---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment While I'm not a big fan of Chinese pianos in general, they are FAR better than most of the low end pianos produced in the US in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Let's see, would I rather work on a Pearl River or an Andrew Kohler spinet.? Or an American made Kohler and Campbell piano of that era? We used to have a few good mid-range pianos built in the US. Sohmers and Everetts were around and were decent little pianos when I first started in this business, and not dreadfully expensive. As near as I can tell, Charles Walter is perhaps the only one that fills that bill, and they are definitely at the high end of mid-range. Many of these shiny pianos with disc players are purchased by cheap people. By that, I mean people who could afford a Steingraber, but choose to buy little Jenny a "beginner's piano," because it is so pretty and a real deal. People who think nothing of spending 60 grand on an SUV and all that money to fill it with gas, but who don't consider music "serious" enough to spend real money on. For some people, though, even a low-end Chinese studio piano is stretching the budget to the hilt. Will I refuse to work on that piano? No, because I see that the people are serious about having their child learn music. Let's face it: manufacturing has gone overseas, and as Ed says, we have asked for it. Who on this list has a computer that wasn't made in China? Who isn't astounded at how inexpensive all of these electronics goods are these days? Everyone likes cheap stuff. But it has its cost in human terms, as Ed pointed out. The trouble is, when jobs are hard to come buy, even cheap stuff seems expensive. ON the griddle, Dave Stahl In a message dated 9/29/2005 9:11:26 AM Pacific Standard Time, A440A@aol.com writes: Greetings, The American public is the reason that China is selling so many goods over here. We are the ones buying the goods produced over there. This is a very clear example of Americans helping themselves to the cheapest bargains at the expense of their own industry. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ed/8f/b6/3b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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