<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=281223304-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>David --</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281223304-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281223304-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>AHA!</STRONG> The missing piece. The Sherman Clay listing in Pierce only referenced the name Daewoo, so of course I could not find it. However, now that you attached Sojin to it, presto, there it is. Pierce does list the Sojin Piano Co., which was owned by Daewoo and closed in 1995. The serial number of "G021786" translates directly to 1988 under that listing. Unfortunately this means that it probably did not have the benefit of your expertise. Oh, well. It's a really nice piano anyway.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281223304-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281223304-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks for helping to solve this mystery.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281223304-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281223304-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-- Geoff Sykes</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281223304-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-- Assoc. Los Angeles</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=281223304-12032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>David Andersen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 11, 2006 7:31 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Looking for date on a Sherman Clay<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">I had the opportunity to work on a very nice Sherman Clay baby grand this afternoon. Pitch raise, fine tune and a couple minor repairs. Everybody's happy. I then went to look up the age of the piano, and while Pierce does have an entry for Sherman Clay it doesn't have anything listed even close to this serial number. Nor could I find anything on line. Many changes of ownership for the Sherman Clay name has left an void for this:<BR><BR><BR><BR> Sherman Clay model SDG1, serial number: G021786. Does anybody here know where else I might look to find this date?<BR><BR>-- Geoff Sykes<BR>-- Assoc. Los Angeles <BR><BR>I don’t know where you’d look, but I can tell you that piano was made in the Sojin/Daewoo factory in Korea between 1982 and 1988 or ‘89.  (SD=  Sojin/Daewoo; G1 from the Yamaha-type designation/size.)<BR><BR>Hope this helps...<BR><BR>David Andersen<BR><BR>P.S.  I may have prepared, or supervised the preparation of that piano in the Sherman Clay warehouse if it came through there between spring ‘83 and fall ‘87.  Whoooee.<BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT></SPAN><BR> <P><FONT size=2>--<BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release Date: 3/10/2006<BR></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>