Kimball is still in business

[Brad Treloar]

Sorry not quite right. Kimball International is still in business but no
longer owns Bosenderfor - see except from Bosendorfer website below.



2002 BAWAG / P.S.K.
- NEUER EIGENTÜMER VON BÖSENDORFER

On January 7th, 2002, the contract to purchase L. Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik
was signed by the Austrian company BAWAG-P.S.K. Group, from Kimball
International, Inc.. After 36 years therefore, this means that Bösendorfer
has returned to Austrian ownership. In the years since 1966, Kimball
International, as Bösendorfer's previous owner, had demonstrated a committed
responsibility towards Austrian circumstances. As a company within the
BAWAG-P.S.K.Group, Bösendorfer will now benefit greatly from being
associated with Austria's third largest banking group. This will certainly
be a big advantage for the future marketing of all our range of products.
Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik intends to continue the very positive trends of
the last 5 years, to increase our production, already at our highest level
for 175 years, still further. Bösendorfer will continue to maintain both the
highest quality of materials used, as well as our traditional hand-crafted
production methods, that Bösendorfer are deservedly renowned for.


Regards



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Brad Treloar
Quaver Music
12 / 147 Marshalltown Road
Grovedale, Victoria, Australia 3216
Phone (03) 52430900
Fax (03) 52438998
Email : brad@quavermusic.com.au


> From: "D.L. Bullock" <dlbullock@att.net>
> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:40:35 -0700
> To: "Pianotech@Ptg. Org" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Subject: Kimball is still in business
> 
> Sorry guys, Kimball did not go out of business.  They are still Wall
> Street's darling "Kimball International" the worlds largest furniture
> manufacturer and owner of Bosendorffer pianos.  They just did not want the
> hassle of messing with cheap pianos any more.  I am sure the low quality of
> Kimball pianos in large part was responsible for their dropping the Kimball
> factories into the dumpster as excess baggage.
> 
> I found the La Petite action was its worst fault. Everywhere a normal grand
> wippen has felt, the La Petite grand had cardboard.  This made for the piano
> sounding like a typewriter clattering away when the piano is played.  I
> tried to satisfy a customer and regulate his piano and stop the clatter but
> when I found the cardboard I suggested piano replacement instead.
> 
> D.L. Bullock
> www.thepianoworld.com
> St. Louis
> 
> 
> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 21:20:02 EDT
> From: RCzekay@AOL.COM
> Subject: Re: Sevicing low end pianos (was clothing)
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> The Kimball Petite was probably the worst grand ever manufactured in this
> country. It's no wonder that Kimball went out of business. Like you said, it
> was taller than is was long, and it was almost impossible to tune. A few
> years back, I was a professional pianist and tuner, and I had to put up with
> one of these monstrosities for about two years, and believe me it was sure
> hard on the ears.
> 
> Just thought I'd add my two cents.
> 
> Roy Czekay
> Milwaukee, WI
>