,054      3,089        1,018
  Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts and sales
   returns of approximately $1,673, $1,610 and $1,615 in 1993, 1994
   and 1995, respectively.............................................      3          9,650      9,191       11,618
  Inventory...........................................................    1,2,3       42,373     43,622       46,303
  Prepaid expenses and other assets...................................                 1,576      1,462        1,440
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
    Total current assets..............................................                56,259     58,760       61,459
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
Property, plant and equipment:
  Land................................................................     1,3           204        208          217
  Building and improvements...........................................                 8,400     10,322       11,184
  Leasehold improvements..............................................                 1,240      1,502        1,513
  Equipment...........................................................                 9,327     11,372       12,403
  Furniture and fixtures..............................................                 1,267      1,388        1,601
  Concert and artist and rental pianos................................                 4,834      5,266        5,644
  Construction in progress............................................                   384        145          820
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
    Total.............................................................                25,656     30,203       33,382
  Less accumulated depreciation and amortization......................               (12,751)   (17,440)     (19,694)
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
    Property, plant and equipment -- net..............................                12,905     12,763       13,688
Other assets:
  Deferred financing costs -- net.....................................      1            935      1,974        1,600
  Deferred pension costs -- net.......................................      7          1,276      1,108        1,278
  Other noncurrent assets.............................................      7          1,302      1,414        1,420
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
    Total other assets................................................                 3,513      4,496        4,298
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
Total.................................................................             $  72,677  $  76,019   $   79,445
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
 
<CAPTION>
                 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
<S>                                                                     <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Current liabilities:
  Notes payable.......................................................      3      $  15,695  $  11,470   $    6,188
  Current portion of long-term debt...................................      3          1,767      1,619        1,764
  Accounts payable and accrued expenses...............................      7          6,963      8,635        7,597
  Income and other taxes payable......................................      4            252      1,413        1,681
  Accrued warranty....................................................      1          1,125      1,625        1,901
  Accrued compensation................................................                 6,083      7,168        8,864
  Deferred income taxes...............................................      4             11      1,039        1,039
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
    Total current liabilities.........................................                31,896     32,969       29,034
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
Long-term debt........................................................      3         26,934     25,379       24,982
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
Pension liability.....................................................     1,7        10,682     11,867       14,433
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
Deferred income taxes.................................................      4          1,398        599          790
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
Redeemable common stock...............................................    6,11         1,000
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
Redeemable warrant capital............................................      6                       270          510
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
Stockholders' equity:                                                       6
  Common stock; $0.01 par value; 300,000 shares authorized; 429,600
   and 600 shares issued in 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively.........
  Additional paid-in capital..........................................                 1,002      2,002        2,002
  Retained earnings (deficit).........................................                  (209)     2,906        7,096
  Cumulative translation adjustments..................................      1            (26)       313          884
  Treasury stock (171 shares at cost).................................      6                      (286)        (286)
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
    Total stockholders' equity........................................                   767      4,935        9,696
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
Total.................................................................             $  72,677  $  76,019   $   79,445
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
                                                                                   ---------  ---------  ------------
</TABLE>
 
                See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
                                      F-29
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     COMMON STOCK        ADDITIONAL    RETAINED    CUMULATIVE
                                               ------------------------    PAID-IN     EARNINGS    TRANSLATION    TREASURY
                                      NOTES      SHARES       AMOUNT       CAPITAL    (DEFICIT)    ADJUSTMENTS      STOCK
                                    ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -------------  -----------
                                                                          (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                 <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>         <C>            <C>
BALANCE, JULY 1, 1991.............                    429                 $   1,002   $    9,908    $    (304)
  Net Loss........................                                                       (10,335)
  Reduction of redemption value of
   redeemable common stock........     11                                                  2,756
  Translation adjustments.........                                                                        663
                                                      ---        -----   -----------  ----------       ------    -----------
BALANCE, JUNE 30, 1992............                    429                     1,002        2,329          359
  Net Loss........................                                                        (3,009)
  Reduction of redemption value of
   redeemable common stock........     11                                                    471
  Translation adjustments.........                                                                       (385)
                                                      ---        -----   -----------  ----------       ------    -----------
BALANCE, JUNE 30, 1993............                    429                     1,002         (209)         (26)
  Net income......................                                                         3,115
  Purchase of treasury stock......    6,11            171                     1,000                                    (286)
  Translation adjustments.........                                                                        339
                                                      ---        -----   -----------  ----------       ------    -----------
BALANCE, JUNE 30, 1994............                    600                     2,002        2,906          313     $    (286)
Unaudited:
  Net income......................                                                         4,430
  Accretion to redeemable warrant
   redemption value...............      6                                                   (240)
  Translation adjustments.........                                                                        571
                                                      ---        -----   -----------  ----------       ------    -----------
BALANCE, MARCH 31, 1995
  (Unaudited).....................                    600    $            $   2,002   $    7,096    $     884     $    (286)
                                                      ---        -----   -----------  ----------       ------    -----------
                                                      ---        -----   -----------  ----------       ------    -----------
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                      TOTAL
                                    ----------
 
<S>                                 <C>
BALANCE, JULY 1, 1991.............  $   10,606
  Net Loss........................     (10,335)
  Reduction of redemption value of
   redeemable common stock........       2,756
  Translation adjustments.........         663
                                    ----------
BALANCE, JUNE 30, 1992............       3,690
  Net Loss........................      (3,009)
  Reduction of redemption value of
   redeemable common stock........         471
  Translation adjustments.........        (385)
                                    ----------
BALANCE, JUNE 30, 1993............         767
  Net income......................       3,115
  Purchase of treasury stock......         714
  Translation adjustments.........         339
                                    ----------
BALANCE, JUNE 30, 1994............       4,935
Unaudited:
  Net income......................       4,430
  Accretion to redeemable warrant
   redemption value...............        (240)
  Translation adjustments.........         571
                                    ----------
BALANCE, MARCH 31, 1995
  (Unaudited).....................  $    9,696
                                    ----------
                                    ----------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-30
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                 (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                  NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH
                                                                  YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,                       31,
                                                       -----------------------------------------  ------------------------
                                              NOTES         1992           1993         1994         1994         1995
                                            ---------  --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
                                                                                                        (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                         <C>        <C>             <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>
Net sales.................................      1      $       89,240  $     89,714  $   101,896  $    77,724  $    93,539
Cost of sales.............................                     58,481        63,575       70,260       53,546       62,539
                                                       --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
Gross profit..............................                     30,759        26,139       31,636       24,178       31,000
Selling, general and administrative
 expenses.................................                    (26,203)      (24,469)     (22,841)     (16,844)     (18,696)
Pension curtailment gain..................      7                             1,083
Restructuring charges.....................      9                              (834)
                                                       --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
Operating income..........................                      4,556         1,919        8,795        7,334       12,304
                                                       --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
Other income (expense):
  Interest income.........................                        338           365          293          173          209
  Interest expense........................      3              (3,646)       (4,755)      (4,134)      (3,221)      (2,873)
  Foreign currency transaction gain
   (loss).................................     1,8                 54          (294)         (80)          68           20
  Other...................................                       (225)         (300)          30         (347)        (251)
                                                       --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
    Total.................................                     (3,479)       (4,984)      (3,891)      (3,327)      (2,895)
                                                       --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
Income (loss) before income taxes and
 extraordinary item.......................                      1,077        (3,065)       4,904        4,007        9,409
Provision for (benefit of) income taxes...      4               4,007           (56)       2,417        2,067        4,979
                                                       --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
Income (loss) before extraordinary item...                     (2,930)       (3,009)       2,487        1,940        4,430
Extraordinary item (net of taxes of
 $123)....................................      6                                            628
                                                       --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
Discontinued operations:..................     10
  Income from operations..................                         11
  Loss on sale of discontinued
   operations.............................                     (7,416)
                                                       --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
Net income (loss).........................             $      (10,335) $     (3,009) $     3,115  $     1,940  $     4,430
                                                       --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
                                                       --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
Income (loss) per common share:...........      1
  Income (loss before extraordinary item
   and discontinued operations............             $    (4,883.33) $  (5,015.00) $  4,215.25  $  3,233.33  $  7,981.98
  Extraordinary item......................                                              1,064.41
  Discontinued operations.................                 (12,341.67)
                                                       --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
  Net income (loss).......................             $   (17,225.00) $  (5,015.00) $  5,279.66  $  3,233.33  $  7,981.98
                                                       --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
                                                       --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
  Weighted average common and common
   equivalent shares outstanding..........                        600           600          590          600          555
                                                       --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
                                                       --------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-31
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                                              YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,               MARCH 31,
                                                       ----------------------------------  --------------------
                                                          1992        1993        1994       1994       1995
                                                       ----------  ----------  ----------  ---------  ---------
                                                                                               (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                                    <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>        <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)....................................  $  (10,335) $   (3,009) $    3,115  $   1,940  $   4,430
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash
 provided by (used in) operating activities:
  Depreciation and amortization......................       3,102       2,695       3,227      1,944      2,017
  Loss (gain) on sales of property...................         102         (61)        (54)
  Deferred income taxes..............................      (1,403)        (11)        366        114       (610)
  Unrealized foreign exchange loss (gain)............        (669)        904        (168)      (147)       328
  Pension curtailment gain...........................                  (1,083)
  Loss on sale of subsidiary.........................       6,283
  Extraordinary gain.................................                                (751)
  Increase (decrease) in cash from:
    Accounts receivable..............................         245       2,116         530     (1,140)    (1,324)
    Inventory........................................      (7,466)      2,281         272      3,769        421
    Prepaid expenses and other assets................         (66)        501         (42)      (265)      (170)
    Deferred financing costs.........................         (82)       (130)     (2,337)    (1,422)
    Accounts payable and accrued expenses............       1,150         416       2,552      1,297       (524)
    Income and other taxes payable...................       2,325      (1,526)      1,094      1,345         56
    Increase in pension liability....................       1,397         736         633         50        495
                                                       ----------  ----------  ----------  ---------  ---------
      Cash provided by (used in) operating
       activities....................................      (5,417)      3,829       8,437      7,485      5,119
                                                       ----------  ----------  ----------  ---------  ---------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Sale (purchase) of short-term investments............       3,659      (1,144)     (1,839)    (1,144)     2,294
Proceeds from sales of property, plant and
 equipment...........................................         917       1,078         905        686        431
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary.....................                  10,593
Purchase of property, plant and equipment............      (3,677)     (2,469)     (2,502)    (1,660)    (2,217)
                                                       ----------  ----------  ----------  ---------  ---------
      Cash provided by (used in) investing
       activities....................................         899       8,058      (3,436)    (2,118)       508
                                                       ----------  ----------  ----------  ---------  ---------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net (repayment of) proceeds from notes payable.......       5,749      (8,827)     (4,279)    (5,697)    (5,347)
Repayment of long-term debt..........................      (1,652)     (2,029)    (12,789)     (1200)    (1,248)
Issuance of long-term debt...........................                              11,730      1,552
Issuance of redeemable warrants......................                                 270
Purchase of treasury stock...........................                                (286)
                                                       ----------  ----------  ----------  ---------  ---------
      Cash provided by (used in) financing
       activities....................................       4,097     (10,856)     (5,354)    (5,345)    (6,595)
                                                       ----------  ----------  ----------  ---------  ---------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash..............         321          11         143       (431)       652
                                                       ----------  ----------  ----------  ---------  ---------
Increase (decrease) in cash..........................        (100)      1,042        (210)      (409)      (316)
Cash, beginning of period............................         664         564       1,606      1,606      1,396
                                                       ----------  ----------  ----------  ---------  ---------
Cash, end of period..................................  $      564  $    1,606  $    1,396  $   1,197  $   1,080
                                                       ----------  ----------  ----------  ---------  ---------
                                                       ----------  ----------  ----------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-32
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
(1) BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (DOLLARS IN
THOUSANDS)
 
    BUSINESS  --  Steinway  Musical Properties,  Inc.  (the  "Company") designs,
develops, manufactures and markets musical instruments.
 
    SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
    BASIS OF CONSOLIDATION -- The consolidated financial statements include  the
accounts of Steinway Musical Properties, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries:
 
       Steinway, Inc.
       Steinway & Sons
       Boston Piano Company, Inc.
       Boston Piano GmbH
 
    All  significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated
in consolidation.
 
    INCOME TAXES -- Effective  July 1, 1993, the  Company changed its method  of
accounting for income taxes prospectively to conform with Statement of Financial
Accounting  Standards  No.  109 ("SFAS  No.  109").  SFAS No.  109  requires the
recognition  of  deferred  tax  liabilities  and  assets  for  the  future   tax
consequences  of temporary differences  between the financial  reporting and tax
bases of existing assets and liabilities. In addition, future tax benefits, such
as net operating loss and foreign tax credit carryforwards are recognized to the
extent realization of such benefits  is more likely than  not (see Note 4).  The
cumulative  effect of this change  on retained earnings at  the beginning of the
year and  the impact  on  net income  for  the year  ended  June 30,  1994  were
immaterial.
 
    REVENUE  RECOGNITION --  Revenue is  generally recognized  when products are
shipped. The Company generally  warrants its products  against defects for  five
years  and provides for  the estimated costs  of such warranties  at the time of
sale.
 
    UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION -- The interim financial  statements
as  of March 31,  1995 and for the  nine-month periods ended  March 31, 1994 and
1995 are  unaudited.  In the  opinion  of management,  the  unaudited  financial
statements  include  all  adjustments  necessary,  consisting  solely  of normal
recurring  accruals,  for   a  fair  presentation   of  such  information.   The
consolidated  results of operations  for the nine-month  periods ended March 31,
1994 and  1995 are  not necessarily  indicative  of the  results that  would  be
expected for a full year.
 
    CASH FLOW INFORMATION -- Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             1993       1994
                                                                           ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                        <C>        <C>
Cash paid for interest...................................................  $   4,876  $   4,488
Cash paid for income taxes...............................................  1,762....      1,130
</TABLE>
 
    INVENTORY  --  Inventory is  stated at  the  lower of  cost, using  the FIFO
method, or market.
 
    PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT -- Property, plant and equipment are  recorded
at  cost. Depreciation is  provided based on  the estimated useful  lives of the
assets using the straight-line method. For income tax purposes, depreciation  is
computed using accelerated and straight-line methods. Leasehold improvements are
amortized  using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the
improvements or  the  remaining  term  of the  respective  lease,  whichever  is
shorter. Estimated useful lives are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                                               <C>
Buildings and improvements......................................    15 years
Equipment.......................................................  3-10 years
Furniture and fixtures..........................................  5-10 years
Concert and artist and rental pianos............................    15 years
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-33
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(1) BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (DOLLARS IN
THOUSANDS) (CONTINUED)
    DEFERRED  FINANCING COSTS -- Costs related  to obtaining debt financing have
been deferred and are being amortized  over the approximate repayment period  of
the  related debt. Accumulated amortization amounted to approximately $2,688 and
$3,324 at June 30, 1993 and 1994, respectively.
 
    FOREIGN  CURRENCY  TRANSLATION  --   Assets  and  liabilities  of   non-U.S.
operations  are translated into U.S. dollars at year-end rates, and revenues and
expenses at average rates of exchange prevailing during the year. The  resulting
translation  adjustments are reported  as a separate  component of stockholders'
equity. Foreign currency transaction gains  and losses are recognized in  income
currently.
 
    FOREIGN  EXCHANGE  CONTRACTS --  The  Company enters  into  foreign exchange
contracts as a  hedge against  foreign currency transactions.  Gains and  losses
arising  from fluctuations in exchange  rates are recognized at  the end of each
reporting period. Such  gains and  losses directly offset  the foreign  exchange
gains  or losses  associated with  the hedged  receivable or  payable. Gains and
losses on foreign exchange contracts which  exceed the related balance sheet  or
firm  purchase commitment exposure are included in foreign currency gain or loss
on the income statement. (See Note 8).
 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS -- Short-term  investments are comprised of  interest
bearing   bank  time  deposits.  These  deposits   are  stated  at  cost,  which
approximates market.
 
    INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON  SHARE -- Income (loss)  per common share has  been
computed  using  the weighted  average number  of  common and  common equivalent
shares outstanding.
 
(2) INVENTORY
    At June  30,  1993  and  1994 and  March  31,  1995  (unaudited),  inventory
consisted of the following:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               1993       1994       1995
                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>
Raw materials..............................................  $   4,879  $   5,592  $   5,764
Work-in-process............................................     20,727     22,027     22,626
Finished goods.............................................     16,767     16,003     17,913
                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total..................................................  $  42,373  $  43,622  $  46,303
                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
(3) NOTES PAYABLE AND LONG TERM DEBT
 
    NOTES  PAYABLE -- Notes payable  at June 30, 1993  and 1994 consisted of the
following:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           1993       1994
                                                                         ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                      <C>        <C>
Revolving loan facility................................................  $  15,340  $  10,132
Open account loan......................................................        355      1,338
                                                                         ---------  ---------
    Total..............................................................  $  15,695  $  11,470
                                                                         ---------  ---------
                                                                         ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The revolving  loan facility  (the "Facility")  provides for  borrowings  by
domestic  subsidiaries of up  to $18,000 ($19,000  at June 30,  1993) payable on
demand. Interest on the first $5,000 of the Facility is fixed at 10.25%  through
May 6, 1996; interest on the balance is at 1% over the bank's base interest rate
(8.25% at June 30, 1994). There is a commitment fee associated with the Facility
of 0.5% per year on the average daily unused portion.
 
    The  open account loan provides for borrowings by foreign subsidiaries of up
to deutsche mark (DM) 11,500 ($7,249 at the June 30, 1994 exchange rate) payable
on demand, of which up to DM 4,000  ($2,521 at the June 30, 1994 exchange  rate)
may  be drawn as a term loan for 30,  60, 90 or 180 days. Demand borrowings bear
interest at  the  rate  of  9.25%  and term  borrowings  bear  interest  at  the
Euromarket rate plus 2%.
 
                                      F-34
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(3) NOTES PAYABLE AND LONG TERM DEBT (CONTINUED)
    The  Company  and  its  foreign  subsidiaries  have  guaranteed  payment  of
borrowings under the  Facility. In  addition, borrowings under  the Facility  in
excess  of $14,000  are guaranteed by  certain stockholders of  the Company. The
Facility and the open  account loan are periodically  reviewed by the banks  and
are generally subject to withdrawal at their discretion.
 
    LONG-TERM DEBT
 
    Long-term debt at June 30, 1993 and 1994 consisted of the following:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     1993       1994
                                                                                   ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                                <C>        <C>
Notes payable to a domestic bank. Interest payments are due monthly at the bank's
 prime rate plus 2% (9.25% at June 30, 1994). Principal is due in monthly
 installments of $52 through October 1, 1996 and a final payment of $7,031 on
 November 1, 1996................................................................  $   9,115  $   8,489
Note payable to a foreign bank, due in annual installments of principal and
 interest of DM 645 ($407 at the June 30, 1994 exchange rate) at an interest rate
 of 8.9% with the balance due in September 2005..................................      2,776      2,843
Note payable to a foreign bank, due in quarterly installments of DM 250 ($158 at
 the June 30, 1994 exchange rate) through September 30, 1999, plus interest at
 6.5%............................................................................      3,806      3,309
Notes payable to a foreign bank, due in monthly installments of DM 25 ($16 at the
 June 30, 1994 exchange rate) through August 31, 1997, plus interest at 9.6%.....        732        599
Subordinated note payable to a warrant-holder, (net of discount of $206, see Note
 6), due in installments of $2,400 on April 13, 2000 and April 13, 2001 and a
 final payment of $3,200 due April 13, 2002, plus interest payable quarterly on
 the last day of March, June, September and December currently at 6%.............                 7,794
Subordinated notes payable, (net of discount of $523, see Note 6). Interest
 payments are due monthly at the bank's base rate plus 2.5% (9.75% at June 30,
 1994). Principal is due on October 25, 1996.....................................                 3,947
Senior subordinated note payable to CBS, Inc. at an interest rate of 11%.........      5,000
Deferred interest on senior subordinated note....................................        210
Subordinated note payable to a stockholder, at an interest rate of 15%...........      7,000
Other debt, due in various monthly installments through 1994, plus interest at
 12%.............................................................................         62         17
                                                                                   ---------  ---------
Tota1............................................................................     28,701     26,998
Less current portion.............................................................      1,767      1,619
                                                                                   ---------  ---------
Long-term debt...................................................................  $  26,934  $  25,379
                                                                                   ---------  ---------
                                                                                   ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The  subordinated note payable to  a warrant-holder currently bears interest
at 6%. The interest rate increases to 8% in the second year and 14%  thereafter.
An  effective rate  of interest  of 11.2%  has been  used to  calculate interest
expense in the consolidated statement of operations.
 
    Borrowings under the revolving loan facility, the open account loan and  the
various long-term loan agreements are secured by accounts receivable, inventory,
property,  plant and equipment,  patents and trademarks and  common stock of the
subsidiaries. The loan agreements contain certain covenants
 
                                      F-35
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(3) NOTES PAYABLE AND LONG TERM DEBT (CONTINUED)
which, among other things, require the  maintenance of ratios of current  assets
to  current liabilities  of 1.5  to 1;  a minimum  capital base  (which includes
subordinated debt) of  $8,500; a  ratio of liabilities  to capital  base of  not
greater than 5.75 to 1; and a debt service ratio of not less than 1 to 1.
 
    Principal payments on long-term debt are due as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30:
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                            <C>
1995.........................................................................................  $   1,619
1996.........................................................................................      1,616
1997.........................................................................................     12,193
1998.........................................................................................        865
1999.........................................................................................        851
Thereafter...................................................................................      9,854
                                                                                               ---------
  Total......................................................................................  $  26,998
                                                                                               ---------
                                                                                               ---------
</TABLE>
 
(4) INCOME TAXES
    The provision for (benefit of) income taxes is approximately as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             1992       1993       1994
                                                                           ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                        <C>        <C>        <C>
Domestic:
  Current................................................................  $      80             $   1,106
  Deferred...............................................................                             (305)
Foreign:
  Current................................................................      5,382  $    (368)     1,452
  Deferred...............................................................     (1,455)       312        164
                                                                           ---------  ---------  ---------
Total....................................................................  $   4,007  $     (56) $   2,417
                                                                           ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                           ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The  differences between  the provision  for (benefit  of) income  taxes and
income taxes computed using the U.S. federal income tax rate, computed using the
provisions of APB 11 in 1992 and 1993 and SFAS No. 109 in 1994, were as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            1992       1993       1994
                                                                          ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                       <C>        <C>        <C>
Amount computed using the statutory rate................................  $     366  $  (1,042) $   1,667
Increase (reduction) of taxes resulting from:
  Foreign income taxes (net of benefit).................................      3,537        (56)       880
  State income taxes (net of benefit)...................................                              146
  Expenses not deductible for income tax purposes.......................         24         13         29
Other...................................................................         80
U.S. tax benefit for which realization (has been) is not assured........                 1,029       (305)
                                                                          ---------  ---------  ---------
Provision for (benefit of) income taxes.................................  $   4,007  $     (56) $   2,417
                                                                          ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                          ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-36
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(4) INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
    The tax  effects of  temporary  differences that  give rise  to  significant
portions  of deferred tax assets and liabilities  at June 30, 1994 are presented
below:
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                          <C>
DOMESTIC
Current Assets:
  Accounts receivable, principally due to allowances for doubtful accounts
   and returns.............................................................  $     494
  Inventories, principally due to costs capitalized for tax but not for
   book....................................................................        534
  Accrued expenses, principally due to costs not currently deductible......      2,400
                                                                             ---------
    Total current assets...................................................      3,428
                                                                             ---------
Current Liabilities:
  Prepaid expenses deducted for tax........................................       (185)
                                                                             ---------
    Total current tax assets -- net........................................      3,243
  Less valuation reserves..................................................     (3,243)
                                                                             ---------
  Current deferred taxes -- domestic.......................................  $
                                                                             ---------
                                                                             ---------
Long-term Assets:
  Property and equipment, principally due to different lives...............  $     696
  Net operating loss carryforwards, state level (expiring through 2008)....        917
  Foreign tax credit carryforwards (expiring through 1998).................      7,458
                                                                             ---------
    Total long-term assets.................................................      9,071
                                                                             ---------
Long-term Liabilities:
  Pension asset, principally due to excess tax deductions..................       (525)
                                                                             ---------
    Total long-term assets -- net..........................................      8,546
  Less valuation reserves..................................................     (8,546)
                                                                             ---------
  Long-term deferred taxes -- domestic.....................................  $
                                                                             ---------
                                                                             ---------
FOREIGN
Current Liabilities:
  Inventories, principally due to costs capitalized for book but not for
   tax.....................................................................  $    (565)
  Accrued expenses, principally due to costs deducted for tax, not book....       (474)
                                                                             ---------
    Total current liabilities -- foreign...................................  $  (1,039)
                                                                             ---------
                                                                             ---------
Long-term Assets:
  Accrued expenses, principally pension accruals...........................  $      70
                                                                             ---------
Long-term Liabilities:
  Property and equipment, principally due to different lives...............       (669)
                                                                             ---------
  Net long-term liabilities -- foreign.....................................  $    (599)
                                                                             ---------
                                                                             ---------
</TABLE>
 
    Valuation allowances are provided  against temporary deductible  differences
and  tax credits which are not more likely than not to be realized. During 1994,
the net reduction of the valuation  allowance approximated $2,127 of which  $305
was recorded as a reduction of the income tax provision.
 
(5) LEASE COMMITMENTS
    The Company leases real estate and equipment under operating leases expiring
through 2016 with various renewal options.
 
                                      F-37
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(5) LEASE COMMITMENTS (CONTINUED)
    Minimum lease payments under noncancellable operating leases are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30:
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                  <C>
1995...............................................................................  $   2,469
1996...............................................................................      2,345
1997...............................................................................      2,227
1998...............................................................................      1,895
1999...............................................................................        567
Thereafter.........................................................................      2,730
                                                                                     ---------
  Total............................................................................  $  12,233
                                                                                     ---------
                                                                                     ---------
</TABLE>
 
    Rent expense under all operating leases was approximately $2,403, $2,372 and
$2,338 for 1992, 1993 and 1994, respectively.
 
(6) FINANCING ACTIVITIES
    During 1994, the Company completed a refinancing of its subordinated debt. A
certain  portion of this debt was extinguished at a discount from the face value
of the  note.  The gain  arising  from the  discount  has been  included  as  an
extraordinary  item on the income statement after deducting related expenses and
the associated  tax  provision.  Also  included  in  this  transaction  was  the
acquisition  by  the  Company  of  171  shares  of  redeemable  common.  The new
subordinated notes (see Note 4) were issued with detachable warrants to purchase
common stock initially equal to 22.731% of the Company on a fully diluted and as
converted basis. The warrants have a term of ten years and an exercise price  of
$.01  per share. The percentage  ownership is subject to  increase to 23.954% on
April 13, 1997 and 27.036% on April 13, 1999 should certain defined  "Triggering
Events"  (a qualified  public offering,  a qualified  business combination  or a
qualified asset sale) not  have occurred by those  dates. The proceeds  received
from  the  issuance  of  the subordinated  notes  and  associated  warrants were
allocated between the debt and equity securities based on the value  established
for  the treasury stock acquired in the same series of refinancing transactions.
This value has been recognized on the  balance sheet by recording a discount  on
the  related notes  payable and increasing  the additional paid-in  capital by a
corresponding amount. The warrants are also subject to redemption at fair market
value commencing the earlier  of April 13,  1999 or a change  in control of  the
Company. The warrants will be accreted to redemption value each reporting period
using  the  current  estimate  of the  redemption  price  in such  a  way  as to
approximate the interest method.
 
(7) PENSION PLANS
 
    DOMESTIC PLANS -- The Company  has a defined-benefit, trusteed pension  plan
which  provides  retirement  benefits  for substantially  all  of  its non-union
domestic employees. The plan  benefits were originally  based on the  employee's
compensation,  the number of years of service and age at retirement. The Company
funds the minimum amount required by the Internal Revenue Service.
 
    Effective June 30, 1993, the Company amended the primary benefit formula  of
the Plan to freeze both the final average salary and years of service components
of  a  participant's benefit  calculation at  their June  30, 1993  levels. This
amendment resulted in a curtailment gain  of $1,083 for 1993 creating a  prepaid
pension asset included in other non-current assets on the balance sheet.
 
                                      F-38
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(7) PENSION PLANS (CONTINUED)
    The components of domestic net pension cost are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       1992       1993       1994
                                                                     ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                  <C>        <C>        <C>
Service cost benefits earned during the period.....................  $     314  $     265  $      17
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation......................        302        334        243
Return on plan assets..............................................       (255)      (314)      (353)
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost....................                    (3)
                                                                     ---------  ---------  ---------
Net pension (income) expense.......................................  $     361  $     282  $     (93)
                                                                     ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                     ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The  following  table  sets  forth the  domestic  plan's  funded  status and
obligations as of June 30, 1993 and 1994:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            1993       1994
                                                                          ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                       <C>        <C>
Actuarial present value of benefit obligations:
Accumulated benefit obligation -- vested................................  $   2,988  $   3,046
                                                                          ---------  ---------
                                                                          ---------  ---------
Projected benefit obligation............................................  $  (2,988) $  (3,046)
Plan assets at fair value, primarily stocks, bonds and U.S. Government
 securities.............................................................      4,065      4,447
Unrecognized net gain...................................................                  (231)
                                                                          ---------  ---------
Pension asset at June 30................................................  $   1,077  $   1,170
                                                                          ---------  ---------
                                                                          ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The weighted average discount rate used in determining the actuarial present
value of the  projected benefit obligation  and the expected  long-term rate  of
return on assets was 8.5% for both years.
 
    The  Company  also  maintains  a  401(k)  retirement  savings  plan  for its
non-union domestic employees.  Effective for the  year ended June  30, 1994  the
401(k)  plan  was amended  to  allow discretionary  employer  contributions. The
Company contribution  to  this plan  is  determined  annually by  the  Board  of
Directors. The 1994 contribution approximated $301.
 
    FOREIGN  PLANS  --  The German  branch  of  the Company's  Steinway  & Sons'
subsidiary has an unfunded pension  plan which provides retirement benefits  for
all  hourly and certain  salaried employees. Unfunded  accrued pension costs are
included in liabilities  at June 30,  1993 and 1994.  In compliance with  German
Labor rulings and with the provisions of SFAS No. 87, the branch has included in
its  calculation  of  benefit  obligations and  pension  expense  those salaried
employees not formally admitted to the plan. The benefit determination method in
force bases benefits for employees on a career average earnings approach.
 
    The Company's United Kingdom branch  has a separate defined benefit  pension
plan  covering substantially all of its employees. Both employees and the branch
contribute to the plan. The benefit determination method in force bases benefits
for employees on the three highest yearly salaries during an employee's last ten
working years. The branch funds the plan in accordance with the requirements  of
regulatory bodies in the United Kingdom.
 
                                      F-39
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(7) PENSION PLANS (CONTINUED)
    The  components of net pension cost for the Company's foreign branches is as
follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   1992       1993       1994
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                              <C>        <C>        <C>
Service cost benefits earned during the period.................  $     365  $     348  $     344
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation..................      1,065      1,119      1,013
Actual return on plan assets...................................       (153)      (168)      (157)
Net amortization and deferral..................................        217        218        204
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
Net pension cost...............................................  $   1,494  $   1,517  $   1,404
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The following table  sets forth  the funded  status and  obligations of  the
plans for the foreign branches as of June 30, 1993 and 1994:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          1993        1994
                                                                       ----------  ----------
<S>                                                                    <C>         <C>
Actuarial present value of benefit obligations:
Accumulated benefit obligation, including vested benefits of $12,035
 and $13,123, respectively...........................................  $   13,099  $   14,440
                                                                       ----------  ----------
                                                                       ----------  ----------
Projected benefit obligation.........................................  $  (13,848) $  (15,263)
Plan assets at fair value, principally consisting of units in a life
 assurance fund and cash.............................................       1,727       1,787
Unrecognized prior service cost arising from plan amendment at June
 30, 1989 being recognized over 15 years.............................      (1,110)     (1,069)
Unrecognized net gain from past experience different from that
 assumed.............................................................         355         346
Unrecognized net obligation at July 1, 1987 being recognized over 15
 years...............................................................       2,753       2,634
Adjustment required to recognize minimum liability...................      (1,276)     (1,108)
                                                                       ----------  ----------
Unfunded accrued pension cost included in pension liability..........     (11,399)    (12,673)
Less amount currently payable and included in accrued expenses.......         716         806
                                                                       ----------  ----------
Pension liability at June 30.........................................  $  (10,683) $  (11,867)
                                                                       ----------  ----------
                                                                       ----------  ----------
</TABLE>
 
    The range of weighted average discount rates and rates of increase in future
compensation  levels  used in  determining the  actuarial  present value  of the
projected benefit  obligation were  from 7.0%  to 7.5%  and from  3.0% to  4.0%,
respectively.  The expected long-term rate of return on assets was 9.0% for both
years.
 
(8) FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTRACTS
    At June 30, 1994, the Company's German branch, whose functional currency  is
the  deutsche  mark, had  forward contracts  maturing  at various  dates through
December, 1995 to purchase $3,800.
 
(9) RESTRUCTURING
    During the year ended June 30, 1993, the Company implemented a comprehensive
cost reduction program  in order  to position itself  for maximum  profitability
during the anticipated economic recovery. This program included the streamlining
of corporate and divisional administrative functions, revisions to the Company's
domestic pension plan (see Note 7) and a conversion from a self-insured to a set
premium domestic health insurance plan. Costs associated with resulting employee
severance,  office  relocation and  consolidation  as well  as  expenditures for
previous debt  restructuring  efforts were  accrued  at  year end  in  1993  and
included in restructuring charges on the income statement.
 
                                      F-40
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
             NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(10) DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
    In  September 1992, the Company  sold its investment in  the common stock of
Gemeinhardt Company, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary engaged in the  manufacture
of band instruments such as flutes and piccolos. In accordance with the purchase
and  sale agreement, certain intangible assets  were not transferred pursuant to
the sale. Such  assets have been  written off and  included in the  loss on  the
sale. Net sales for Gemeinhardt Company, Inc. were $14,138 for 1992.
 
    The  loss on  the sale  of Gemeinhardt  Company, Inc.  includes a  loss from
operations of $615 for the period subsequent to the decision to sell Gemeinhardt
Company, Inc.
 
(11) REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK
    The 171 shares of  redeemable common stock were  initially recorded at  fair
value at the date of issuance. The shares were redeemable, after September 1991,
at  a price equal to  the greater of the Company's  fully diluted book value per
share or the appraised value per share.  Redemption was at the option of  either
the  stockholder  or  the  Company.  Each  year,  the  Company  transferred  the
difference between fully  diluted book  value per share  (which represented  the
Company's  best estimate of redemption value  at the time) between stockholders'
equity and redeemable common stock.
 
    In connection with the refinancing  of the Company's subordinated debt  (see
Note 6), the Company repurchased the entire amount outstanding of the redeemable
common stock.
 
(12) SEGMENT INFORMATION
    The  Company operates in  one industry segment, the  manufacture and sale of
musical instruments, chiefly high-quality grand pianos. The following tables set
forth the geographic segments in which the Company operates:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1992                                                        U.S.      EUROPE      ELIM.      CONSOL
- --------------------------------------------------------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------
<S>                                                       <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Revenues................................................  $  36,239  $  53,001  $          $    89,240
Income (loss) before extraordinary item and discontinued
 operations.............................................     (5,077)     2,147                  (2,930)
Assets..................................................     49,008     42,776                  91,784
 
<CAPTION>
 
1993                                                        U.S.      EUROPE      ELIM.      CONSOL
- --------------------------------------------------------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------
<S>                                                       <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Revenues................................................  $  47,041  $  47,967  $  (5,294) $    89,714
Income (loss) before extraordinary item.................     (2,714)      (268)       (27)      (3,009)
Assets..................................................     37,505     35,254        (82)      72,677
<CAPTION>
 
1994                                                        U.S.      EUROPE      ELIM.      CONSOL
- --------------------------------------------------------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------
<S>                                                       <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Revenues................................................  $  57,180  $  47,522  $  (2,806) $   101,896
Income before extraordinary item........................        613      1,946        (72)       2,487
Assets..................................................     39,139     37,035       (155)      76,019
</TABLE>
 
    Intersegment sales  activity  is  accounted  for  at  sales  price,  less  a
discount.  Intersegment geographic sales  and related costs  are eliminated from
the statement of operations in consolidation, and the profit remaining in unsold
inventory acquired through  intersegment sales  is eliminated  from the  balance
sheet and the statement of operations in consolidation. Intersegment sales above
principally  reflect sales by the Company's  U.S. Boston Piano subsidiary to its
German Boston Piano subsidiary.
 
(13) SALE OF COMPANY (UNAUDITED)
    On April 11, 1995, the Company entered  into an agreement to merge with  The
Selmer Company, Inc. The merger is expected to be consummated in May 1995.
 
                                      F-41
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
              SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS
                                 JUNE 30, 1993
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 NON
                                                   GUARANTOR    GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR
                                                     PARENT    SUBSIDIARIES  SUBSIDIARIES  ELIMINATIONS  CONSOLIDATED
                                                   ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
<S>                                                <C>         <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
                     ASSETS
 
Current assets:
  Cash...........................................               $      797    $      809                  $     1,606
  Short-term investments.........................                                  1,054                        1,054
  Accounts receivable -- net.....................                    5,580         4,070                        9,650
  Inventory......................................                   21,383        21,220    $     (230)        42,373
  Prepaid expenses and other assets..............  $      255          186         1,010           125          1,576
                                                   ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
    Total current assets.........................         255       27,946        28,163          (105)        56,259
                                                   ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Property, plant and equipment -- net.............          78        7,692         5,135                       12,905
                                                   ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Other assets -- net..............................         182        1,230         1,809           292          3,513
                                                   ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total............................................  $      515   $   36,868    $   35,107    $      187    $    72,677
                                                   ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                                   ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
 
                 LIABILITIES AND
              STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
Current liabilities:
  Notes payable..................................  $       24   $   15,316    $      355                  $    15,695
  Current portion of long-term debt..............          37          672         1,058                        1,767
  Accounts payable and accrued expenses..........       1,327        4,186         8,658                       14,171
  Income and other taxes payable.................        (306)                       249    $      309            252
  Deferred income taxes..........................          11                                                      11
                                                   ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
    Total current liabilities....................       1,093       20,174        10,320           309         31,896
Long-term debt...................................       7,110       12,004        10,020        (2,200)        26,934
Pension liability................................                                 10,682                       10,682
Deferred income taxes............................                                  1,398                        1,398
Intercompany payables (receivables)..............     (11,614)       8,730           684         2,200
Redeemable common stock..........................       1,000                                                   1,000
Stockholders' equity.............................       2,926       (4,040)        2,003          (122)           767
                                                   ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total............................................  $      515   $   36,868    $   35,107    $      187    $    72,677
                                                   ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                                   ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-42
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
              SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS
                                 JUNE 30, 1994
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            NON
                                              GUARANTOR    GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR
                                                PARENT    SUBSIDIARIES  SUBSIDIARIES  ELIMINATIONS  CONSOLIDATED
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
<S>                                           <C>         <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
                   ASSETS
 
Current assets:
  Cash......................................               $      968    $      428                  $     1,396
  Short-term investments....................                                  3,089                        3,089
  Accounts receivable -- net................                    5,790         3,401                        9,191
  Inventory.................................                   21,741        22,264    $     (383)        43,622
  Prepaid expenses and other assets.........  $      594          308           560                        1,462
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
    Total current assets....................         594       28,807        29,742          (383)        58,760
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Property, plant and equipment -- net........          86        7,344         5,333                       12,763
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Other assets -- net.........................         274        2,073         1,857           292          4,496
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total.......................................  $      954   $   38,224    $   36,932    $      (91)   $    76,019
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
 
              LIABILITIES AND
            STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
Current liabilities:
    Notes payable...........................  $      270   $    9,862    $    1,338                  $    11,470
    Current portion of long-term debt.......                      642           977                        1,619
  Accounts payable and accrued expenses.....         965        6,622         9,841                       17,428
  Income and other taxes payable............         216                      1,197                        1,413
  Deferred income taxes.....................                                  1,039                        1,039
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------                -------------
    Total current liabilities...............       1,451       17,126        14,392                       32,969
Long-term debt..............................       7,794       11,812         9,758    $   (3,985)        25,379
Pension liability...........................                                 11,867                       11,867
Deferred income taxes.......................                                    599                          599
Intercompany payables (receivables).........     (13,351)      12,197        (3,014)        4,168
Redeemable warrant capital..................         270                                                     270
Stockholders' equity........................       4,790       (2,911)        3,330          (274)         4,935
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total.......................................  $      954   $   38,224    $   36,932    $      (91)   $    76,019
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-43
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
              SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS
                                 MARCH 31, 1995
                                  (UNAUDITED)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            NON
                                              GUARANTOR    GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR
                                                PARENT    SUBSIDIARIES  SUBSIDIARIES  ELIMINATIONS  CONSOLIDATED
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
<S>                                           <C>         <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
                   ASSETS
 
Current assets:
  Cash......................................               $      315    $      765                  $     1,080
  Short-term investments....................                                  1,018                        1,018
  Accounts receivable -- net................                    5,604         6,014                       11,618
  Inventory.................................                   22,531        24,003    $     (231)        46,303
  Prepaid expenses and other assets.........  $      541          118           781                        1,440
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
    Total current assets....................         541       28,568        32,581          (231)        61,459
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Property, plant and equipment -- net........         107        7,509         6,072                       13,688
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Other assets -- net.........................         275        1,797         1,934           292          4,298
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total.......................................  $      923   $   37,874    $   40,587    $       61    $    79,445
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
 
              LIABILITIES AND
            STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
Current liabilities:
  Notes payable.............................  $      194   $    5,670    $      324                  $     6,188
  Current portion of long-term debt.........                      625         1,139                        1,764
  Accounts payable and accrued expenses.....         752        5,712        11,898                       18,362
  Income and other taxes payable............      (2,777)       2,560         1,898                        1,681
  Deferred income taxes.....................                                  1,039                        1,039
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
    Total current liabilities...............      (1,831)      14,567        16,298                       29,034
Long-term debt..............................       7,826       11,351         9,790    $   (3,985)        24,982
Pension liability...........................                       74        14,359                       14,433
Deferred income taxes.......................                                    790                          790
Intercompany payables (receivables).........     (14,632)      12,933        (2,470)        4,169
Redeemable warrant capital..................         510                                                     510
Stockholders' equity........................       9,050       (1,051)        1,820          (123)         9,696
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Total.......................................  $      923   $   37,874    $   40,587    $       61    $    79,445
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                              ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-44
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
         SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                            YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1992
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   NON
                                     GUARANTOR    GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR                  DISCONTINUED
                                       PARENT    SUBSIDIARIES  SUBSIDIARIES  ELIMINATIONS   OPERATIONS    CONSOLIDATED
                                     ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------  -------------
<S>                                  <C>         <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>            <C>
Net sales..........................               $   36,495    $   55,678    $   (2,933)                  $    89,240
Cost of sales......................                   25,142        36,128        (2,789)                       58,481
                                                 ------------  ------------  ------------                 -------------
Gross profit.......................                   11,353        19,550          (144)                       30,759
Selling, general and administrative
 expenses..........................  $   (4,025)     (11,385)      (11,166)          373                       (26,203)
                                     ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------                 -------------
Operating income (loss)............      (4,025)         (32)        8,384           229                         4,556
                                     ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------                 -------------
Other income (expense)
  Interest income..................                       38           545          (245)                          338
  Interest expense.................                   (2,455)       (1,436)          245                        (3,646)
  Intercompany fees................       4,211       (1,436)       (1,516)       (1,259)
  Foreign currency transaction gain
   (loss)..........................          18                         36                                          54
  Other............................        (186)        (193)          154                                        (225)
                                     ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------                 -------------
    Total..........................       4,043       (4,046)       (2,217)       (1,259)                       (3,479)
                                     ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------                 -------------
  Income (loss) from continuing
   operations before provision for
   income taxes....................          18       (4,078)        6,167        (1,030)                        1,077
  Provision for (benefit of) income
   taxes...........................          80                      3,927                                       4,007
                                     ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------                 -------------
Income (loss) from continuing
 operations........................         (62)      (4,078)        2,240        (1,030)                       (2,930)
Discontinued operations:
  (Loss) income of operations......                                                  356     $    (345)             11
  Loss on sale of discontinued
   operations......................                                                  530        (7,946)         (7,416)
                                     ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------  -------------
Net income (loss) before
 intercompany dividends............         (62)      (4,078)        2,240          (144)       (7,946)         (7,416)
Intercompany dividends.............       6,831                     (6,831)
                                     ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------  -------------
  Net income (loss)................  $    6,769   $   (4,078)   $   (4,591)   $     (144)    $  (8,291)    $   (10,335)
                                     ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------  -------------
                                     ----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------  -------------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-45
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
         SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                            YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1993
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             NON
                                               GUARANTOR    GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR
                                                PARENT     SUBSIDIARIES  SUBSIDIARIES  ELIMINATIONS  CONSOLIDATED
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
<S>                                           <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Net sales...................................                $   47,545    $   50,838    $   (8,669)   $    89,714
Cost of sales...............................                    34,336        37,821        (8,582)        63,575
                                                           ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Gross profit................................                    13,209        13,017           (87)        26,139
Selling, general and administrative
 expenses...................................   $  (3,151)      (10,989)      (10,796)          467        (24,469)
Pension curtailment gain....................         383           700                                      1,083
Restructuring charges.......................        (639)         (195)                                      (834)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Operating income (loss).....................      (3,407)        2,725         2,221           380          1,919
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Other income (expense)
  Interest income...........................         128             8           246           (17)           365
  Interest expense..........................                    (3,012)       (1,760)           17         (4,755)
  Intercompany fees.........................       2,938        (1,546)         (925)         (467)
  Foreign currency transaction gain
   (loss)...................................          (8)                       (286)                        (294)
  Other.....................................         190          (664)          174                         (300)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
    Total...................................       3,248        (5,214)       (2,551)         (467)        (4,984)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Income (loss) before provision for income
 taxes......................................        (159)       (2,489)         (330)          (87)        (3,065)
Provision for (benefit of) income taxes.....                                     (56)                         (56)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Net income (loss) before intercompany
 dividends..................................        (159)       (2,489)         (274)          (87)        (3,009)
Intercompany dividends......................
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Net income (loss)...........................   $    (159)   $   (2,489)   $     (274)   $      (87)   $    (3,009)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-46
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
         SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                            YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             NON
                                               GUARANTOR    GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR
                                                PARENT     SUBSIDIARIES  SUBSIDIARIES  ELIMINATIONS  CONSOLIDATED
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
<S>                                           <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Net sales...................................                $   57,528    $   49,673    $   (5,305)   $   101,896
Cost of sales...............................                    40,704        34,708        (5,152)        70,260
                                                           ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Gross profit................................                    16,824        14,965          (153)        31,636
Selling, general and administrative
 expenses...................................   $  (2,832)      (10,785)       (9,612)          388        (22,841)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Operating income (loss).....................      (2,832)        6,039         5,353           235          8,795
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Other income (expense)
  Interest income...........................                                     337           (44)           293
  Interest expense..........................                    (2,762)       (1,416)           44         (4,134)
  Intercompany fees.........................       2,821        (1,433)         (999)         (389)
  Foreign currency transaction gain
   (loss)...................................                        46          (126)                         (80)
  Other.....................................          11          (438)          457                           30
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
    Total...................................       2,832        (4,587)       (1,747)         (389)        (3,891)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
  Income (loss) before income taxes and
   extraordinary item and intercompany
   dividends................................                     1,452         3,606          (154)         4,904
  Provision for (benefit of) income taxes...                       801         1,616                        2,417
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Income (loss) before extraordinary item and
 intercompany dividends.....................                       651         1,990          (154)         2,487
Extraordinary item (net of taxes of
 $123,000)..................................                       480           148                          628
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Net income (loss) before intercompany
 dividends..................................                     1,131         2,138          (154)         3,115
Intercompany dividends......................       1,150                      (1,150)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Net income..................................   $   1,150    $    1,131    $      988    $     (154)   $     3,115
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-47
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
         SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                        NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1994
                                  (UNAUDITED)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             NON
                                               GUARANTOR    GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR
                                                PARENT     SUBSIDIARIES  SUBSIDIARIES  ELIMINATIONS  CONSOLIDATED
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
<S>                                           <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Net sales...................................                $   42,853    $   38,901    $   (4,030)   $    77,724
Cost of sales...............................                    30,499        27,034        (3,987)        53,546
                                                           ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Gross profit................................                    12,354        11,867           (43)        24,178
Selling, general and administrative
 expenses...................................   $  (1,783)       (7,879)       (7,472)          290        (16,844)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Operating income (loss).....................      (1,783)        4,475         4,395           247          7,334
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Other income (expense)
  Interest income...........................                                     191           (18)           173
  Interest expense..........................                    (2,147)       (1,092)           18         (3,221)
  Intercompany fees.........................       1,781          (833)         (658)         (290)
  Foreign currency transaction gain
   (loss)...................................                        73            (5)                          68
  Other.....................................           2          (420)           71                         (347)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
    Total...................................       1,783        (3,327)       (1,493)         (290)        (3,327)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Income (loss) before provision for income
 taxes and intercompany dividends...........                     1,148         2,902           (43)         4,007
Provision for (benefit of) income taxes.....                       349         1,718                        2,067
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Net income (loss) before intercompany
 dividends..................................                       799         1,184           (43)         1,940
Intercompany dividends......................       1,150                      (1,150)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Net income (loss)...........................   $   1,150    $      799    $       34    $      (43)   $     1,940
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-48
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
         SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                        NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1995
                                  (UNAUDITED)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             NON
                                               GUARANTOR    GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR
                                                PARENT     SUBSIDIARIES  SUBSIDIARIES  ELIMINATIONS  CONSOLIDATED
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
<S>                                           <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Net sales...................................                $   49,996    $   48,422    $   (4,879)   $    93,539
Cost of sales...............................                    35,128        32,440        (5,029)        62,539
                                                           ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Gross profit................................                    14,868        15,982           150         31,000
Selling, general and administrative
 expenses...................................   $  (2,095)       (8,509)       (8,632)          540        (18,696)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Operating income (loss).....................      (2,095)        6,359         7,350           690         12,304
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
Other income (expense)
  Interest income...........................                                     282           (73)           209
  Interest expense..........................                    (1,863)       (1,083)           73         (2,873)
  Intercompany fees.........................       2,095        (1,025)         (530)         (540)
  Foreign currency transaction gain
   (loss)...................................                       150          (130)                          20
  Other.....................................                      (310)           59                         (251)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
    Total...................................       2,095        (3,048)       (1,402)         (540)        (2,895)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
  Income (loss) before provision for income
   taxes and intercompany dividends.........                     3,311         5,948           150          9,409
  Provision for (benefit of) income taxes...                     1,452         3,527                        4,979
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
  Net income (loss) before intercompany
   dividends................................                     1,859         2,421           150          4,430
  Intercompany dividends....................       4,500                      (4,500)
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
  Net income (loss).........................   $   4,500    $    1,859    $   (2,079)   $      150    $     4,430
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
                                              -----------  ------------  ------------  ------------  -------------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-49
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
         SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                            YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1992
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                       GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR     NONGUARANTOR                     DISCONTINUED
                                        PARENT     SUBSIDIARIES    SUBSIDIARIES     ELIMINATIONS     OPERATIONS    CONSOLIDATED
                                      -----------  -------------  ---------------  ---------------  -------------  -------------
<S>                                   <C>          <C>            <C>              <C>              <C>            <C>
Cash flows from operating
 activities:
  Net income (loss).................   $   6,769     $  (4,078)      $  (4,591)       $    (144)      $  (8,291)     $ (10,335)
  Adjustments to reconcile net
   income (loss) to cash provided by
   (used in) operating activities:
    Depreciation and amortization...         161         1,475           1,039                              427          3,102
    Loss (gain) on sales of
     property.......................                                       102                                             102
    Deferred income taxes...........                                    (1,403)                                         (1,403)
    Unrealized foreign exchange loss
     (gain).........................                                      (669)                                           (669)
    Loss on sale of subsidiary......                                                                      6,283          6,283
    Increase (decrease) in cash
     from:
      Accounts receivable...........         409          (710)           (356)                             902            245
      Inventory.....................                    (3,577)         (4,317)             144             284         (7,466)
      Prepaid expenses and other
       assets.......................        (133)          (33)             37                               63            (66)
      Deferred financing costs......                       (81)                                              (1)           (82)
      Accounts payable and accrued
       expenses.....................        (132)        1,171             127                              (16)         1,150
      Income and other taxes
       payable......................        (721)          452           2,584                               10          2,325
      Increase in pension
       liability....................                                     1,397                                           1,397
      Intercompany..................      (6,200)        3,293            (209)             187           2,929
                                      -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------  -------------
        Cash provided by (used in)
         operating activities.......         153        (2,088)         (6,259)             187           2,590         (5,417)
                                      -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------  -------------
Cash flows from investing
 activities:
  Sale (purchase of short-term
   investments......................                                     3,659                                           3,659
  Proceeds from sales of property,
   plant and equipment..............                       807             110                                             917
  Purchase of property, plant and
   equipment........................        (206)       (2,327)         (1,233)             186             (97)        (3,677)
                                      -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------  -------------
        Cash provided by (used in)
         investing activities.......        (206)       (1,520)          2,536              186             (97)           899
                                      -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------  -------------
Cash flows from financing
 activities:
  Net proceeds from (repayment of)
   notes payable....................          90         4,654           3,684             (186)         (2,493)         5,749
  Repayment of long term debt.......         (37)         (876)           (739)                                         (1,652)
                                      -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------  -------------
        Cash provided by (used in)
         financing activities.......          53        3, 778           2,945             (186)         (2,493)         4,097
                                      -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------  -------------
Effect of exchange rate changes on
 cash...............................                                       508             (187)                           321
                                      -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------  -------------
Increase (decrease) in cash.........                       170            (270)                                           (100)
Cash, beginning of period...........                        79             585                                             664
                                      -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------  -------------
                                      -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------  -------------
Cash, end of period.................   $             $     249       $     315        $               $              $     564
                                      -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------  -------------
                                      -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------  -------------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-50
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
         SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                            YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1993
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR     NONGUARANTOR
                                                 PARENT     SUBSIDIARIES    SUBSIDIARIES     ELIMINATIONS    CONSOLIDATED
                                               -----------  -------------  ---------------  ---------------  -------------
<S>                                            <C>          <C>            <C>              <C>              <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income (loss)..........................   $    (159)    $  (2,489)      $    (274)       $     (87)      $  (3,009)
  Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss)
   to cash provided by (used in) operating
   activities:
    Depreciation and amortization............          79         1,599           1,017                            2,695
    Loss (gain) on sales of property.........        (132)                           71                              (61)
    Deferred income taxes....................                                       (11)                             (11)
    Unrealized foreign exchange loss
     (gain)..................................                                       904                              904
    Pension curtailment gain.................        (383)         (700)                                          (1,083)
    Loss on sale of subsidiary...............
    Extraordinary gain.......................
    Increase (decrease) in cash from:
      Accounts receivable....................                      (829)          2,945                            2,116
      Inventory..............................                     1,378             817               86           2,281
      Prepaid expenses and other assets......         108           267             126                              501
      Deferred financing costs...............                      (130)                                            (130)
      Accounts payable and accrued expenses..         162           576            (322)                             416
      Income and other taxes payable.........          (3)         (260)         (1,263)                          (1,526)
      Increase in pension liability..........                                       736                              736
      Intercompany...........................      (9,906)        8,111           2,309             (514)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
        Cash provided by (used in) operating
         activities..........................     (10,234)        7,523           7,055             (515)          3,829
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Sale (purchase) of short-term
   investments...............................                                    (1,144)                          (1,144)
  Proceeds from sales of property, plant and
   equipment.................................         318           668              92                            1,078
  Proceeds from sale of subsidiary...........      10,214            78                              301          10,593
  Purchase of property, plant and
   equipment.................................         (20)       (1,667)           (782)                          (2,469)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
        Cash provided by (used in) investing
         activities..........................      10,512          (921)         (1,834)             301           8,058
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Net proceeds from (repayment of) notes
   payable...................................        (241)       (4,832)         (3,754)                          (8,827)
  Repayment of long term debt................         (37)       (1,222)           (770)                          (2,029)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
        Cash provided by (used in) financing
         activities..........................        (278)       (6,054)         (4,524)                         (10,856)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash......                                      (203)             214              11
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Increase (decrease) in cash..................                       548             494                            1,042
Cash, beginning of period....................                       249             315                              564
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Cash, end of period..........................   $             $     797       $     809        $               $   1,606
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-51
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
         SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                            YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1994
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR     NONGUARANTOR
                                                 PARENT     SUBSIDIARIES    SUBSIDIARIES     ELIMINATIONS    CONSOLIDATED
                                               -----------  -------------  ---------------  ---------------  -------------
<S>                                            <C>          <C>            <C>              <C>              <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income (loss)..........................   $   1,150     $   1,131       $     988        $    (154)      $   3,115
  Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss)
   to cash provided by (used in) operating
   activities:
    Depreciation and amortization............          44         2,256             991              (64)          3,227
    Loss (gain) on sales of property.........        (133)                           79                              (54)
    Deferred income taxes....................          10           105             126              125             366
    Unrealized foreign exchange loss
     (gain)..................................                                      (168)                            (168)
    Extraordinary gain.......................                      (566)           (249)              64            (751)
    Increase (decrease) in cash from:
      Accounts receivable....................         (21)         (230)            781                              530
      Inventory..............................                      (360)            479              153             272
      Prepaid expenses and other assets......        (430)         (207)            595                              (42)
      Deferred financing costs...............                    (1,932)           (405)                          (2,337)
      Accounts payable and accrued expenses..        (363)        2,437             478                            2,552
      Income and other taxes payable.........        (117)          640             880             (309)          1,094
      Increase in pension liability..........                                       633                              633
      Intercompany...........................      (1,042)        2,771          (1,739)              10
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
        Cash provided by (used in) operating
         activities                                  (902)        6,045           3,469             (175)          8,437
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Sale (purchase) of short-term
   investments...............................                                    (1,839)                          (1,839)
  Proceeds from sales of property, plant and
   equipment.................................         150           726              29                              905
  Purchase of property, plant and
   equipment.................................         (60)       (1,677)           (765)                          (2,502)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
        Cash provided by (used in) investing
         activities..........................          90          (951)         (2,575)                          (3,436)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Net proceeds from (repayment of) notes
   payable...................................         245        (5,453)            929                           (4,279)
  Repayment of long-term debt................      (7,147)       (3,470)         (2,172)                         (12,789)
  Issuance of long-term debt.................       7,785         3,945                                           11,730
  Issuance of redeemable warrants............         215            55                                              270
  Purchase of treasury stock.................        (286)                                                          (286)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
        Cash provided by (used in) financing
         activities..........................         812        (4,923)         (1,243)                          (5,354)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash......                                       (32)             175             143
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Increase (decrease) in cash..................                       171            (381)                            (210)
Cash, beginning of period....................                       797             809                            1,606
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Cash, end of period..........................   $             $     968       $     428        $               $   1,396
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-52
<PAGE>
               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
         SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                        NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1994
                                  (UNAUDITED)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR     NONGUARANTOR
                                                 PARENT     SUBSIDIARIES    SUBSIDIARIES     ELIMINATIONS    CONSOLIDATED
                                               -----------  -------------  ---------------  ---------------  -------------
<S>                                            <C>          <C>            <C>              <C>              <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income (loss)..........................   $   1,150     $     799       $      34        $     (43)      $   1,940
  Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss)
   to cash provided by (used in) operating
   activities:
    Depreciation and amortization............          24         1,222             698                            1,944
    Deferred income taxes....................          10           105              (1)                             114
    Unrealized foreign exchange loss
     (gain)..................................                                      (147)                            (147)
    Increase (decrease) in cash from:
      Accounts receivable....................                      (997)           (143)                          (1,140)
      Inventory..............................                     1,807           1,962                            3,769
      Prepaid expenses and other assets......        (569)         (217)            521                             (265)
      Deferred financing costs...............                    (1,295)           (127)                          (1,422)
      Accounts payable and accrued expenses..        (638)        1,335             600                            1,297
      Income and other taxes payable.........        (399)          349           1,395                            1,345
      Increase in pension liability..........                                        50                               50
      Intercompany...........................      (1,728)        4,964          (3,548)             312
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
        Cash provided by (used in) operating
         activities..........................      (2,150)        8,072           1,294              269           7,485
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Sale (purchase) of short-term
   investments...............................                                    (1,144)                          (1,144)
  Proceeds from sales of property, plant and
   equipment.................................           8           581              97                              686
  Purchase of property, plant and
   equipment.................................         (45)       (1,201)           (414)                          (1,660)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
        Cash provided by (used in) investing
         activities..........................         (37)         (620)         (1,461)                          (2,118)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Net proceeds from (repayment of) notes
   payable...................................         635        (6,691)            359                           (5,697)
  Repayment of long-term debt................                      (504)           (696)                          (1,200)
  Issuance of long-term debt.................       1,552                                                          1,552
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
        Cash provided by (used in) financing
         activities..........................       2,187        (7,195)           (337)                          (5,345)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash......                                      (162)            (269)           (431)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Increase (decrease) in cash..................                       257            (666)                            (409)
Cash, beginning of period....................                       797             809                            1,606
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Cash, end of period..........................   $             $   1,054       $     143        $               $   1,197
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
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               STEINWAY MUSICAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
         SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                        NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1995
                                  (UNAUDITED)
 
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<CAPTION>
                                                GUARANTOR     GUARANTOR     NONGUARANTOR
                                                 PARENT     SUBSIDIARIES    SUBSIDIARIES     ELIMINATIONS    CONSOLIDATED
                                               -----------  -------------  ---------------  ---------------  -------------
<S>                                            <C>          <C>            <C>              <C>              <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income (loss)..........................   $   4,500     $   1,859       $  (2,079)       $     150       $   4,430
  Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss)
   to cash provided by (used in) operating
   activities:
    Depreciation and amortization............          60         1,217             740                            2,017
    Deferred income taxes....................                                      (610)                            (610)
    Unrealized foreign exchange loss
     (gain)..................................                                       328                              328
    Increase (decrease) in cash from:
      Accounts receivable....................          21           239          (1,584)                          (1,324)
      Inventory..............................                      (790)          1,361             (150)            421
      Prepaid expenses and other assets......          30           137            (337)                            (170)
      Accounts payable and accrued expenses..        (213)         (837)            526                             (524)
      Income and other taxes payable.........      (1,895)        1,462             489                               56
      Increase in pension liability..........                                       495                              495
      Intercompany...........................      (2,379)        1,836             940             (397)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
        Cash provided by (used in) operating
         activities..........................         124         5,123             269             (397)          5,119
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Sale (purchase) of short-term
   investments...............................                                     2,294                            2,294
  Proceeds from sales of property, plant and
   equipment.................................          (6)          262             175                              431
  Purchase of property, plant and
   equipment.................................         (42)       (1,360)           (815)                          (2,217)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
        Cash provided by (used in) investing
         activities..........................         (48)       (1,098)          1,654                              508
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Net proceeds from (repayment of) notes
   payable...................................         (76)       (4,192)         (1,079)                          (5,347)
  Repayment of long-term debt................                      (486)           (762)                          (1,248)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
        Cash provided by (used in) financing
         activities..........................         (76)       (4,678)         (1,841)                          (6,595)
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash......                                       255              397             652
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
Increase (decrease) in cash..................                      (653)            337                             (316)
Cash, beginning of period....................                       968             428                            1,396
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
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Cash, end of period..........................   $             $     315       $     765        $               $   1,080
                                               -----------  -------------       -------           ------     -------------
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                                  UNDERWRITING
 
    Subject  to  the terms  and conditions  of  the Underwriting  Agreement, the
Company and the Selling  Stockholders have agreed  to sell to  each of the  U.S.
Underwriters  named below, and each of such U.S. Underwriters, for whom Goldman,
Sachs & Co., Donaldson,  Lufkin & Jenrette Securities  Corporation and CS  First
Boston  Corporation  are  acting  as representatives,  has  severally  agreed to
purchase from the Company and the Selling Stockholders, the respective number of
shares of Ordinary Common Stock set forth opposite its name below:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                        NUMBER OF
                                                                                                        SHARES OF
                                                                                                        ORDINARY
                                                                                                         COMMON
                                             UNDERWRITER                                                  STOCK
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<S>                                                                                                    <C>
Goldman, Sachs & Co..................................................................................
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation..................................................
CS First Boston Corporation..........................................................................
 
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    Total............................................................................................    3,384,000
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</TABLE>
 
    Under the  terms and  conditions  of the  Underwriting Agreement,  the  U.S.
Underwriters are committed to take and pay for all of the shares offered hereby,
if any are taken.
 
    The  U.S. Underwriters propose to offer  the shares of Ordinary Common Stock
in part directly to the public at the initial public offering price set forth on
the cover page of this Prospectus and  in part to certain securities dealers  at
such  price less a concession of $   per share. The U.S. Underwriters may allow,
and such dealers may  reallow, a concession not  in excess of $    per share  to
certain  brokers  and dealers.  After the  shares of  Ordinary Common  Stock are
released for sale to the public, the offering price and other selling terms  may
from time to time be varied by the representatives.
 
    The  Company and the Selling Stockholders  have entered into an underwriting
agreement (the "International Underwriting Agreement") with the underwriters  of
the  international offering (the "International Underwriters") providing for the
concurrent offer  and sale  of 846,000  shares of  Ordinary Common  Stock in  an
international  offering  outside  the  United  States.  The  offering  price and
aggregate underwriting discounts and commissions per share for the two offerings
are identical. The closing  of the offering  made hereby is  a condition to  the
closing  of the international  offering, and vice  versa. The representatives of
the International  Underwriters  are  Goldman  Sachs  International,  Donaldson,
Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation and CS First Boston Limited.
 
    Pursuant  to an  Agreement between  the U.S.  and International Underwriting
Syndicates (the "Agreement Between") relating to the two offerings, each of  the
U.S. Underwriters named herein has agreed that, as a part of the distribution of
the shares offered hereby and subject to certain exceptions, it will offer, sell
or  deliver the shares of Ordinary Common Stock, directly or indirectly, only in
the United  States  of  America  (including  the  States  and  the  District  of
Columbia),  its  territories, its  possessions and  other  areas subject  to its
jurisdiction (the "United States") and to  U.S. persons, which term shall  mean,
for  purposes of  this paragraph: (a)  any individual  who is a  resident of the
United States or (b) any corporation,  partnership or other entity organized  in
or  under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof and
whose office most directly involved with  the purchase is located in the  United
States.  Each  of  the International  Underwriters  has agreed  pursuant  to the
Agreement Between that, as a part of the distribution of the shares offered as a
part of the international offering, and  subject to certain exceptions, it  will
(i)  not,  directly or  indirectly, offer,  sell or  deliver shares  of Ordinary
Common
 
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Stock (a) in the United States or to  any U.S. persons or (b) to any person  who
it  believes intends  to reoffer,  resell or  deliver the  shares in  the United
States or to any  U.S. persons, and (ii)  cause any dealer to  whom it may  sell
such shares at any concession to agree to observe a similar restriction.
 
    Pursuant  to  the Agreement  Between,  sales may  be  made between  the U.S.
Underwriters and  the International  Underwriters of  such number  of shares  of
Ordinary Common Stock as may be mutually agreed. The price of any shares so sold
shall  be the initial public offering price, less an amount not greater than the
selling concession.
 
   
    The Company and the Selling Stockholders have granted the U.S.  Underwriters
an  option exercisable for 30 days after the date of this Prospectus to purchase
up to an aggregate of 507,600 additional shares of Ordinary Common Stock  solely
to  cover  over-allotments,  if any.  If  the U.S.  Underwriters  exercise their
over-allotment option, the U.S. Underwriters  have severally agreed, subject  to
certain  conditions, to purchase approximately  the same percentage thereof that
the number of shares to be purchased by each of them, as shown in the  foregoing
table,  bears  to the  4,230,000 shares  of Ordinary  Common Stock  offered. The
Company and the Selling Stockholders have granted the International Underwriters
a similar option to purchase up to an aggregate of 126,900 additional shares  of
Ordinary Common Stock.
    
 
    The Company and the Selling Stockholders have agreed that, during the period
beginning  from the date of  the Prospectus and continuing  to and including the
date 180 days  after the  date of  the Prospectus,  they will  not offer,  sell,
contract  to sell or otherwise  dispose of any securities  of the Company (other
than pursuant to stock option plans  existing, or on the conversion or  exchange
of  convertible  or exchangeable  securities outstanding,  on  the date  of this
Prospectus) which are substantially similar to the shares of the Ordinary Common
Stock or  which  are  convertible  or exchangeable  into  securities  which  are
substantially  similar to  the Ordinary Common  Stock without  the prior written
consent of the representatives, except for  the shares of Ordinary Common  Stock
offered in connection with the concurrent U.S. and international offerings.
 
    This  Prospectus may be used by  underwriters and dealers in connection with
offers and sales of the Ordinary  Common Stock, including shares initially  sold
in the international offering to persons located in the United States.
 
    The  representatives of the Underwriters have informed the Company that they
do  not  expect  sales  to   accounts  over  which  the  Underwriters   exercise
discretionary  authority to exceed five percent of the total number of shares of
Ordinary Common Stock offered by them.
 
    Prior to the Offering, there has been  no public market for the shares.  The
initial  public offering price will be negotiated among the Company, the Selling
Stockholders  and  the  representatives  of   the  U.S.  Underwriters  and   the
International  Underwriters. Among the  factors to be  considered in determining
the initial public offering price of  the Ordinary Common Stock, in addition  to
prevailing  market  conditions, will  be  the Company's  historical performance,
estimates of the business  potential and earnings prospects  of the Company,  an
assessment  of  the  Company's management  and  the consideration  of  the above
factors in relation to market valuation of companies in related businesses.
 
    The Ordinary Common Stock has been  approved for listing, subject to  notice
of  issuance, on the  NYSE under the symbol  "LVB." In order to  meet one of the
requirements for listing the Ordinary Common Stock on the NYSE, the Underwriters
have undertaken  to sell  lots of  100  or more  shares to  a minimum  of  2,000
beneficial holders.
 
   
    The  Company  and  the Selling  Stockholders  have agreed  to  indemnify the
several Underwriters against  certain liabilities,  including liabilities  under
the Securities Act.
    
 
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                             DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOS
                        Picture of Steinway grand piano.
<PAGE>
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    NO  PERSON  HAS BEEN  AUTHORIZED  TO GIVE  ANY  INFORMATION OR  TO  MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, AND, IF GIVEN  OR
MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN
AUTHORIZED.  THIS  PROSPECTUS  DOES  NOT  CONSTITUTE AN  OFFER  TO  SELL  OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN  OFFER TO  BUY ANY SECURITIES  OTHER THAN  THE SECURITIES  TO
WHICH IT RELATES OR AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY SUCH
SECURITIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS UNLAWFUL.
NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER
ANY  CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE  HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE
AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE  DATE HEREOF OR THAT THE INFORMATION  CONTAINED
HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO ITS DATE.
 
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
   
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<S>                                                                         <C>
Prospectus Summary........................................................    3
Risk Factors..............................................................    9
The Company...............................................................   13
Use of Proceeds...........................................................   13
Dividend Policy...........................................................   13
Dilution..................................................................   14
Capitalization............................................................   15
Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information....................   16
Selected Consolidated Financial Information...............................   21
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
 Operations...............................................................   24
Business..................................................................   31
Management................................................................   43
Principal Stockholders....................................................   48
Selling Stockholders......................................................   49
Description of Capital Stock..............................................   50
Description of Certain Indebtedness.......................................   54
Shares Eligible for Future Sale...........................................   56
Certain United States Tax Consequences to
 Non-United States Holders................................................   58
Legal Matters.............................................................   60
Experts...................................................................   60
Additional Information....................................................   60
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements................................  F-1
Underwriting..............................................................  U-1
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                                4,230,000 SHARES
 
[LOGO]                         INSTRUMENTS, INC.
 
                             ORDINARY COMMON STOCK
 
                                  -----------
 
                                   PROSPECTUS
 
                                  -----------
 
                              GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
 
                          DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE
                             SECURITIES CORPORATION
 
                                CS FIRST BOSTON
 
                      REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNDERWRITERS
 
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                                    PART II
                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 13.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
 
    The  following  is  an itemization  of  all estimated  expenses  incurred or
expected to be incurred  by the Registrant in  connection with the issuance  and
distribution  of the securities being registered hereby, other than underwriting
discounts and commissions.
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ITEM                                                                  AMOUNT*
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<S>                                                                <C>
SEC Registration Fee.............................................  $      38,046
NASD Filing Fee..................................................         11,210
NYSE Listing Fee.................................................        105,338
Blue Sky Filing Fees and Expenses................................         15,000
Printing and Engraving Costs.....................................        125,000
Transfer Agent Fees..............................................          1,000
Legal Fees and Expenses..........................................        260,000
Accounting Fees and Expenses.....................................        150,000
Consulting and Investment Banking Services Fees..................      1,000,000
Miscellaneous....................................................         54,406
                                                                   -------------
    Total........................................................  $   1,760,000
                                                                   -------------
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</TABLE>
    
 
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*All amounts are estimated except for the SEC Registration Fee, the NASD  Filing
 Fee and the NYSE Listing Fee.
 
ITEM 14.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
 
    As  permitted by  Sections 102 and  145 of the  Delaware General Corporation
Law, the  Registrant's  certificate  of incorporation  eliminates  a  director's
personal  liability for monetary damages to  the Registrant and its stockholders
arising from a breach  or alleged breach of  a director's fiduciary duty  except
for  liability  under Section  174 of  the Delaware  General Corporation  Law or
liability for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant  or
its  stockholders, for  acts or  omissions not  in good  faith or  which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation  of law or for any transaction  in
which  the director derived  an improper personal benefit.  Article Sixth of the
Registrant's  certificate  of  incorporation   eliminates  the  rights  of   the
Registrant  and  its  stockholders (through  stockholders'  derivative  suits on
behalf of the  Registrant) to recover  monetary damages against  a director  for
breach  of  fiduciary  duty as  a  director (including  breaches  resulting form
negligent or  grossly negligent  behavior) except  in the  situations  described
above.
 
    The  Registrant's bylaws provide for indemnification of officers, directors,
employees and agents of  the Registrant (the  "Indemnitees"). Under the  bylaws,
the  Registrant must indemnify an Indemnitee  to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law for losses  and expenses incurred in  connection with actions  in
which  the Indemnitee is involved by reason of having been an officer, director,
employee or agent of the Registrant. The Registrant is also obligated to advance
expenses an Indemnitee  may incur  in connection  with such  actions before  any
resolution of the action.
 
    The Registrant also maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance.
 
    In  addition, the Underwriting Agreement provides for indemnification by the
Underwriters of  the  Registrant, its  directors  and officers  against  certain
liabilities,  including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act").
 
ITEM 15.  RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
 
    On August 9, 1993, the Registrant issued the following securities to certain
institutional investors as  consideration to purchase  substantially all of  the
assets  and assume substantially  all of the liabilities  of The Selmer Company,
L.P.: (a) senior secured notes in the aggregate principal amount of $55 million;
 
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(b) convertible participating preferred stock, $.001 par value per share, in the
amount of 1,000,000 shares; and (c)  ordinary common stock, $.001 par value  per
share, ("Ordinary Common Stock") in the amount of 42,222 shares. These issuances
were  exempt  from  registration  under  the Act  pursuant  to  Section  4(2) as
transactions not involving any public offering.
 
    On August 9, 1993, the Registrant  issued an aggregate of 168,890 shares  of
Ordinary  Common Stock to a limited number  of the Registrant's directors and to
certain employees  of Dabney/Resnick,  Inc. at  a purchase  price per  share  of
$1.18142.  Executive officers of the Registrant were also issued an aggregate of
150,000 shares  of  Ordinary Common  Stock  at a  purchase  price per  share  of
$0.3333. These issuances were exempt from registration under the Act pursuant to
Section 4(2) as transactions not involving any public offering.
 
    On  August 9, 1993,  the Registrant issued  84,444 shares of  Class A Common
Stock to each of Kyle Kirkland and Dana Messina at a purchase price per share of
$1.18142. This issuance was exempt from  registration under the Act pursuant  to
Section 4(2) as a transaction not involving any public offering.
 
    On December 6, 1995, the Registrant issued an aggregate of 105,000 shares of
Ordinary  Common  Stock  to  certain management  employees  of  Steinway Musical
Properties, Inc.  at a  purchase price  per share  of $6.00.  This issuance  was
exempt from registration under the Act pursuant to Section 4(2) as a transaction
not involving any public offering.
 
    Prior to the closing of the Offering, the Registrant intends to consummate a
stock  split on its Class A Common Stock and Ordinary Common Stock. The issuance
of additional shares pursuant to  such action will be  deemed to be exempt  from
registration under Section 3(a)(9) of the Act.
 
ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS
 
    (a) Exhibits
 
   
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<C>       <S>
   1.1    Form of Underwriting Agreement
   3.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant*
   3.2    Corrected  Amendment  to  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  of
           Registrant*
   3.3    Form  of  Amendment  to  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation   of
           Registrant*
   3.4    Bylaws of Registrant*
   3.5    Amendment No. 1 to Bylaws of Registrant*
   4.1    Specimen Certificate
   4.2    Indenture,  dated as of August 9, 1993 among The Selmer Company, Inc.,
           Selmer Industries, Inc.  and IBJ  Schroder Bank &  Trust Company,  as
           trustee including the Forms of Notes and the Guarantee thereon (1)
   4.3    Supplemental  Indenture, dated  as of  May 25,  1995 among  The Selmer
           Company, Inc., Selmer Industries, Inc. and IBJ Schroder Bank &  Trust
           Company, as trustee (4)
   4.4    Guarantee  and Pledge Agreement,  dated as of  August 9, 1993, between
           Selmer Industries, Inc.  and IBJ  Schroder Bank &  Trust Company,  as
           trustee (1)
   4.5    Security  Agreement,  dated as  of August  9,  1993, among  The Selmer
           Company, Inc. and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, as trustee (1)
   4.6    Security  Agreement,  dated  as  of  August  9,  1993,  among   Selmer
           Industries,  Inc. and IBJ  Schroder Bank &  Trust Company, as trustee
           (1)
   4.7    Intercreditor Agreement,  dated  as of  August  9, 1993,  between  BNY
           Financial  Corporation  and IBJ  Schroder  Bank &  Trust  Company, as
           trustee (1)
</TABLE>
    
 
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<C>       <S>
   4.8    Open-end Mortgage, Deed of  Trust, Leasehold Mortgage, Leasehold  Deed
           of   Trust,  Assignment  of   Rents,  Security  Agreement,  Financing
           Statement and Fixture Filing, dated August  9, 1993, by and from  The
           Selmer  Company,  Inc.  to  IBJ Schroder  Bank  &  Trust  Company, as
           trustee, relating to each of  the Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and  North
           Carolina properties (1)
   4.9    Amended   and  Restated  Revolving  Credit,  Term  Loan  and  Security
           Agreement, dated  as of  May  25, 1995,  by  and between  The  Selmer
           Company,  Inc., Selmer Industries, Inc., Steinway Musical Properties,
           Inc., Steinway, Inc.,  Boston Piano Company,  Inc. and BNY  Financial
           Corporation, including a list of Exhibits and Schedules thereto (5)
   4.10   Subordination  Agreement, dated as of August 9, 1993, among The Selmer
           Company, Inc., IBJ  Schroder Bank  & Trust Company,  as trustee,  BNY
           Financial   Corporation   and  Philips   Electronics   North  America
           Corporation (1)
   4.11   Registration Rights  Agreement,  dated as  of  August 9,  1993,  among
           Selmer   Industries,  Inc.  and  the  purchasers  of  certain  equity
           securities (1)
   4.12   Indenture, dated as of May 25,  1995, among The Selmer Company,  Inc.,
           Selmer Industries, Inc., Steinway Musical Properties, Inc., Steinway,
           Inc.,   Boston  Piano  Company,  Inc.   and  American  Bank  National
           Association, as  trustee,  including  the  forms  of  Notes  and  the
           Guarantee thereon (4)
   4.13   Exchange  Registration Rights Agreement, dated as  of May 25, 1995, by
           and  among  The  Selmer  Company,  Inc.,  Selmer  Corporation,  Inc.,
           Steinway  Musical  Properties,  Inc.,  Steinway,  Inc.,  Boston Piano
           Company, Inc. and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
           (4)
   5.1    Opinion of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
  10.1    Employment Agreement, dated as  of June 22,  1993, between The  Selmer
           Company, Inc. and Thomas Burzycki (1)
  10.2    Employment  Agreement,  dated as  of  December 19,  1995,  between The
           Selmer Company, Inc. and Michael R. Vickrey (6)
  10.3    Employment Agreement,  dated May  8,  1989, between  Steinway  Musical
           Properties, Inc. and Thomas Kurrer (5)
  10.4    Employment  Agreement,  dated May  1,  1995, between  Steinway Musical
           Properties, Inc. and Bruce Stevens (5)
  10.5    Employment Agreement,  dated May  1,  1995, between  Steinway  Musical
           Properties, Inc. and Dennis Hanson (5)
  10.6    Agreement  dated              , 1996 between  the Registrant, Kirkland
           Messina, Inc. and Dana Messina*
  10.7    Agreement dated              , 1996 between  the Registrant,  Kirkland
           Messina, Inc. and Kyle Kirkland*
  10.8    Management  Agreement, dated as of August  9, 1993, by and between The
           Selmer Company, Inc., Dana Messina and Kyle Kirkland (1)
  10.9    Management Agreement,  dated  as  of  May 25,  1995,  by  and  between
           Steinway Musical Properties, Inc., Dana Messina and Kyle Kirkland*
  10.10   Environmental  Indemnification and Non-Competition Agreement, dated as
           of August  9, 1993,  between  The Selmer  Company, Inc.  and  Philips
           Electronics North American Corporation (1)
  10.11   Unsecured  Environmental Indemnification Agreement, dated as of August
           9, 1993, between  The Selmer Company,  Inc., Selmer Industries,  Inc.
           and IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Company, as trustee (1)
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<C>       <S>
  10.12   Securityholders  Agreement, dated as  of August 9,  1993, among Selmer
           Industries, Inc.  and certain  equity holders  of Selmer  Industries,
           Inc. (1)
  10.13   Master Note Purchase and Repurchase Agreement, dated December 4, 1994,
           by  and between Textron Financial Corporation and The Selmer Company,
           Inc. (3)
  10.14   Distribution Agreement, dated November 1, 1952, by and between H. & A.
           Selmer, Inc. and Henri Selmer & Cie (1)
  10.15   Asset Purchase Agreement, dated  as of June 25,  1993, by and  between
           The  Selmer Company, Inc., The Selmer  Company, L.P. and Vincent Bach
           International, Ltd. (2)
  10.16   1996 Stock Plan of the Registrant*
  10.17   Form of Noncompete Agreement dated July 1996 between Steinway  Musical
           Instruments,  Inc. and each of Thomas Burzycki, Bruce Stevens, Dennis
           Hanson and Michael Vickrey
  21.1    List of Subsidiaries of Registrant*
  23.1    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
  23.2    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
  23.3    Consent of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1    Power of  Attorney (incorporated  by  reference to  page II-6  of  the
           Registration Statement on Form S-1).*
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 *  Previously  filed with  the Commission  as an  exhibit to  this Registration
    Statement on Form S-1.
    
 
(1) Previously filed with the  Commission on February 8,  1994 as an exhibit  to
    the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1.
 
(2)  Previously filed with the Commission on April 28, 1994 as an exhibit to the
    Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1.
 
(3) Previously filed with the Commission on March 30, 1995 as an exhibit to  the
    Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K.
 
(4)  Previously filed with the  Commission on June 7, 1995  as an exhibit to the
    Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K.
 
(5) Previously filed with the  Commission on June 7, 1995  as an exhibit to  the
    Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4.
 
(6)  Previously filed with the Commission on March 27, 1996 as an exhibit to the
    Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K.
 
    (b) Financial Statements and Schedules
       None.
 
ITEM 17.  UNDERTAKINGS
 
    (a)  The  undersigned  Registrant  hereby  undertakes  to  provide  to   the
Underwriters at the closing specified in the Underwriting Agreement certificates
in  such  denominations  and  registered  in  such  names  as  required  by  the
Underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
 
    (b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the  Securities
Act  of 1933 may be permitted to  directors, officers and controlling persons of
the  Registrant  pursuant  to  the  foregoing  provisions,  or  otherwise,   the
Registrant  has been advised that in the  opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, such indemnification is  against public policy  as expressed in  the
Act   and  is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In   the  event  that  a  claim  for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
Registrant  of expenses incurred  or paid by a  director, officer or controlling
person of  the Registrant  in the  successful  defense of  any action,  suit  or
proceeding) is asserted by such director,
 
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officer   or  controlling  person  in   connection  with  the  securities  being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled  by controlling  precedent, submit  to a  court of  appropriate
jurisdiction  the question whether such indemnification  by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
 
    (c) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:
 
        (1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities  Act,
    the  information omitted from the  form of prospectus filed  as part of this
    Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of
    prospectus filed by  the Registrant  pursuant to  Rule 424(b)(1)  or (4)  or
    497(h)  under  the  Securities  Act  shall be  deemed  to  be  part  of this
    Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.
 
        (2) For the purpose  of determining any  liability under the  Securities
    Act,  each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall
    be deemed to  be a  new registration  statement relating  to the  securities
    offered  therein, and the offering of such  securities at that time shall be
    deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.
 
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                                   SIGNATURES
 
   
    Pursuant  to the requirements of the  Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
has duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be  signed
on  its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los
Angeles, State of California, on this 24th day of July, 1996.
    
 
                                SELMER INDUSTRIES, INC.
 
                                By:              /s/ DANA D. MESSINA
                                      -----------------------------------------
                                                   Dana D. Messina
                                               CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
   
    Pursuant to the requirements of the  Securities Act of 1933, this  Amendment
No.  2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities indicated on this 24th day of July, 1996.
    
 
   
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<CAPTION>
                    SIGNATURE                                  TITLE
- --------------------------------------------------  ----------------------------
<C>                                                 <S>
                                                    Director and Chief Executive
                     /s/ DANA D. MESSINA             Officer
     ----------------------------------------        (Principal Executive
                 Dana D. Messina                     Officer)
 
                                  *                 Chief Financial Officer
     ----------------------------------------        (Principal Financial
                  Dennis Hanson                      Officer)
 
                                  *                 Executive Vice President
     ----------------------------------------        (Principal Accounting
                Michael R. Vickrey                   Officer)
 
                                  *
     ----------------------------------------       Director
                 Kyle R. Kirkland
 
                                  *
     ----------------------------------------       Director
                 Thomas Burzycki
 
                                  *
     ----------------------------------------       Director
                  Bruce Stevens
 
                                  *
     ----------------------------------------       Director
                  Peter McMillan
 
         *By:         /s/ DANA D. MESSINA
     ----------------------------------------
                 Dana D. Messina
                 ATTORNEY IN FACT
</TABLE>
    
 
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                      STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.

                            ORDINARY COMMON STOCK

                            UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
                                (U.S. VERSION)

                              -------------------

                                                                 _______, 1996

Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
CS First Boston Limited
 As representatives of the several Underwriters
  named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10004

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the 
"Company") proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to 
issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the 
"Underwriters") an aggregate of 2,880,000 shares and, at the election of the 
Underwriters, up to 432,000 
additional shares of Ordinary Common Stock, par value $.001 ("Stock") of the 
Company and the stockholders of the Company named in Schedule II hereto (the 
"Selling Stockholders") propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated 
herein, to sell to the Underwriters an aggregate of 504,000 shares and, at the 
election of the Underwriters, up to 75,600 additional shares of Stock.  The 
aggregate of 3,384,000 shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling 
Stockholders is herein called the "Firm Shares" and the aggregate of 507,600 
additional shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling Stockholders are 
herein called the "Optional Shares".  The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares 
that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are 
herein collectively called the "Shares".

     It is understood and agreed to by all parties that the Company and the
Selling Stockholders are concurrently entering into an agreement (the
"International Underwriting Agreement") providing for the sale by the Company
and the Selling Stockholders of up to a total of 972,900 shares of Stock (the
"International Shares"), including the over-allotment option thereunder, through
arrangements with certain underwriters outside the United States (the
"International Underwriters"), for whom Goldman Sachs International, Donaldson,
Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation and CS First Boston Corporation are
acting as lead managers.  Anything herein or therein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the respective closings under this Agreement and the
International Underwriting Agreement are hereby expressly made conditional on
one another.  The Underwriters hereunder and the International Underwriters are
simultaneously entering into an Agreement between U.S. and International
Underwriting Syndicates (the "Agreement between Syndicates") which provides,
among other things, for the transfer of shares of Stock between the two
syndicates.  Two forms of prospectus are to be used in connection with the


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offering and sale of shares of Stock contemplated by the foregoing, one relating
to the Shares hereunder and the other relating to the International Shares.  The
latter form of prospectus will be identical to the former except for certain
substitute pages.  Except as used in Sections 2, 3, 4, 9 and 11 herein, and
except as the context may otherwise require, references hereinafter to the
Shares shall include all the shares of Stock which may be sold pursuant to
either this Agreement or the International Underwriting Agreement, and
references herein to any prospectus whether in preliminary or final form, and
whether as amended or supplemented, shall include both the U.S. and the
international versions thereof.

     1. (a)  The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of
the Underwriters that:

          (i)  A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-03667)(the
     "Initial Registration Statement") in respect of the Shares has been filed
     with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); the Initial
     Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in
     the form heretofore delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits thereto, to
     you for each of the other Underwriters, have been declared effective by the
     Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any,
     increasing the size of the offering (a "Rule 462(b) Registration
     Statement"), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of
     1933, as amended, (the "Act"), which became effective upon filing, no other
     document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement (other than
     pre-effective amendments thereto) has heretofore been filed with the
     Commission; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial
     Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule
     462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding
     for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission (any
     preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement or
     filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and
     regulations of the Commission under the Act, is hereinafter called a
     "Preliminary Prospectus"; the various parts of the Initial Registration
     Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all
     exhibits thereto and including the information contained in the form of
     final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
     the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule
     430A under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at the
     time it was declared effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration
     Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, each as amended
     at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are
     hereinafter collectively called the "Registration Statement"; and such
     final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
     Act, is hereinafter called the "Prospectus;")

          (ii)  No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
     Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary
     Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material
     respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of
     the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a
     material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
     therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
     circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; PROVIDED,
     HOWEVER, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
     statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
     information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through
     Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein or by a Selling Stockholder


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     expressly for use in the preparation of the answers therein to Items 7 and
     11(l) of Form S-1;

          (iii)  The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any
     further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
     Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of
     the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do
     not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the
     Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable
     filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto,
     contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
     fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
     therein not misleading; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this representation and
     warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance
     upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company
     by an Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein or
     by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the preparation of the
     answers therein to Items 7 and 11(l) of Form S-1;

          (iv)  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained
     since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the
     Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire,
     explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or
     from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree,
     otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since
     the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
     Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital
     stock or any change in the short-term or long-term debt of the Company or
     any of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in an amount greater than
     $22,000,000, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a
     prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs,
     management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of
     operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise
     than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus (a "Material Adverse
     Effect");

          (v)  The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title
     in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all
     personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens,
     encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Prospectus or
     such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not
     interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
     Company and its subsidiaries in a manner which results in a Material
     Adverse Effect; and any real property and buildings held under lease by
     the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting
     and enforceable leases with such exceptions as do not have a Material
     Adverse Effect;

          (vi)  The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
     as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the state of Delaware,
     with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and
     conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly
     qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is
     in good standing under the laws of good standing in New York, New Jersey,
     Indiana, Illinois, North Carolina and Ohio and such states are the only
     states in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so 
     as to


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     require such qualification, and is subject to no material liability or
     disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any other
     jurisdiction; and each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated
     and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
     its jurisdiction of incorporation;
          (vii)  The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in
     the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the
     Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid
     and non-assessable and conform to the description of the Stock contained in
     the Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each
     subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued,
     are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for directors' qualifying
     shares and except as set forth in the Prospectus) are owned directly or
     indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
     equities or claims;

          (viii)  The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company to the
     Underwriters hereunder and under the International Underwriting Agreement
     have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered
     against payment therefor as provided herein and in the International
     Underwriting Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and
     non-assessable and will conform to the description of the Stock contained
     in the Prospectus;

          (ix)  The issue and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company
     hereunder and under the International Underwriting Agreement and the
     compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and
     the International Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the
     transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or
     result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
     constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
     agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of
     its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
     Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject which will have a Material
     Adverse Effect, nor will such action result in any violation of the
     provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or
     any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental
     agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no consent, approval,
     authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such
     court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of
     the Shares or the consummation by the Company of the transactions
     contemplated by this Agreement and the International Underwriting
     Agreement, except the registration under the Act of the Shares and such
     consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may
     be required under state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws in
     connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the
     Underwriters and the International Underwriters;

          (x)  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in
     violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or (ii) in default
     in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement,
     covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
     loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to


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     which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, 
     which default would have a Material Adverse Effect;

          (xi)  The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
     "Description of Capital Stock", insofar as they purport to constitute a
     summary of the terms of the Stock, under the caption "Certain United States
     Tax Consequences to Non-United States Holders" and under the caption
     "Underwriting", insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the
     laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair;

          (xii)  Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus,
     there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company
     or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the
     Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined
     adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or
     in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the best of the
     Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
     governmental authorities or threatened by others;

          (xiii)  The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering
     and sale of the Shares, will not be an "investment company" or an entity
     "controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in the
     Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act");

          (xiv)  Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business
     with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba
     within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes;

          (xv)  Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have certified certain financial
     statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public
     accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the
     Commission thereunder;

          (xvi)  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has violated
     any foreign, federal, state or local law or regulation relating to the
     protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or
     toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("Environmental
     Laws"), which might result in any Material Adverse Effect;

          (xvii)  The Company and each of its subsidiaries has such permits,
     licenses, franchises and authorizations of governmental or regulatory
     authorities ("permits"), including, without limitation, under any
     applicable Environmental Laws, as are necessary to own, lease and operate
     its respective properties and to conduct its business except to the extent
     the failure to hold such permits would not, singly or in the aggregate,
     have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and each of its subsidiaries
     has fulfilled and performed all of its material obligations with respect to
     such permits and no event has occurred  which allows, or after notice or
     lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in
     any other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any such
     permit; and, except as described in the Prospectus, such permits contain no
     restrictions that are materially burdensome to the Company and any of its
     subsidiaries taken as a whole;


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          (xviii)  Each of the Company and the subsidiaries owns or possesses
     the patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how
     (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable
     proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures),
     trademarks, service marks and trade names (collectively, the "Intellectual
     Property") presently employed by them in connection with the businesses now
     operated by them, except where such failure to own or possess would not
     have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Company nor any of the
     subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with
     asserted rights of others with respect to the foregoing which, singly or in
     the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
     finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.  To the Company's
     knowledge, the use of such Intellectual Property in connection with the
     business and operations of the Company and the subsidiaries does not
     infringe on the rights of any person;

          (xix)  Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries maintains
     insurance covering its properties, operations, personnel and business. 
     Such insurance insures against such losses and risks as are adequate in
     accordance with industry practice to protect the Company and its
     subsidiaries and their businesses.  Neither the Company nor any subsidiary
     has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that
     substantial capital improvements or other expenditures will have to be made
     in order to continue such insurance.  All such insurance is outstanding and
     duly in force on the date hereof and will be outstanding and duly in force
     on each Time of Delivery (defined below);

          (xx)  All material tax returns required to be filed by the Company and
     each of its subsidiaries in any jurisdiction have been filed, other than
     those filings being contested in good faith, and all material taxes,
     including withholding taxes, penalties and interest, assessments, fees and
     other charges due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment
     received by the Company or any of its subsidiaries have been paid, other
     than those being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves
     have been provided; and

          (xxi)  The Company has identified to its counsel each indenture,
     mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to
     which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the
     Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property
     or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject which is
     material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

        (b)  Each of the Selling Stockholders severally represents and warrants
to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters and the Company that:

         (i)   All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for
     the execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of this Agreement,
     the International Underwriting Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the
     Custody Agreement hereinafter referred to, and for the sale and delivery of
     the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and under the
     International Underwriting Agreement, have been obtained; and such Selling
     Stockholder has full right, power and authority to enter into this
     Agreement, the International Underwriting Agreement, the Power of Attorney
     and


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     the Custody Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the
     Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and under the
     International Underwriting Agreement;

         (ii)  The sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
     hereunder and under the International Underwriting Agreement and the
     compliance by such Selling Stockholder with all of the provisions of this
     Agreement, the International Underwriting Agreement, the Power of Attorney
     and the Custody Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
     and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or
     violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
     under, any statute, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or
     other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party
     or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound, or to which any of the
     property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject, nor will such
     action result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of
     Incorporation or By-laws of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling
     Stockholder is a corporation, the Partnership Agreement of such Selling
     Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a partnership or any statute or
     any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body
     having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property of such
     Selling Stockholder;

         (iii) Immediately prior to each Time of Delivery (as defined in 
     Section 4 hereof) such Selling Stockholder will have, good and valid 
     title to the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder 
     and under the International Underwriting Agreement, free and clear of 
     all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; and, upon delivery of such 
     Shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto and thereto, good and valid 
     title to such Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities 
     or claims, will pass to the several Underwriters or the International 
     Underwriters, as the case may be;

         (iv)  During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing
     to and including the date 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, not to
     offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided
     hereunder or under the International Underwriting Agreement, any securities
     of the Company that are substantially similar to the Shares, including but
     not limited to any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable
     for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such
     substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to employee stock
     option plans existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible
     or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement),
     without your prior written consent;

         (v)   Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take,
     directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has
     constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in
     stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
     to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares;

         (vi)  To the extent that any statements or omissions made in the
     Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
     amendment or supplement thereto are made in reliance upon and in conformity
     with written information furnished to the Company by such Selling
     Stockholder expressly for use therein, such


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     Preliminary Prospectus and the Registration Statement did, and the 
     Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration 
     Statement and the Prospectus, when they become effective or are filed 
     with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material 
     respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations 
     of the Commission thereunder and will not contain any untrue statement 
     of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be 
     stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;


         (vii) In order to document the Underwriters' compliance with the
     reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal
     Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions herein
     contemplated, such Selling Stockholder will deliver to you prior to or at
     the First Time of Delivery (as hereinafter defined) a properly completed
     and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other
     applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations
     in lieu thereof);

         (viii) Certificates in negotiable form representing all of the
     Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and under the
     International Underwriting Agreement have been placed in custody under a
     Custody Agreement, in the form heretofore furnished to you (the "Custody
     Agreement"), duly executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder to
     Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company, as custodian (the 
     "Custodian"), and such Selling Stockholder has duly executed and 
     delivered a Power of Attorney, in the form heretofore furnished to you 
     (the "Power of Attorney"), appointing the persons indicated in Schedule II 
     hereto, and each of them, as such Selling Stockholder's attorneys-in-fact 
     (the "Attorneys-in-Fact") with authority to execute and deliver this 
     Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement on behalf of such 
     Selling Stockholder, to determine the purchase price to be paid by the 
     Underwriters and the International Underwriters to the Selling 
     Stockholders as provided in Section 2 hereof, to authorize the delivery 
     of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and 
     otherwise to act on behalf of such Selling Stockholder in connection with
     the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the International
     Underwriting Agreement and the Custody Agreement; and

         (ix)  The Shares represented by the certificates held in custody for
     such Selling Stockholder under the Custody Agreement are subject to the
     interests of the Underwriters hereunder and the International Underwriters
     under the International Underwriting Agreement; the arrangements made by
     such Selling Stockholder for such custody, and the appointment by such
     Selling Stockholder of the Attorneys-in-Fact by the Power of Attorney, are
     to that extent irrevocable; the obligations of the Selling Stockholders
     hereunder shall not be terminated by operation of law, whether by the death
     or incapacity of any individual Selling Stockholder or, in the case of an
     estate or trust, by the death or incapacity of any executor or trustee or
     the termination of such estate or trust, or in the case of a partnership or
     corporation, by the dissolution of such partnership or corporation, or by
     the occurrence of any other event; if any individual Selling Stockholder or
     any such executor or trustee should die or become incapacitated, or if any
     such estate or trust should be terminated, or if any such partnership or
     corporation should be dissolved, or if any other such event should occur,
     before the delivery of the Shares hereunder, certificates representing the
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     by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholders in accordance with the terms 
     and conditions of this Agreement, of the International Underwriting 
     Agreement and of the Custody Agreements; and actions taken by the 
     Attorneys-in-Fact pursuant to the Powers of Attorney shall be as valid 
     as if such death, incapacity, termination, dissolution or other event 
     had not occurred, regardless of whether or not the Custodian, the 
     Attorneys-in-Fact, or any of them, shall have received notice of such
     death, incapacity, termination, dissolution or other event.

     2.   Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company 
and each of the Selling Stockholders agree, severally and not jointly, to 
sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, 
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and each of the 
Selling Stockholders, at a purchase price per share of $__________, the 
number of Firm Shares (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional 
shares) determined by multiplying the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be 
sold by the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders as set forth 
opposite their respective names in Schedule II hereto by a fraction, the 
numerator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by 
such Underwriter as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in 
Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of 
Firm Shares to be purchased by all of the Underwriters from the Company and 
all of the Selling Stockholders hereunder and (b) in the event and to the 
extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional 
Shares as provided below, the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders 
agree, severally and not jointly to sell to each of the Underwriters, and 
each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from 
the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders, at the purchase price per 
share set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2, that portion of the number 
of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be 
adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by 
multiplying such number of Optional Shares by a fraction the numerator of 
which is the maximum number of Optional Shares which such Underwriter is 
entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in 
Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum number of 
Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase 
hereunder.

     The Company and the Selling Stockholders, as and to the extent indicated 
in Schedule II hereto, hereby grant, severally and not jointly, to the 
Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to 507,600 Optional 
Shares, at the purchase price per share set forth in the paragraph above, for 
the sole purpose of covering overallotments in the sale of the Firm Shares.  
Any such election to purchase Optional Shares shall be made in proportion to 
the maximum number of Optional Shares to be sold by the Company and each 
Selling Stockholder as set forth in Schedule II hereto.  Any such election to 
purchase Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice from you to 
the Company and the Attorneys-in-Fact, given within a period of 30 calendar 
days after the date of this Agreement and setting forth the aggregate number 
of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares 
are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the 
First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless you and 
the Company and the Attorneys-in-Fact otherwise agree in writing, earlier 
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     3.   Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm Shares, 
the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon the 
terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

     4. (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in 
definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such 
names as Goldman, Sachs & Co. may request upon at least forty-eight hours' 
prior notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholders, shall be delivered 
by or on behalf of the Company and the Selling Stockholders  to Goldman, 
Sachs & Co., for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on 
behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by certified or 
official bank check or checks, payable to the order of the Company and each 
of the Selling Stockholders, as their interests may appear in Federal (same 
day) funds.  The Company will cause the certificates representing the Shares 
to be made available for checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours 
prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) at the office of Goldman, 
Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004 (the "Designated 
Office").  The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be, with 
respect to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on ............., 
1996 or such other time and date as Goldman, Sachs & Co., and the Company and 
the Selling Stockholders may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the 
Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York time, on the date specified by Goldman, 
Sachs & Co. in the written notice given by Goldman, Sachs & Co. of the 
Underwriters' election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other time 
and date as Goldman, Sachs & Co., the Company and the Selling Stockholders 
may agree upon in writing.  Such time and date for delivery of the Firm 
Shares is herein called the "First Time of Delivery", such time and date for 
delivery of the Optional Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein 
called the "Second Time of Delivery", and each such time and date for 
delivery is herein called a "Time of Delivery".

     (b)  The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on 
behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the 
cross receipt for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the 
Underwriters pursuant to Section 7(l) hereof and the check or checks 
specified in subsection (a) above, will be delivered at the offices of Latham 
& Watkins, 633 W. Fifth Street, Suite 4000, Los Angeles, CA 90071 (the 
"Closing Location"), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated 
Office, all at such Time of Delivery.  A meeting will be held at the Closing 
Location at .......p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day 
next preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of 
the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be 
available for review by the parties hereto.  For the purposes of this Section 
4, "New York Business Day" shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 
Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New 
York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

     5.   The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:

     (a)  To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file
such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the
Commission's close of business on the second business day following the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier
time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no
further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or
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disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, 
promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to 
the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any 
supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to 
furnish you with copies thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives 
notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any 
order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or 
prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering 
or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any 
proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the 
amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for 
additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order 
or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary 
Prospectus or prospectus or suspending any such qualification, promptly to 
use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;

     (b)  Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may 
reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the 
securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with 
such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in 
such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the 
distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the Company 
shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a 
general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;

     (c)  Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business 
Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to 
furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in 
such quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a 
prospectus is legally required at any time prior to the expiration of nine 
months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the 
offering or sale of the Shares and if at such time any event shall have 
occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented 
would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any 
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light 
of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is 
delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary 
during such period to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply 
with the Act, to notify you and upon your request to prepare and furnish 
without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many 
copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended 
Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such 
statement or omission or effect such compliance, and in case any Underwriter 
is required to deliver a prospectus in connection with sales of any of the 
Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the 
Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to 
prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many copies as you may request of 
an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 
Act;

     (d)  To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as 
practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the 
effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under 
the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which 
need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules 
and regulations thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 
158);

     (e)  During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing
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including the date 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, not to offer, 
sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder 
and under the International Underwriting Agreement, any securities of the 
Company that are substantially similar to the Shares, including but not 
limited to any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or 
that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar 
securities (other than pursuant to stock option plans existing on, or upon 
the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities 
outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement), without the prior written 
consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co.;

     (f)  To furnish to its stockholders as soon as practicable after the end 
of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and 
statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Company and 
its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) 
and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters 
of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the 
effective date of the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial 
information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in 
reasonable detail;

     (g)  (i) During a period of the shorter of five years from the effective 
date of the Registration Statement or the period during which the Company is 
subject to reporting requirements under the Exchange Act, to furnish to you, 
upon your written and reasonable request, copies of all reports or other 
communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and as soon as 
they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished 
to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which 
any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) during a period of 
two years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, to furnish 
to you, upon your written and reasonable request, such additional information 
concerning the business and financial condition of the Company (such 
financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts 
of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to 
its stockholders generally or to the Commission) provided that responding to 
such request does not involve unreasonable expense on the part of the Company;

     (h)  To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the
Shares pursuant to this Agreement and the International Underwriting
Agreement in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption "Use
of Proceeds"; and

     (i)  To use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance,
the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the "Exchange"); and

     6.   The Company and each of the Selling Stockholders, covenant and 
agree with one another and with the Underwriters that (a) the Company 
will pay or cause to be paid the following:  (i) the fees, disbursements and 
expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in connection with the 
registration of the Shares under the Act and all other expenses in connection 
with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any 
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements 
thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters 
and dealers; (ii) the reasonable cost of duplicating any Agreement among 
Underwriters, this Agreement, the International Underwriting Agreement, the 
Agreement between Syndicates, the Selling Agreement, the Blue

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Sky Memorandum, and closing documents (including compilations thereof) and 
any other documents customarily used in connection with the offering, 
purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection 
with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state 
securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the reasonable 
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with 
such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey; provided that 
such fees of counsel shall not exceed $10,000; (vi) all fees and expenses in 
connection with listing the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange; (v) the 
filing fees incident to securing any required review by the National 
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the 
Shares; (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the cost and 
charges of any transfer agent or registrar; and (viii) all other costs and 
expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are 
not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section; and (b) such Selling 
Stockholder will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to 
the performance of such Selling Stockholder's obligations hereunder which are 
not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section, including (i) any 
fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholder, (ii) such Selling 
Stockholder's pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the 
Attorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian and (iii) all expenses and taxes incident 
to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder 
to the Underwriters hereunder.  It is understood, however, that, the Company 
shall bear, and the Selling Stockholders shall not be required to pay or to 
reimburse the Company for, the cost of any other matters not directly 
relating to the sale and purchase of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement, 
and that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 8 and 11 hereof, 
the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the 
fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by 
them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make 
and (iv) any exercise price associated with exercising the warrants to 
purchase Shares held by such Selling Stockholder.

     7.   The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to 
be delivered at each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, 
to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements 
of the Company and of the Selling Stockholders herein are, at and as of such 
Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company and the 
Selling Stockholders shall have performed all of its and their obligations 
hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional 
conditions:

          (a)  The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant
     to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing
     by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section
     5(a) hereof; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
     Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for
     that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and
     all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall
     have been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;

          (b)  Latham & Watkins, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have
     furnished to you such opinion or opinions (a draft of which each such
     opinion is attached as Annex II(a) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery,
     with respect to the matters covered in paragraphs (i), (ii), (vi), (ix),
     (x) and (xi) of subsection (c) below as well as such other related matters
     as you may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such
     papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to
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          (c)  Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, counsel for the Company, shall 
     have furnished to you their written opinion (a draft of each such 
     opinion is attached as Annex II(b) hereto), dated such Time of Delivery, 
     in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:

           (i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
     a corporation in good standing under the laws of the state of Delaware,
     with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
     business as described in the Prospectus;

           (ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in
     the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the
     Company (including the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery)
     have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
     nonassessable; and the Shares conform to the description of the Stock
     contained in the Prospectus;

           (iii) The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation
     for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of
     New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois, North Carolina, and Ohio;

           (iv) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated
     and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
     its jurisdiction of incorporation; and all of the issued shares of capital
     stock of each such subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and
     issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and (except for directors'
     qualifying shares and except as otherwise set forth in the Prospectus) are
     owned directly or indirectly by the Company, and to the best knowledge of
     such counsel, after reasonable investigation, such shares are free and
     clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims  (such counsel being
     entitled to rely in respect of the opinion in this clause upon opinions of
     local counsel and in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of
     officers of the Company or its subsidiaries, provided that such counsel
     shall state that they believe that both you and they are justified in
     relying upon such opinions and certificates);

           (v) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and other than as set
     forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings
     pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of
     which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject
     which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
     would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on
     the current or future consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity
     or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
     whole; and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings
     are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by
     others;

           (vi) This Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement
     have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

           (vii) The issue and sale of the Shares being delivered at such
     Time of Delivery to be sold by the Company and the compliance by the
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     provisions of this Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement 
     and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated 
     will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the 
     terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, 
     mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument 
     identified as material by the Company to which the Company or any of its 
     subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries 
     is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any 
     of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any 
     violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws 
     of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation known to 
     such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having 
     jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their 
     properties;

           (viii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
     qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is
     required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the consummation by the
     Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
     International Underwriting Agreement, except the registration under the Act
     of the Shares, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations
     or qualifications as may be required under state or foreign securities or
     Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
     Shares by the Underwriters and the International Underwriters;

           (ix) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
     "Description of Capital Stock", insofar as they purport to constitute a
     summary of the terms of the Stock, under the caption "Certain United States
     Tax Consequences to Non-United States Holders", and under the caption
     "Underwriting", insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the
     laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair;

           (x) The Company is not an "investment company" or an entity
     "controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in the
     Investment Company Act; 

           (xi) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any further
     amendments and supplements thereto made by the Company prior to such Time
     of Delivery (other than the financial and statistical data, financial
     statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need
     express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the
     requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, although
     they do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or
     fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the
     Prospectus, except for those referred to in the opinion in subsection (xi)
     of this Section 7(c); they have no reason to believe that, as of its
     effective date, the Registration Statement or any further amendment thereto
     made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than financial
     data and the financial statements and related statements and related
     schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion)
     contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
     material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
     statements therein not misleading or that, as of its date, the Prospectus
     or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to
     such Time of Delivery (other than 


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     financial data and the financial statements and related schedules 
     therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contained an 
     untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact 
     necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the 
     circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or that, as of 
     such Time of Delivery, either the Registration Statement or the 
     Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the 
     Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial 
     statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need 
     express no opinion) contains an untrue statement of a material fact or 
     omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, 
     in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not 
     misleading; and they do not know of any amendment to the Registration 
     Statement required to be filed or of any contracts or other documents of 
     a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration 
     Statement or required to be described in the Registration Statement or 
     the Prospectus which are not filed or described as required;

          In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that they express 
     no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States.

          (d)  The respective counsel (which may be in-house counsel) for each 
     of the Selling Stockholders, as indicated in Schedule II hereto, each 
     shall have furnished to you their written opinion with respect to each 
     of the Selling Stockholders for whom they are acting as counsel, dated 
     such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to 
     the effect that:

           (i)  A Power of Attorney and a Custody Agreement have been duly 
     executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder and constitute valid 
     and binding agreements of such Selling Stockholder in accordance with 
     their terms;

           (ii) This Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement 
     have been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling 
     Stockholder; and the sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling 
     Stockholder hereunder and thereunder and the compliance by such Selling 
     Stockholder with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the 
     International Underwriting Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the 
     Custody Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and 
     therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or 
     violation of any terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, 
     any statute, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other 
     agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which such Selling 
     Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound, or 
     to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is 
     subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions 
     of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of such Selling 
     Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a corporation, the 
     Partnership Agreement of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling 
     Stockholder is a partnership or any order, rule or regulation known to 
     such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having 
     jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property of such 
     Selling Stockholder;

           (iii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or 
     governmental agency or body is required for the consummation of the 
     transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the International 
     Underwriting Agreement in connection with the Shares to be sold by such 
     Selling Stockholder hereunder or 


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     thereunder, except such as have been obtained under the Act and such as 
     may be required under state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws in 
     connection with the purchase and distribution of such Shares by the 
     Underwriters or the International Underwriters;

           (iv) Immediately prior to such Time of Delivery such Selling 
     Stockholder had good and valid title to the Shares to be sold at such 
     Time of Delivery by such Selling Stockholder under this Agreement and the 
     International Underwriting Agreement, free and clear of all liens, 
     encumbrances, equities or claims, and full right, power and authority to 
     sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling 
     Stockholder hereunder and thereunder; and

           (v)  Good and valid title to such Shares, free and clear of all 
     liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, has been transferred to each of 
     the several Underwriters or International Underwriters, as the case may 
     be. 

     In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that they express 
no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States and 
in rendering the opinion in subparagraph (iv) such counsel may rely upon a 
certificate of such Selling Stockholder in respect of matters of fact as to 
ownership of, and liens, encumbrances, equities or claims on the Shares sold 
by such Selling Stockholder, provided that such counsel shall state that they 
believe that both you and they are justified in relying upon such certificate;

          (e)  On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution 
     of this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date 
     of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed 
     subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at each Time of 
     Delivery, Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or 
     letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and 
     substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex I hereto 
     (the executed copy of the letter delivered prior to the execution of this 
     Agreement is attached as Annex 1(a) hereto and a draft of the form of 
     letter to be delivered on the effective date of any post-effective 
     amendment to the Registration Statement and as of each Time of Delivery 
     is attached as Annex I(b) hereto);

          (f)(i)  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have
     sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
     included in the Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from
     fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by
     insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order
     or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus,
     and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
     Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or any
     change in the short-term or long-term debt of the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in an amount greater than $22,000,000, or
     any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
     affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
     stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
     subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
     Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in Clause (i)
     or (ii), is in the judgment of the Representatives so material and adverse
     as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public
     offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of
     Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;


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          (g)  On or after the date hereof (i) no downgrading shall have
     occurred in the rating accorded the Company's debt securities or preferred
     stock by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as
     that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under
     the Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that
     it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications,
     its rating of any of the Company's debt securities or preferred stock;

          (h)  On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any of
     the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in
     securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange (ii) a suspension or
     material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on the New York
     Stock Exchange (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities
     declared by either Federal or New York or California State authorities; or
     (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States
     or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, if
     the effect of any such event specified in this Clause (iv) in the judgment
     of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed
     with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at
     such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
     Prospectus;


          (i)  The Shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling Stockholders
     at such Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed, subject to notice of
     issuance, on the Exchange;

          (j)  The Company has obtained and delivered to the Underwriters
     executed copies of an agreement from each of the persons set forth in the
     section entitled "Principal Stockholders" in the Prospectus substantially
     to the effect set forth in Subsection 1(b)(iv) hereof in form and substance
     satisfactory to you and shall have used its best efforts to have obtained
     such an agreement from all stockholders of the Company;

          (k)  The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section
     5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York
     Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement; and

          (l)  The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished or
     caused to be furnished to you at such Time of Delivery certificates of
     officers of the Company and of the Selling Stockholders, respectively,
     satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and
     warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, respectively,
     herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the
     Company of all of their obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior
     to such Time of Delivery, and as to such other matters as you may
     reasonably request, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be
     furnished certificates as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and
     (e) of this Section and as to such other matters as you may reasonably
     request.

8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several,
to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or
are based upon the omission or


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alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated 
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will 
reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably 
incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending 
any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, 
that the Company shall not be liable in any such 
case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out 
of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or 
omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the 
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement 
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the 
Company by any Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use 
therein.

          (b)  Each of John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Equitable
     Capital Private Income and Equity Partnership II, L.P., BNY Financial
     Corporation, Allstate Life Insurance Company, BEA Associates, and Lipper &
     Company, severally and not jointly,  will indemnify and hold harmless each 
     Underwriter and the Company against any losses, claims, damages or 
     liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter or the Company 
     may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
     losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
     arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
     statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
     Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
     thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
     to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
     to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent,
     but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
     statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary
     Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such
     amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written
     information furnished to such Underwriter or the Company by such Selling 
     Stockholder expressly for use therein; and will reimburse each Underwriter 
     and the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by 
     such Underwriter and the Company in connection with investigating or 
     defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; 
     PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Selling Stockholder shall not be liable in 
     any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
     liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged
     untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary
     Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such
     amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written
     information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through Goldman,
     Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein. The liability of a Selling 
     Stockholder pursuant to this subsection 8(b) shall not exceed the product 
     of the number of Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder, inlcuding any 
     Optional Shares, and the initial public offering price of the Shares as 
     set forth in the Prospectus.

          (c)  Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and
     each Selling Stockholder against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
     to which the Company or such Selling Stockholder may become subject, under
     the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
     liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
     an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
     contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the
     Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are
     based upon 


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   the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
   to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
   misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the 
   extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
   or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
   Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance
   upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
   such Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;
   and will reimburse the Company and each Selling Stockholder for any legal
   or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or such Selling
   Stockholder in connection with investigating or defending any such action
   or claim as such expenses are incurred.

        (d)  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection
   (a), (b) or (c) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such
   indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made
   against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the
   indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof.  The omission so
   to notify the indemnifying party shall relieve the indemnifying party from
   any liability which it may have to any indemnified party under subsections
   (a), (b) or (c), but shall not otherwise relieve such party of liability
   hereunder.  In case any such action shall be brought against any
   indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the
   commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to
   participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any
   other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof,
   with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except
   with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying
   party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified
   party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying
   party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection
   for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case
   subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the
   defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.  No
   indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified
   party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of
   any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in
   respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder
   (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to
   such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i)
   includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all
   liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a
   statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act,
   by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

        (e)  If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
   unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
   subsection (a), (b) or (c) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages
   or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then
   each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
   such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
   liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is
   appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and
   the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other
   from the offering of the Shares.  If, however, the allocation provided by
   the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if
   the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection
   (d) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount
   paid

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   or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is
   appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the
   relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand
   and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or
   omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
   actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable
   considerations.  The liability of a Selling Stockholder pursuant to the 
   preceding two sentences shall not exceed the product of the number of Shares 
   sold by such Selling Stockholder, including any Optional Shares, and the 
   initial public offering price of the Shares as set forth in the Prospectus. 
   The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders 
   on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in 
   the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the 
   Shares purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received 
   by the Company and the Selling Stockholders bear to the total underwriting 
   discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to the 
   Shares purchased under this Agreement, in each case as set forth in the 
   table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be 
   determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or 
   alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged 
   omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the 
   Company or the Selling Stockholders on the one hand or the Underwriters on 
   the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to 
   information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement
   or omission.  The Company, each of the Selling Stockholders and the
   Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions
   pursuant to this subsection (e) were determined by PRO RATA allocation
   (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or
   by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
   equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (e).  The
   amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
   claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to
   above in this subsection (e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other
   expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
   investigating or defending any such action or claim.  Notwithstanding the
   provisions of this subsection (e), no Underwriter shall be required to
   contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at
   which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were
   offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
   Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
   alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.  No person guilty
   of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
   Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty
   of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  The Underwriters' obligations in
   this subsection (e) to contribute are several in proportion to their
   respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

        (f)  The obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under
   this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and
   the respective Selling Stockholders may otherwise have and shall extend,
   upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls
   any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the
   Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability
   which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon
   the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company
   (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the
   Registration 

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<PAGE>

   Statement as about to become a director of the Company) and to
   each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Stockholder
   within the meaning of the Act.

        9.  (a)   If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to 
   purchase the Shares which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of 
   Delivery, you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or 
   other parties to purchase such Shares on the terms contained herein.  If 
   within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not 
   arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company and the Selling 
   Stockholders shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours 
   within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you 
   to purchase such Shares on such terms.  In the event that, within the 
   respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company and the Selling 
   Stockholders that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or 
   the Company and the Selling Stockholders notify you that they have so 
   arranged for the purchase of such Shares, you or the Company and the 
   Selling Stockholders shall have the right to postpone such Time of 
   Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect 
   whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration 
   Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, 
   and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments to the Registration 
   Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby be made 
   necessary.  The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include 
   any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such 
   person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such 
   Shares.

          (b)  If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase 
   of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the 
   Company and the Selling Stockholders as provided in subsection (a) above, 
   the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased does not 
   exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be 
   purchased at such Time of Delivery, then the Company and the Selling 
   Stockholders shall have the right to require each non-defaulting 
   Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed 
   to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to 
   require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share 
   (based on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase 
   hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters 
   for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall 
   relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

          (c)  If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase 
   of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the 
   Company the Selling Stockholders as provided in subsection (a) above, the 
   aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds 
   one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at 
   such Time of Delivery, or if the Company and the Selling Stockholders 
   shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require 
   non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter 
   or Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with respect to the Second Time 
   of Delivery, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of the 
   Company and the Selling Stockholders to sell the Optional Shares) shall 
   thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting 
   Underwriter or the Company or the Selling Stockholders, except for the 
   expenses to be borne by the Company and the Selling Stockholders and 


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   the Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and 
   contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall 
   relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

     10.  The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties
and other statements of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several
Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them,
respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof)
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any
Underwriter, or the Company, or any of the Selling Stockholders, or any officer
or director or controlling person of the Company or any Selling 
Stockholder, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.

     11.  If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, 
neither the Company nor the Selling Stockholders shall then be under any 
liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; 
but, if for any other reason, any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of 
the Company and the Selling Stockholders as provided herein, the Company will 
reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses 
approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel, 
reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the 
purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company 
shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter in respect of the 
Shares not so delivered except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof.

     12.  In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the
Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any
statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or
given by you jointly or by Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of you as the
representatives; and in all dealings with any Selling Stockholder hereunder, you
and the Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request,
notice or agreement on behalf of such Selling Stockholder made or given by any
or all of the Attorneys-in-Fact for such Selling Stockholder.

     All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in 
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex 
or facsimile transmission to you as the representatives in care of Goldman, 
Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, New York  10004, Attention: 
Registration Department; if to any Selling Stockholder shall be delivered or 
sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Selling Stockholder at 
its address set forth in Schedule II hereto; and if to the Company shall be 
delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of 
the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; 
provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(d) 
hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to 
such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, 
or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to 
the Company or the Selling Stockholders by you upon request.  Any such 
statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of 
receipt thereof.

     13.  This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit
of, the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholders and, to the
extent provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the
Company and each person who controls the Company, any Selling Stockholder or any
Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors
and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have 

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any right under or by virtue of this Agreement.  No purchaser of any of the 
Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason 
merely of such purchase.

     14.  Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.  As used herein, the
term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in
Washington, D.C.  is open for business.

     15.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.

     16.  This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties
hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.


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     If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us six (6) counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you,
on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof
shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters, the Company
and each of the Selling Stockholders.  It is understood that your acceptance of
this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority
set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters (U.S. Version), the form of
which shall be submitted to the Company and the Selling Stockholders for
examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority
of the signers thereof.

     Any person executing and delivering this Agreement as Attorney-in-Fact for
a Selling Stockholder represents by so doing that he has been duly appointed as
Attorney-in-Fact by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to a validly existing and
binding Power of Attorney which authorizes such Attorney-in-Fact to take such
action.

                                   Very truly yours,
                                   Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.


                                   By: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

                                   John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
                                   Company

                                   Equitable Capital Private Income and Equity
                                   Partnership II, L.P.

                                   BNY Financial Corporation

                                   Allstate Life Insurance Company

                                   BEA Associates

                                   Lipper & Company


                                   By: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                                       Dana Messina

                                   As Attorney-in-Fact acting on behalf of each
                                   of the Selling Stockholders named in Schedule
                                   II to this Agreement.

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Accepted as of the date hereof:


Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Securities Corporation
CS First Boston Corporation


By:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
       (Goldman, Sachs & Co.)


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                                  SCHEDULE I


                                                                NUMBER OF
                                                             OPTIONAL SHARES
                                    TOTAL NUMBER OF          TO BE PURCHASED
                                    FIRM SHARES TO             IF MAXIMUM
          UNDERWRITER                BE PURCHASED           OPTION EXERCISED
          -----------               --------------         -----------------

Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
  Securities Corporation
CS First Boston Corporation


 ...............................
[NAMES OF OTHER UNDERWRITERS]



          Total................
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                                  SCHEDULE II

                              SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                       FIRM      OPTIONAL
                                                                      SHARES      SHARES
    NAME AND ADDRESS             POWER OF ATTORNEY       COUNSEL      OFFERED     OFFERED
    ----------------             -----------------       -------      -------    --------

<S>                              <C>                     <C>          <C>         <C>
John Hancock Mutual Life         Dana Messina                         140,362     43,037
 Insurance Company               Kyle Kirkland
 200 Clarendon Street
 John Hancock Place
 57th Floor
 Boston, Massachusetts 02117

Equitable Capital Private        Dana Messina                         106,388     32,563
 Income and Equity               Kyle Kirkland
 Partnership II, L.P.
 c/o Alliance Corporate
 Finance Group, Incorporated
 1345 Avenue of the Americas
 37th Floor
 New York, New York 10105

BNY Financial Corporation        Dana Messina                         158,480        0
 1290 Avenue of the Americas     Kyle Kirkland
 3rd Floor
 New York, New York

Allstate Life Insurance          Dana Messina                          65,862        0
 Company                         Kyle Kirkland
 Allstate Plaza West M2A
 3100 Sanders Road
 Northbrook, Illinois 60062

BEA Associates                   Dana Messina                          16,466        0
 c/o Atwell & Co.                Kyle Kirkland
 Post Office Box 456
 Wall Street Station
 New York, New York 10005

Lipper & Company                 Dana Messina                          16,463        0
 101 Park Avenue, 6th Floor      Kyle Kirkland
 New York, New York 10178

</TABLE>

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  Temporary Certificate - Exchangeable for Definitive Engraved Certificate When
                              Ready for Delivery

ORDINARY COMMON STOCK                                    ORDINARY COMMON STOCK

      NUMBER                                                      SHARES
SM                                 [LOGO]


INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS                                 SEE REVERSE FOR
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE                                  CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

                  THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN THE     CUSIP 850495 10 4
                 CITIES OF JERSEY CITY, NJ OR NEW YORK, NY


THIS CERTIFIES THAT






IS THE RECORD HOLDER  OF


                          FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF
                     THE ORDINARY COMMON STOCK, $.001 PAR VALUE, OF

                            STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.

transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person 
or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly 
endorsed. This certificate is not valid until countersigned and registered by 
the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
  WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures 
of its duly authorized officers.

Dated:




           /s/  DENNIS HANSON                            /s/ KYLE R. KIRKLAND
                  SECRETARY                [SEAL]                CHAIRMAN


COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
 CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
                 (Jersey City, NJ)
                 TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR,

BY

                            AUTHORIZED OFFICER
- ------------------------------------------------
 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY    JUNE 25, 1996 dw
 3504 ATLANTIC AVENUE
 SUITE 12
 LONG BEACH, CA 90807              044881bk
 (310) 989-2333
 (FAX)  (310) 426-7450                NEW
- ------------------------------------------------

<PAGE>

  The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so 
requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, 
optional, or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof 
and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences
and/or rights. Such requests shall be made to the Corporation's Secretary at
the principal office of the Corporation.

     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of 
this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full 
according to applicable laws or regulations:

<TABLE>

<S>                                           <C>
TEN COM -- as tenants in common                UNIF GIFT MIN ACT --             Custodian
TEN ENT -- as tenants by the entireties                            ...................................
JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of                               (Cust)                (Minor)
          survivorship and not as tenants                          under Uniform Gifts to Minors
          in common                                                Act................................
                                                                                 (State)
                                               UNIF TRF MIN ACT -- .........Custodian (until age......)
                                                                     (Cust)
                                                                   ............under Uniform Transfers
                                                                     (Minor)
                                                                   to Minors Act.......................
                                                                                       (State)

</TABLE>
      Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED,______________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

 PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
     IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
- ----------------------------------------

- ----------------------------------------



- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                         Shares
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
of the common stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint
                                                                       Attorney
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation
with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated
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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1
 
                                 July 23, 1996
 
Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.
600 Industrial Parkway
Elkhart, Indiana 46516
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
    We  have examined the Registration  Statement on Form S-1  filed by you with
the Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on May  14,  1996  (Registration  No.
333-3667),  Amendment No. 1  thereto filed on  July 5, 1996  and Amendment No. 2
thereto proposed to  be filed  on or  about July 25,  1996 (as  so amended,  the
"Registration  Statement"), in connection with  the public offering of 5,022,444
shares (including the Underwriters' over-allotment option) (the "Shares") of the
Ordinary  Common  Stock,  $0.001  par  value  per  share,  of  Steinway  Musical
Instruments, Inc. (the "Company"). The Shares are to be sold to the Underwriters
for resale to the public as described in the Registration Statement and pursuant
to  an Underwriting Agreement in the form  filed as Exhibit 1.1 thereto. As your
counsel in connection with  this transaction, we  have examined the  proceedings
proposed to be taken in connection with said sale and issuance of the Shares.
 
    Based  on these examinations, it is our  opinion that upon completion of the
proceedings being taken or which we, as your counsel, contemplate will be  taken
prior  to the issuance  of the Shares, the  Shares, when issued  and sold in the
manner referred to in  the Registration Statement, will  be legally and  validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
 
    We  consent to  the use of  this opinion  as an exhibit  to the Registration
Statement and further consent to the use of our name, whenever appearing in  the
Registration  Statement, including  the Prospectus constituting  a part thereof,
and any amendments thereto. This opinion is furnished to you in connection  with
the registration of the Shares, is solely for your benefit and may not be relied
upon  by, nor copies delivered to, any  other person or entity without our prior
written consent.
 
                                          Very truly yours,
 
                                          MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & MCCLOY

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.17
 
                              NONCOMPETE AGREEMENT
 
    This  Noncompete Agreement (this "Agreement") is entered into as of July   ,
1996 between Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries,
the "Company") and             , an officer of the Company ("Executive").
 
    WHEREAS, the Company has filed a registration statement with the  Securities
and  Exchange Commission relating to the proposed initial public offering by the
Company of shares of its Ordinary Common Stock, $0.001 par value (the  "Ordinary
Common Stock"); and
 
    WHEREAS,  Executive currently owns          shares  of Ordinary Common Stock
(including              shares subject to warrants) (the "Executive's  Shares");
and
 
    WHEREAS,  Dana  D.  Messina, the  Chief  Executive Officer  of  the Company,
currently owns 251,004 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock (the  "Class
A  Common  Stock," and  together  with the  Ordinary  Common Stock,  the "Common
Stock") and 171,945 shares of Ordinary Common Stock (excluding 12,028 shares  of
Class A Common Stock which Mr. Messina recently acquired from Kyle Kirkland, the
410,921 shares of Common Stock held by Mr. Messina are herein referred to as the
"Messina Shares").
 
    NOW,  THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and mutual covenants set
forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which  is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
    1.  COVENANT TO NOT COMPETE.
 
    (a)   COVENANT.  Executive hereby agrees  that for a period beginning on the
date hereof and ending ten years from the date hereof (the "Termination  Date"),
Executive shall not compete with the Company, by directly or indirectly engaging
in  any  business  or activity,  whether  as an  employee,  consultant, partner,
principal, agent,  representative,  stockholder  or  in  any  other  individual,
corporate  or representative  capacity, or  render any  services or  provide any
advice or substantial  assistance to  any business,  person or  entity, if  such
business,  person or  entity, directly  or indirectly,  competes (or  intends to
compete or  is preparing  to compete)  in any  manner with  the Company  in  any
geographic region in which the Company then conducts any business.
 
    (b)  LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.  In the event of a breach by Executive of paragraph
1(a)  above, Executive  shall promptly  pay to  the Company  any and  all profit
realized by Executive from the sale, on or prior to the Termination Date, of any
of the Executive's Shares,  measured in a manner  consistent with that  required
under  Section 16 of  the Securities Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended (without
regard to the six month limitation contained therein). Such payment shall be the
only right  or remedy  of the  Company for  breach of  paragraph 1(a)  and  such
payment  shall constitute liquidated damages in the event of such breach with no
other liability  or obligation  on the  part of  Executive. The  amount of  such
payment  represents  a reasonable,  good  faith estimate  of  the damage  to the
Company in such event and does not constitute a penalty.
 
    2.  EXTENSION OF  EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.  Except  as provided in paragraph  3
below,  the  Company  hereby  agrees  that  it  shall,  each  year  through  the
Termination Date,  renew Executive's  current written  employment agreement,  on
substantially  the same terms  and conditions contained  therein, for successive
one-year  periods;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  that  nothing  contained  herein  shall
obligate the Company to employ Executive beyond the Termination Date or alter or
eliminate  the Company's  right to  terminate Executive  for cause  or otherwise
pursuant to such agreement.
 
    3.   UNPERMITTED STOCK  SALES.   If  at any  time  Executive engages  in  an
Unpermitted  Stock Sale (as  defined herein), the Company  shall have no further
obligation pursuant  to  paragraph  2  above  to  renew  Executive's  employment
agreement.  An  Unpermitted  Stock Sale  shall  be  deemed to  have  occurred if
 
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Executive shall, without  the prior written  consent of Dana  D. Messina  (which
consent  may be withheld  at the sole  discretion of Mr.  Messina), offer, sell,
contract to  sell, transfer,  assign or  otherwise dispose  of ("Transfer")  any
shares  of Common  Stock such that  (i) the  quotient then derived  from (A) the
aggregate number of shares Transferred by Executive from the date hereof through
the date of such determination divided by (B) an amount equal to the Executive's
Shares, IS MORE THAN (ii) the quotient derived from (C) the aggregate number  of
shares  of Common Stock Transferred by Mr.  Messina from the date hereof through
the date of such determination (excluding up to 12,028 shares of Class A  Common
Stock  which may be sold to Mr. Kirkland)  divided by (D) an amount equal to the
Messina Shares. In  the event of  a stock split,  stock dividend, reverse  stock
split or similar event, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the calculation
contained herein to properly reflect the intent of the parties.
 
    4.   MISCELLANEOUS.   Notwithstanding  any of  the other  provisions of this
Noncompete Agreement, any Transfer of Common Stock by Executive must be made  in
compliance  with all applicable securities laws. This Noncompete Agreement shall
be governed under the laws  of the State of Delaware  and shall be binding  upon
the  Company  and  Executive and  each  of their  respective  successors, heirs,
personal representatives and assigns.  In the event that  any provision of  this
Noncompete  Agreement shall, for any reason, be held invalid or unenforceable in
any respect, it shall not  invalidate, render unenforceable or otherwise  affect
any other provision hereof, and such invalid or unenforceable provision shall be
construed by limiting it so as to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent
permissible  under  applicable  law.  Accordingly,  if  any  provision  of  this
Noncompete Agreement shall be  determined to be  invalid or unenforceable,  such
invalidity or unenforceability shall be deemed to apply only with respect to the
operation  of  such  provision  in the  particular  jurisdiction  in  which such
determination  is  made  and  not  with  respect  to  any  other  provision   or
jurisdiction.
 
    IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  hereto  have  executed  this Noncompete
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
 
                                          EXECUTIVE
                                          ______________________________________
                                          Name:
                                          STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.
                                          ______________________________________
                                          Dana D. Messina
                                          Chief Executive Officer
 
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS CONSENT
 
   
    We  consent  to  the use  in  this  Registration Statement  No.  333-3667 of
Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. on Form S-1 of our report dated March 8, 1996
(July 3, 1996 as to the fifth paragraph of Note 9) appearing in the  Prospectus,
which  is part of this  Registration Statement and to  the reference to us under
the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.
    
 
   
Chicago, Illinois
July 25, 1996
    

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS CONSENT
 
   
    We  consent  to  the use  in  this  Registration Statement  No.  333-3667 of
Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. on Form S-1 of our report dated September  9,
1994  appearing in the Prospectus, which  is part of this Registration Statement
and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.
    
 
   
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
July 25, 1996
    


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