Chinese Pianos

[Alan Barnard]

Clarification, oops sorry, I'm speaking of the Gulbransens I see here--old
40's and 50's spinets and consoles with yucky scales, old plastic, etc. I
know that the G. people are now working to put better pianos with that name
on it.  I should have picked on Winter & Sons or some other name now
mercifully retired.

Alan Barnard
Salem, Missouri


> [Original Message]
> From: Ric Brekne <ricbrek@broadpark.no>
> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 09/29/2005 6:25:54 AM
> Subject: Chinese Pianos
>
> Hi Alan.
>
> Hence we are talking about using Vice Grips on pianos as a voicing tool 
> on the one hand, and bombasting one of the few good American 
> manufacturers on the other hand.  One has to scratch ones head :)
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
> ______________________________
> Man, that's cold, or as Confuse Eass might have said: "Mai tai diss 
> awgree? Yew no want Chinese Junk pi anos? Then we ship yew shiny new 
> Chinese Junk eyboards."
>
> America taught the world that you could succeed making junk pianos (and 
> cars) that the American public would buy, and we made a ton of them. It 
> took the Japanese, mostly, to remind us that quality competes very well. 
> Shall I turn down a new Pearl River grand to rush out and rub elbows (or 
> replace elbows) with a Gulbransen spinet?
>
> Such a political statement would have zero point nada dot zip effect on 
> the national economy or political will, but would seriously threaten my 
> family's economy.
>
> I don't even blame the Wal-marts of this world. Americans universally 
> DEMAND low prices, quality comes a VERY distant second in most cases, 
> most people, most products. So we get what we pay for; and I still think 
> that 95.743 percent of all pianos are sold with this comment from the 
> buyer: "Oh, this one is really pretty and, oh look, Bob, it's only $xxx"
>
> Alan Barnard
> Salem, Missouri
>
>
>
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