<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello list,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a question:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A few years ago, I was working for a = dealer who distributes lots of grey market Yamaha, Kawai but also other almost = unknown brands (for the majority of people) like Apollo, Toyo, Atlas, etc...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I remarked that on many grey market = pianos (except Yamahas & Kawais), there was the label "Louis Renner" on the heads, = although these heads seemed totally different from the heads we find on european = pianos, which are labeled "Louis Renner- Stuttgart".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does someone know if there is a = hammerhead factory in asia that produces heads named "Louis Renner" but aren't the real = Renner hammer heads produced in Germany, in Stuttgart?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otherwise, is there a lower Renner = quality for these asian pianos (very very bright sound, strange impregnation color, ...).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What puzzles me is the fact that the = word "Stuttgart" misses on these heads, which makes me think it is a mere = copy, but no original ones.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>