<HTML>In a message dated 8/30/02 5:48:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ed440@mindspring.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Yamaha owned the Everett name in the 1970's, presumably still does. Yamaha also has some Chinese connections. </BLOCKQUOTE> The Everett name is now used on Dong Bhei pianos, basically the same thing as the Lothar Schell, Nordiska, and Hallett & Davis. No connection to Yamaha, or Pearl River. Larry Fletcher Atlanta Chapter</HTML>