<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>The Christoforis look to me to be Samicks inside.  The action= s and the scale design all appear to me to be exactly like Samick products t= hat I've seen before. Grands and verticals. Everything else Robin Olson says= , I believe, is correct. They are a dealer venture, not a Steinway product. = I find them a little erratic in quality, but not excessively so. The pinbloc= ks aren't bad and the prices are very competitive.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Michael G</DIV> <DIV>Chicagoland</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/20/2006 12:41:37 PM Central Standard Time, drwoodw= ind@hotmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>A friend called last night to see if I had any= information about the new <BR>christofori pianos coming from China.  I= 've never heard of them.<BR><BR>Anyone?<BR><BR>thanks<BR><BR>Ron Koval<BR>Ch= icagoland<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Pian= otech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</FONT></BLOCK= QUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>