September 6th 2006. Dear Customers, BrazilianPercussion.com was founded more than five years ago. During this period, we have shipped more than thirty thousand instruments to customers spread in all 27 Brazilian states and in 69 countries. However, and unfortunately, we regret to inform that BrazilianPercussion.com is closing today, September 6th 2006. Issues beyond our will, like the Brazilian currency valuation against the US dollar, made the continuity of our operations financially infeasible. We are certain that during its lifetime BrazilianPercussion.com has popularized Brazilian music and culture worldwide and promoted the happiness of thousands of people around the globe. All these achievements make all our team very proud. We also want to register our sincere gratitude to all clients, site users, suppliers, partners and friends. We know you all trusted this project and that, just like us, will receive with sadness the news about BrazilianPercussion.com closing. Therefore, from today on, BrazilianPercussion.com will not receive any instruments’ order. Honoring our commitments, as we have always done, all orders received will be normally processed and shipped. We also make ourselves at your entire disposal at brazilianpercussion@brazilianpercussion.com. Yours sincerely, Rodrigo and Luiz Carlos Santos BrazilianPercussion.com