<WBR>It got cold here, too. I actually had to put on a blanket last night when the temperature dipped down to 65.<br> <br> (Sorry, guys, just couldn't resists.)<br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: J Patrick Draine <jpdraine@gmail.com><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:26 am<br> Subject: Re: George Steck Grand Manufactured by????<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_a9ace3aa-e84c-43f7-b336-cfca7868cf4d>Yes Mike that was by Sejung <<A href="http://www.sejungusa.com/" target=_blank>http://www.sejungusa.com/</A>>. Why does it have the look of Samick? When they set up shop in China they "hired dozens of manufacturing managers who had once worked for Young Chang and Samick." (quoted from Larry Fine's 2007-2008 Annual Supplement). <div>Good luck!</div> <div>Patrick Draine</div> <div>8 inches of snow overnight; a half dozen hardy surfers sighted off the Nahant Causeway on my way back from this morning's tuning<br> <br> <div class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Michael Magness <<A href="mailto:IFixPianos@yahoo.com">IFixPianos@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:<br> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div>I was called to tune a 4, possibly 5 Year old George Steck grand, about a 5 footer, model GS-62, Serial GJ8143 and discovered a large crack just left of center in the sounding board, 33" long and large enough to see through, even with 32% humidity in the home. I looked it up on the PTG site and it's listed as being licensed to Sejung(?) whoever that is. </div> <div>My question is, is that who was building them 4 or 5 years ago. I know Young Chang was at one point, for PianoDisc but this has the look of a Samick (the legs and lyre bolt on with a 3/8" hex drive bolt). Anyone know for sure?</div> <div>There is no follow up from the dealer they set up temporary shop in the local mall for a few months every so often and they are one of those "quality" dealers that actually remove the pianos from the boxes before they sell them!!!!<BR clear=all><br> Mike</div> <div>-- <br> <FONT color=#888888>We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART?<br> Michael Magness<br> Magness Piano Service<br> 608-786-4404<br> <A href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/" target=_blank>www.IFixPianos.com</A><br> email <A href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</A> </FONT></div> </BLOCKQUOTE></div> <br> </div> </div> <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> More new features than ever. Check out the new <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target="_blank">AOL Mail</a>!<br/> </div>