<!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 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Ah, I'm glad I wasn't imagining the similarities. They really are the same. Thanks Roger. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-- Geoff Sykes</DIV> <DIV>-- Los Angeles</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Roger Jolly Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:02 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Ottostein piano </DIV>Hi Geoff,                   Made by Samick in the Korean factory.  K Korean, J Decade 2000, L 2 Year. G Month July.  Piano Manufactured  In Korea July 2002.  Ottostein is contract built for Tom Lee Music. Knabe is made by SMC. Roger Jolly Technical Consultant. Samick Music Corp. At 10:04 PM 1/22/2008, you wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Greetings all --   I just worked on a very nice four year old Ottostein upright piano. The family is Chinese and they purchased the piano new in Hong Kong. Just last month they moved to Los Angeles. The piano was shipped out and arrived about two weeks ago.   Pierce doesn't list the name. But on the piano was a sticker that said Tom Lee Piano Co., which appeared to me at the time to be the name of the store where the piano was purchased. From a Google search it appears that Tom Lee is actually a manufacturer AND a retail outlet with stores in China, Hong Kong and Canada. Pierce indicates that Tom Lee actually makes pianos at its factory in Kowloon, Hong Kong, but Ottostein is not listed in the Pierce Atlas. (The piano has a very low serial number so that's not surprising.)   Parts, and the serial number, KJLG 00254, look very similar to the new Knabe, but I can't at the moment remember whose making those. Does anyone have any experience or further knowledge of Ottostein? There is absolutely nothing wrong with this piano. I'm just curious. Especially since I can't find anything.   Thanks --   -- Geoff Sykes -- Los Angeles</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>