Mr Fine groups good and bad Chinese pianos in too much the same basket. Some are obviously better but he chooses to with-hold improved ratings because "they haven't established a long enough track record." Arranging to have the bid pianos present for committee evaluation is a very good idea that I have done before. I recommend it as well. Andrew Anderson On Aug 27, 2010, at 1:35 PM, Fred Sturm wrote: > > On Aug 27, 2010, at 7:37 AM, Aaron Bousel wrote: > >> Everyone so far agrees we need to go w/ the Yamahas, but I need >> specific reasons why the Suzuki or Hailin's don't work---poor tone, >> action is known for too request repair > > > I will echo the opinion that Hailun is head and shoulders above > Suzuki. I wouldn't be distressed to have some in my inventory - in > fact I think I would be happy to, but don't have enough experience > to know for sure. I have been favorably impressed with them the last > couple years at conventions. BTW, the US sales manager is Basilios > Strmenc (of Sauter), and tech support includes, I believe, Keith > Bowman and Mike Carrahar. > However, returning to the question at hand - how to deal with this > on a state purchasing process basis - something that has occurred to > me is the possibility of using Larry Fine's book and web site as an > objective reviewer of brands. In fact, it might be possible to use > it to set up the bidding process, identifying brands and models that > would be found acceptable and comparable, and limiting bids to > those. Might be worth running that by the purchasing gods. > Regards, > Fred Sturm > fssturm at unm.edu > http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/FredSturm >
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