Pearl River

[J Patrick Draine]

On Wednesday, August 7, 2002, at 08:50  AM, Dave Smith wrote:

> Dave, at the Chicago session on Pearl River, Dave Campbell said that 
> they
> have a relationship with Yamaha which is a JV (joint venture) through 
> the
> Chinese Government.  Yamaha/Pearl River lead the JV.  They have the 
> common
> ground of building pianos in (and sometimes for) a tropical climate.
>

There is one model (48" I think) which they call the Joint Venture 
model. I believe (I'm not certain) this is made with Pearl River 
manufactured parts, by Yamaha , in their adjoining factory.
The Eterna (Yamaha model manuf. in China for Asian market) is made in 
that adjoining Yamaha factory (with Yamaha parts, technology, & training 
I assume).
Presumably there's a certain amount of "transfer of technology" between 
Yamaha and Pearl River, but Pearl River is (I think) still 100% owned by 
the Chinese government.
Anybody have more details?
Patrick Draine