Doreme Pianos

[William Benjamin]

Patrick,

Other than Dormi, what other companies have these pianos.  I have sold a few
from Dormi and yes they are pretty darn good, and at half the price of a new
one.  Thanks for any input.

William




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-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L.
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 2:49 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Doreme Pianos

Hi,

There are several of these factory/workshop places in Japan that offer
this type of "rebuild" piano (actually meaning "ready for showroom"
condition). Some are better than others of course. One of the companies we
buy pianos from offer this type of work and we are just amazed of what a
fantastic job they do. A "small" or "medium" company of this type will
have a stock of 500 pianos and around 40 skilled workers. The bigger
companies can have more than 2000 pianos ready to be sold!

>I liked "restored to showroom condition" too,
> whatever that is,

You'll actually be surprised if you saw the quality of some of these
pianos. They do actually look and play like new.

They are not necesarily all literally restored or rebuilt as you already
know. They do get new polyester of the highest quality I've ever seen. The
hardware refinishing is amazing too. Pins and strings are cleaned and
often make you wonder if they are actually new (in some cases they ARE
new). Same for keys, action... they look and perform like new (hammers
might be new or they might not, etc). Of course soundboards are kept
original (refinished as necesary) again as long as they look and perform
like new.

> and that all the grands have three pedals. I
> wonder what that third pedal is connected to.

Ron, as for the 3rd pedal on older grands it is of course a retrofitted
full sostenuto. It works perfectly, and unless you look for any evidence
of the installation, you would have thought as it being original.

And, to the dealers delight, the regulation on these pianos is PERFECT.
And they even come at pitch and in tune and voiced so they truly arrive in
"showroom condition".

Patrick


>
>> I just love that "pre-owned" bit. You now see it applied to cars,
>> houses,
>> pianos, whatever....
>>
>> Apparently they were never "used." Just "owned."
>>
>> Del
>
> That's it, pre-owned. It's like adopting a dog - probably more
> like it in some cases than in others, and few people want a
> used dog. I liked "restored to showroom condition" too,
> whatever that is, and that all the grands have three pedals. I
> wonder what that third pedal is connected to.
>
> Ron N
>