Chinese pianos

[Wayne Walker]

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We private label these pianos and the one we got from Dongbei would had been
label as Niemeyer. The case parts were poorly fitted and constructed. We had
to bushed all contact areas of the bottom board because of squeaks when
using pedals. The poor fit on the plate flange and pinblock makes sense. I
also noticed a large difference in pitch as you cross over the break between
tenor and treble section. I have unpack pianos from the Beijing factory that
have been made over a year ago that are almost in tune.
I have seen two piano from Young Chang China and was not impress.

Wayne

 -----Original Message-----
From: Paul McCloud [mailto:pmc033@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:46 AM
To: Pianotech
Subject: RE: Chinese pianos


  We sell Nordiska pianos at our store.  The quality overall is very good,
but there are occasional problems with some of them.  I attribute this to
old stock.  If you have tuning problems, check the pinblock-to-flange fit.
Some were not mated at all.  Installing shims worked well.  I've seen some
corrosion on strings, discoloration of bass strings.  Overall I'm quite
happy with the new ones coming in.  I'm not sure of which brands are made in
this same factory, there are several.  The Nordiska factory is a "factory
within a factory", in which all the workers, the building, and all the
materials (except the case parts and plate) are made there.  The other
buildings are used for making the other pianos (different names).  The
Nordiska plant is spotless.  The workers are more experienced, and are paid
more.  They are envied by the other workers, naturally.  Bridges are well
made, most of the cabinetry is! good, the quality of hammers is excellent.
Some action prep is needed in many cases.  Overall they are a good value.
We also have Falconi (I'm not sure which factory makes them.  Quality is
fair on these.  I don't much care for the Bergmann pianos (Young Chang
Chinese) as they had/have many problems for which our store is still trying
to sort out.  We've had to do repairs on most of the ones we've sold, but no
compensation is forthcoming from Young Chang (gee, I wonder why).  I don't
have experience much with pearl River or derivatives, so I can't say about
that factory.
      FWIW,
      Paul McCloud
      San Diego
      "The Piano Exchange"


    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Wayne Walker
    To: pianotech@ptg.org
    Sent: 04/21/2005 6:21:01 AM
    Subject: Chinese pianos


    Hello folks,

    The store that I work for has been carrying pianos from the Beijing
Piano factory for about 7 years.
    I like to see some feedback from other techs about how they feel about
these pianos. We are pleased with the improving quality of these instrument.
Yamaha or Steinway they are not but they are good value for entry level
consumer. We tried some pianos from Dongbei factory. These piano needed more
prepping and had tuning problems.

    Wayne Walker
    Piano Tuner & Technician
    MUSICSTOP LTD
    1005 Dow Rd, New Minas, NS
    B4N 3R4
    Cell 902-221-1540
    Fax 902-681-1463
    wayne.w@musicstop.com
    www.musicstop.com


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