Originally Posted by
Hummer
....Other sources do credit H. Tano and Company with suppling bicycles to Western States Imports(WSI) or their predecessor organization.
These sources do not say that H. Tano and Company manufactered the bicycles or any part of the bicycles.
I had always heard that H. Tano did not actually produce the frames, but was responsible for heat treatment of frames manufactured by Korn Ferry's manufacturing subsidiary. H. Tano's proprietary "
suppling" process is said to have improved frame resiliency. According to some sources, at least--others vociferously disagree.
Sadly, that suppling process has reportedly been lost to history.