---------- > From: Les Smith <lessmith@buffnet.net> > To: pianotech@byu.edu > Subject: Re: Belarus > Date: Sunday, March 16, 1997 5:10 PM > > Hi, Jim. > > I believe I did one of these a few years back, for a Russian gentle- > man who brought it with him whem he emmigrated here to the states. > It had an attractive, natural-wood case that resembled an Korean im- > port (You might have been looking at a Young-Chang or Samick) and it > tuned up, played and sounded like --now get this-- a bad Young-Chang! > Obviously the manufacturer had been taking a long, hard look at the > Asian imports. Too bad they didn't look longer at Yamaha, though! Actually it does look like that styling,contempory European. It did have a natural finish. Their version of polyester mahogany James Grebe from St. Louis pianoman@inlink.com > > Les Smith > lessmith@buffnet.net > > On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, James Grebe wrote: > > > Dear list, > > The Belarus is a piano made in the province of Belarus in Russia. It comes > > in 43" and 44",and 46" sizes. It has the sole distinction of being , I > > believe, the cheapest ($1,950.00 to $2,110.00) new piano you can buy in > > this country. They have been imported for a couple of years now. The > > piano, once I got it up to pitch did not tune badly and it didn"t sound too > > bad. > > Hope this clears this up. It certainly is not a stencil brand. > > > > James Grebe from St. Louis > > pianoman@inlink.com > > >
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