Or for that matter just about anything small... David I. ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: 9/28/2005 6:32:43 PM Subject: Re: Chinese Pianos >Been lately trying to buy a new toaster. Anyone know of one NOT made in China? >Greg >At 08:03 PM 9/28/2005, you wrote: >>All, >>I doubt that this will do one whit of good, but I've gotta say it anyway. >>I completely REFUSE to work on Chinese Pianos. The Chinese are inundating >>our society with all sorts of "cheap" products. The Corporate types are >>buying into it. Hence, OUR work force is hard pressed to compete on any >>level. For those clients that own Chinese Pianos, I simply refer them >>elsewhere. I know that a large majority of technicians refuse to work on >>Square Grands, why not the Chinese pianos? I consider a Square Grand ten >>times easier to cope with than the Chinese POS's. I refuse to be a party >>to undermining my own economy. If every technician would do the same, a >>lot of those Chinese PSO's (actually it's a compliment to call them such, >>IMO.), would wind up in the land fill, where they belong....or, better >>yet, send them back to China and let their people contend with them. >>End of Rant. Thanks for letting me.<G> >>Regards, >>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. >>Captain, Tool Police >>Squares R I >Greg Newell >Greg's piano Forté >mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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