<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: Bergman Baby Grands</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Who know what a VS-1 is?  I found one the other day with no name on th= e fall board or plate.  Just VS-1 and Korea on the plate, and Royal Geo= rge stamped on a hammer.  Not a bad piano, all things considered. <BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ray T. Bentley, RPT Alton, IL ray@bentley.net www.ray.bentley.net The difficult, I do right away.  The impossible takes a little longer.= From: Lee Sankey <Lsankey@cox.net> <BLOCKQUOTE>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:42:36 -0700 To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: Bergman Baby Grands </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE>You are right about the model number codes. The YC model number= s are preceeded by the letters TG so that Bergmann's model is a BTG-185. Ser= ial numbers for both Chinese built Webers and YCs are preceeded by the lette= rs CG. I'm doing a QRS pianomation  install today on theYC  BTG 17= 5 and the serial number is CG 0009096 and tomorrow I'm installing in a Weber= WG150 serial number CG 0009427. It's difficult to imagine what the CG stand= s for. (Oh my god I'm ending a sentence witha preposition) I now have the pianomation install time down to a six hour process by remov= ing the keybed. I also install an Altec 5 speaker surround sound system in e= ach piano. Pianodisc requires about 2 addional hours. Lee Sankey LarryinAtlanta@AOL.COM wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>In a message dated 4/29/02 10:58:33 PM Eastern D= aylight Time, Lsankey@cox.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE>I work for a very large dealer in the Los Angele= s area. He sells both YC and Weber. I install 8 to 10 pianomation systems a = month and most are installed into Bergmann and Weber TG 150s. I remove the k= eybeds on all installs that permit it. Without looking at the fallboard I ca= nnot tell the difference between the the two (other than the Weber has brass= caps on the bottom of the leg). </BLOCKQUOTE> Here's how you identify where each Weber model is made. All = of them are Young Changs, but if it is a Chinese model, the model # has a tw= o letter/three digit model number - as in WG-150. If it is Korean made, it h= as a two letter/two digit model # - as in WG-50. If it is one of the Special= Edition models, it has a three letter/two digit model# - as in WSG-50. &nbs= p;The only model unique to the Weber line is the WG-57 (a Korean built 5'7&q= uot; - YC offers a 5'9" model) and the WSG-57, which is Korean built al= so. In Korea, the Weber Special Edition models are sold as Weber Prambergers= . I found the Korean website for them once, but can no longer seem to locate= it. The Reiger Kloss line is no longer made. Larry </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>