Chinese Pianos

[Kent Swafford]

Well said. I spent today teaching tuning at the PTG's home office,  
demonstrating on the Pearl River grand we have. I continue to be  
pleased with how this piano has performed for us there.


Kent Swafford


On Sep 30, 2005, at 10:28 AM, Mark Wisner wrote:

> I don't see much difference between the Japanese pianos exported  
> into the USA 40 years ago and the Chinese pianos exported to us  
> within the last ten years.  Both were of dubious durability.  But  
> the Japanese piano makers quickly improved the manufacturing  
> process, materials and workmanship and now we all benefit from  
> their pianos.  The Chinese have been following the same path the  
> Japanese did (and making some of the same mistakes), and now there  
> are some pretty respectable pianos being made in China, and they  
> are getting better every year.
> For many consumer products, including pianos, manufacturing moves  
> to cheap, skilled, labor.  And when the labor gets too expensive,  
> it moves again.  My personal opinion is that a future generation of  
> piano techs will complain about the poor pianos being made in India  
> (and perhaps refusing to work on them) and comparing them to the  
> great, but more expensive pianos being built in China.
>
> Mark Wisner
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Sep 29, 2005 10:18 PM
> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Subject: Re: Chinese Pianos
>
> Mark Wisner asked: "Joe,
> Do you have customers with Japanese pianos?
>
> Mark,
> Yes I do. Soooo, what the hell does that have to do with Chinese  
> pianos?
>
>
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain, Tool Police
> Squares R o
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