<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">Here's some information about Boston and Essex from an actual reference: <I>2007-2008 Annual Supplement to The Piano Book, </I> by Larry Fine.</SPAN><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">Essex vertical models 108, 111, and 116 made by Young Chang in Tianjin, China</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">Essex vertical model 123 made by Pearl River in Guangzhou, China</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">Essex grand models 161 and 183 made by Young Chang in Korea.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">Essex grand models 155 and 173 made by Pearl River in Guangzhou, China.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">All Boston models are made by Kawai in Japan except the 118S (vertical), which is made by Kawai in Indonesia.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I often wonder why more people in this business don't read the cited reference (series).</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cliff Lesher</DIV><DIV>Winfield, PA</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When the piano book was written in 2001 this was true.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Today, the Essex is made by Pearl River - with a few models made by Young Chang.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Boston is built by Kawai in Japan, unless it is built in their Indonesian factory which makes a lower quality. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>