Chinese pianos

[robert moffatt piano service]

Bill,

Welcome back?  Things have been so............technical and informative
                           during your absence.

Bob Moffatt


Billbrpt wrote:

> I'm BACK!!!
>
> Yep, gang, I just got in last night and signed on to see what might be the
> topic of discussion.  Yes, there is useful discussion about repinning but
> there is also the same old...
>
> << "Brentwood", a real POS IMHO- (snip)  Surely, no market that we could
> compete with in the US, nor could Europe either. What do you think? (snip)
> maybe I better get my flame gear on? >>
>
> Better yet, start thinking about the consequences of making derrogatory and
> public statements about certain brands that you personally have not yet
> developed the skill to handle.
>
> "Surely, we could never compete with the Chinese in their market."  Keep
> thinking that way, that you can't compete with someone else, you cant tune
> that brand of piano because it has "poor scaling", you can't service it
> because you can't take it's action out or even figure out how to get it open,
> and you will surely fulfill your own profecy.
>
> Maybe it's time for those who can't compete because they think they already
> know everything there is to know that's worth knowing, that there is only one
> right way, that they do not need to know or practice this or that technique
> because none or their clients ever asked for it or would ever know the
> difference, to wake up and smell the coffee.
>
> While the Xenophobes who can't compete go down hill condemning the pianos
> their customers have purchased in their homes and on this List,  ridiculing
> everything they don't understand and are unwilling to learn, there will be
> newcomers who easily learn all that the new markets demand.
>
> You can bet on that.
>
> Bill