<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY= ="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Nope, Essex is produced by Young Ch= ang. I have a feeling that somewhere in the engineering department Joel Pram= burger, former chief engineer with Steinway for 30 yrs.who know works with Y= oung Chang, has had a major say on this product.<BR> Tom Servinsky</FONT></HTML>