Tchaika Pianos

[Isaac Sadigursky]

Hi,David! regarding Tchaika piano: Tshaika in Russian means seagull.. Most
of their piano production was in the republic of Belorussia and some in
Ukraine,Moscow in then Leningrad.In generall, quality of Soviet era pianos
was very poor: uncured-unseasoned wood,very poor craftsmanship. Beware of
#1 tuning pins,they break and USA made brocken tuning pin removing tool
does not "grab" it,I do have a special tool and it was loaned to severall
technicians when they got into that type of trouble.Center pinning is very
bad,Schwander type hammer butts with plates present a problem,the holding
screw is usually stripped. another warning: damper block-wire set screws
don't have "Bullets",screw goes into the wood and damper blocks start
:dancing: around,it is impossible to keep them in secured position.Capstan
screws have threads of a norman wood screw and this present a problem by
itself.   Enough?? try to stay away from it,it will not stay in tune and
after working on it you might even appreciate Lester spinet..A few of my
ex-comrads brought those pianos here and had to replace them with much
better quality pianos available on the USA market.Hope,this information
helps you.Good luck! Isaac Sadigursky.

> [Original Message]
> From: David Love <davidlovepianos@comcast.net>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 12/8/04 6:41:15 PM
> Subject: Tchaika Pianos
>
> Any comments on this make of piano--uprights, probably 25 years old.
> Somebody was asking me about them and I don't think I've ever seen one.
> My experience with Russian pianos, however, has not been great.  
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@comcast.net 
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