Bohemia Pianos

[Billbrpt@AOL.COM]

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In a message dated 11/23/01 5:07:09 PM Central Standard Time,=20
coello@pianored.com (I=F1aki Coello) writes:


> I want to ask you about the Bohemia pianos made in Czech republic, with=20
> Renner action and relatively good price. Do anybody of you are familiarise=
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> with this pianos and can tell me anything about them? such a Petrof or=20
> similar? there is a piano shop that is planningto import them massively,=20
> and they asked me my opinion, but I never saw one.
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This is a holiday weekend in the USA so it appears this list is a little=20
slow.  Your question deserves a good answer.  The brand, Bohemia is unknown=20
to me and probably to most North Americans.  I don't believe it is imported=20
here.  Since this list is made up mostly of North Americans, most of us=20
cannot comment directly about it.  Hopefully, some of the European=20
contributors will have had some experience with it.

What I saw in your question that I feel is most important to you is that you=
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were asked your opinion and that you already know that you are going to be=20
asked to work on them and that this will be one of your better opportunities=
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to earn a living as a Piano Technician.  So, first of all, ignore any=20
comments that are blunt and discouraging, especially those who do not offer=20
any supporting information.  These kinds of comments are not intended to hel=
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or inform you, they are only intended to keep inflated the ego of the person=
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writing them.

You must give these pianos the benefit of the doubt.  If you want to make a=20
living for yourself, you have to be the person who identifies and solves the=
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problems, not the one who complains about them.  Minor defects are the Piano=
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Technician's job to identify and repair.  Your presentation to the piano=20
dealer should be one that demonstrates that you are interested in the succes=
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of the business by doing everything you can to be the *solution*, not be jus=
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another complainer.

If you put diligent effort into making these pianos work, you will be in a=20
good position to identify the most common defects the pianos have and thus=20
allow the manufacturer to better correct them.  If you do nothing but=20
complain about how bad they are and refuse to work on something you consider=
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to be beneath your dignity, you will do no good for yourself, the dealer nor=
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the manufacturer.

Even if the pianos from this manufacturer have had a bad reputation in the=20
past, circumstances may be different now.  Politics and economics in Eastern=
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Europe have changed a lot in recent years.  There was a question similar to=20
yours only a few weeks ago.  Several people spoke favorably of a particular=20
brand of piano while one person chose to use only one pejorative word.  He=20
ended up having his remark seen as foolish because he was not aware of=20
current circumstances.

I would bet much more in favor of the Bohemia being good and serviceable=20
pianos than I would in them being hopelessly defective and useless as musica=
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instruments.  In short, whether these pianos are good or not will be entirel=
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up to you.

Bill Bremmer RPT
Madison, Wisconsin
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