Koetsu back...kind of.

It makes sense that the son was not producing all these cartridges. Too many were going out worldwide every month for a single person to be the builder. 

I’m fascinated by this. On the one hand, I agree with @neonknight-- there had to be more than the aged son behind the company’s production process. And it would be nice if the cartridges were once again available. I cannot even begin to speculate who would have been involved, and whether their role in producing components was still subject to the family’s quality control. I did have one stone body re-done by Koetsu a few years before Sugano the younger passed and the turn-around was precisely eight weeks, which I thought was impressive. I suspect the family still retains the brand name, though, which would make it difficult to market under the original name, and possibly, under the model names. 

Call me an interested spectator with a vested interest as a consumer. 

PS: It appears that this new enterprise has filed in the US for Koetsu for phono cartridges. You can do a free lookup at the USPTO. No legal advice or opinion intended. 

Well, hopefully as they say, they are bringing together the original craftsmen with the same materials and jigs and whatever to produce the same great sound. 

If this part of their blurb is correct it raises a question about only father and son doing original production.  "brought together the original team of master craftsmen".

 "brought together the original team of master craftsmen".

Brought them back from the dead? Wow.....nice scam by this company, just another money grab.

@rsf507 said "nice scam by this company, just another money grab."

To me, the more interesting question is who was actually making the cartridges when Sugano the Younger was still with us. 

+1 @whart 

@whart other craftsmen?

https://www.stereophile.com/content/koetsu-resurrected