Bob, your information is partially correct. Gotoh tuners are made by Gotoh in Japan, last I heard Sperzel tuners are made by Sperzel in the USA, and Waverly tuners are made by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stewart-MacDonald in Montana, USA.
The parent company of Ping tuners is a Taiwanese firm, but most of their production these days is in mainland China. It is true that Grover tuners are made by the same company that makes Pings, and that’s been the case since around the mid-1980’s.
Schertler is a Swiss company, but their truly superb quality tuners are made for them under contract in South Korea.
Wade Hampton Miller
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