At 10:43 AM -0800 11/23/01, Iņaki Coello wrote: >I want to ask you about the Bohemia pianos made in Czech republic, >with Renner action and relatively good price. Do anybody of you are >familiarised with this pianos and can tell me anything about them? >such a Petrof or similar? there is a piano shop that is planningto >import them massively, and they asked me my opinion, but I never saw >one. I have not heard of Bohemia pianos but last week I visited our local distributor for Petrof, not having looked at Petrofs since shortly after the liberation, when their quality was very poor. I was very impressed with the build quality. The larger uprights had Renner actions and the smaller ones Deltoa. It seems the Czechs in general are interested in moving fast away from the rubbishy products of the 'socialist' era, though the same cannot be said of the Poles, according to my friend the distributor. I know that Petrof do make pianos under a different name also, but in England it is not Bohemia, so it may be another factory altogether, but I am convinced that the Czechs have a tradition of good engineeering and workmanship which is now able to flourish. I believe the VW/Skoda link-up is very successful for example. JD
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