This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Eric Frankson wrote: ". I've been told by piano technicians that the Petrof grand is=20 way underpriced, and the increased sales of the pianos verses the Yamaha = seem=20 to point to that ( the choice being, purchase a mass produced = machine-made=20 Asian instrument using the least expensive materials to create a piano = of a=20 certain performance level, or buy a hand-built labor-intensive European=20 instrument from a 145 year old company that uses some of the finest = woods in=20 the world...at the same price point. Hmmm?). The veneers in Mahogany = and=20 Walnut are really beautiful, too. The new instruments seem to need a = bit of=20 voicing (they come in rather bright, but in a bell-like way verses a = brassy=20 way), but have tremendous sustain. This new crop of Petrof's are = exceptional=20 for the price." Glad they're so good, Eric. I look forward to encountering one of = the newer ones. But, and it's a big but, I've seen so many "hand built, = labor intensive, hand crafted" pianos where everyone has dropped the = ball to the extent that you just want to rebuild the thing, that I'll = take a Yamaha or a Kawai and day of the week. I KNOW that I can make one = of those perform like a dream and sing like a violin. When I hear "hand = crafted" I usually think that "OK, this one will probably take about a = day and a half to get right. "=20 But, as I said, I haven't seen too many Petrof's yet, maybe they're = the exception to the rule. Kevin Ramsey ramsey@extremezone.com=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/08/66/50/ff/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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