<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <div><font style="background-color: transparent;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks, Yoshi, for that information. I thought the piano looked European, but with a Japanese influence. Your descriptions fits the bill perfectly</font></div> <div>The customer got the piano from a Japanese song writer, who died recently. </div> <div> </div> <div>Willem </div> <div></div> <div style="clear: both;"> <div> </div> </div> <div></div> <div></div> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Kazuo Yoshizaki <matrasimca@gmail.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Tue, Oct 9, 2012 10:35 am<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Eastein.<br> <br> <div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="AOLMsgPart_0_7d2eb490-a05d-4786-b478-8cb9becb0a47"> <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>The Eastein piano company was established in 1949 by Shinichi Matsuo. His pianos were all hand crafted and considered to be high quality in Japan, but the company declared bankruptcy twice in 1973 and in 1990. The Eastein piano design was influenced by Bluthner. Yoshi On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 8:55 PM, <<a href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</a>> wrote: > Any ever heard of this brand? It's a 60". Studio, guessing about 15 years old. Good sound. Could be a Yamaha or European. > > Wim > > Sent from my iPhone </tt></pre> </div>  </div> </font>