Korean Prepping; Sam's Club

[Delwin D Fandrich]

Wallace Scherer wrote:

> Speaking about prepping Korean pianos,
>
> I was recently thumbing through a Sam's Club catalog and saw that they are
> trying to sell pianos now. Only $1999! I guess that's nothing new. Sears
> has sold pianos, and so have other large department stores in the past.

If you're refering to the Beckwith pianos, at least they were moderately decent instruments. Not only that, you could have a
matched pair: a piano an organ, both with the same cabinet design. I once had a customer with a pair of these. With the
keycovers closed you couldn't tell the difference unless you looked at the pedals.


> I went to the local Sam's club to inquire, and sure enough, there was a
> shiny black continental console style piano sitting there. Inside, it
> looked just like a Young Chang that my daughter had just bought which came
> from their new plant in China. However, the manager said the crate said it
> came from Indonesia. Does Young Chang have an Indonesian plant now?
>
> The manager went on to say that if a customer wants one, he has to cart it
> home and uncrate it himself. He at least let me display my business card to
> offer my services. Maybe he'll even let me tune and prep the store piano
> some day. (He'd better let someone do it if he wants to sell any!)

Don't bet on this. Who was it that said, "You'll never go broke underestimating the American public." Or something like that.

-- ddf