SAP and NAMM

[James Grebe]

>From my experience, so far, is that the Chinese are progressing much faster 
in quality than Korea.
James
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Formsma" <john@formsmapiano.com>
To: "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:59 PM
Subject: RE: SAP and NAMM


> At our recent Memphis PTG chapter guild meeting, we had Dave Campbell
> present a technical. He also gave some insight into Pearl River. Early on,
> as most of us know, P.R. didn't have that great of a reputation in the 
> U.S.,
> although they have been in the piano biz for quite a few years. What the
> Chinese didn't realize at first is that the climate in other markets is 
> not
> the same as in China. Because of that, the U.S. instruments suffered from
> the maladies that we have observed. Now, those things have been corrected,
> and the pianos are supposed to be good quality.
>
> I haven't seen any of the new ones from Guangzhou, so I don't have 
> firsthand
> experience to pass on. But this is what Dave said. I expect the Chinese 
> will
> be a dominant force in the piano industry, just as Yamaha, Kawai, and 
> others
> have been. They all had to go through their learning curves.
>
> John Formsma
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Nichols
> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 10:02 PM
> To: Pianotech List
> Subject: Re: SAP and NAMM
>
> At 11:04 PM 1/29/2006 +0100, you wrote:
>>Hi Guy,
>>
>>But when it's a Pearl River we are talking about... it certainly makes it
>>more difficult to see the beauty in it... :)
>
> Really? I don't agree. Not that I'm promoting Pearl River, but they're
> getting the bugs worked out and it's just very exciting to think about the
> state of piano production in China, since most of it is for domestic
> market. It seems like so many of the manufacturers are honestly trying to
> make a better piano. Cool.
>
>
>
>> >>Regards,
>> >>
>> >>Patrick
>> >>_______________
>> >
>> > Later,
>> > Guy
>
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