<html> Rob, I think that Fritz Dobbert is Kawai's distributor for Brazil.  Their pianos are not related to Kawai in any other way. They brought them to a NAMM show at some point - I can't remember what year it was. Don Mannino At 11:09 PM 3/28/01 -0600, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>Is this a Kawai marketed to Brazil under a stencil name?  Is this company owned/operated by Kawai?  The page does have a link to Kawai.  On the other hand the "history" link goes to pictures of what appears to be a domestic piano factory.  My  Spanish is a little rusty but it seems to indicate that this factory has been producing pianos in Brazil since 1950.  Have these ever been for sale in the U.S.?  I've never seen one but the name does sound a little familiar for some reason. Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV     Donald Mannino wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>Here is a link for a Brazilian piano maker: <a href="http://www.fritzdobbert.com.br/" eudora="autourl">http://www.fritzdobbert.com.br/</a> Don Mannino RPT</blockquote></blockquote></html>