Quality of Pianos

[Robert Wilson]

--- Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
wrote:
> 
> 
> Delwin D Fandrich wrote:
> 
> > Richard Brekne wrote:
> >  Petrofs do have a pretty nice basic sound. I dont
> think I know anyone who
> > will dispute that when it comes down to it. But
> after servicing several
> > hundreds of these through the years I have become
> familiar with some typical
> > Petrof problems and I have seen Petrofs in the US
> with these same.
> > You may buy a Petrof and be very pleased with it,
> but it is my experiencehat
> > Petrofs are a more risky bet then say a Schimmel,
> a Sauter, a Yamaha, or
> > other such pianos I typically hear them compared
> too.
> >
>
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> >
> 
> To which Del commented
> 
> >
> > The problem, of course, is that piano buyers don't
> evaluate pianos the way
> > piano tuners and technicians do. Most piano
> buyers--at least those who play
> > well enough to form their own opinions about piano
> tone--really don't care
> > all that much about precision manufacturing, the
> specifics of the materials
> > used, tunability, etc. And, let's face it,
> Schimmel's, Sauter's and Yamaha's
> > don't sound like Petrof's--their precise
> construction, wonderful materials
> > and great tunability notwithstanding.
> 
> This is very true. At least to the point where
> manufacturing problems begin to
> get in the pianists way. If I have said it once I
> have said it a thousand
> times... if you could just combine that basic sound
> Petrof has with a bit of
> Japanese precision you'd probably end up with a very
> nice instrument indeed.
> 
> >
> > There is a point here I think many piano
> technicians and piano manufacturers
> > are missing. Pianos are supposed to be, first and
> foremost, musical
> > instruments. Not just monuments to some
> manufacturers ability to build
> > something with great materials and precision.
> 
> Yes..... but I think we are also in aggreement that
> in order to be musical
> instruments there are certain technical matters that
> need to be satisfactorily
> delt with. We end up with a balance. In the end it
> doesnt matter how nice it
> sounds if you cant play it, nor does it matter how
> well its made if it sounds
> like .... well you know...:)
> 
> >
> > If increasingly larger numbers of piano buyers end
> up buying Petrofs instead
> > of some other, possibly better crafted pianos,
> because those Petrofs sound
> > better to them, surely that should be telling us
> something. Perhaps we
> > should all be spending more time listening to the
> end result and less time
> > evaluating the choices of materials and admiring
> the manufacturing precision
> > used in assembling those materials.
> 
> I think we should be doing both..... and I think
> that is basically what you are
> saying here.  And I think that applies to pianists
> as well. Perhaps it is true
> that many technicians place to much weight on the
> technical side of things...
> but then perhaps in the same breath one should point
> out that pianist know way
> to little about these same things ??
> 
> >
> > Gosh, wouldn't it be nice to have both...
> 
> amen.. some instruments approach that.... its just
> that they generally cost a
> bit more.
> 
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Del
> 
> I like måte
> 
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
> mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
> 
> 

Life is like that! - in a piano showroom one could say
"if only this piano had the 
touch of that one" or "if only this piano had the bass
of the other one"
You never seem to find everything in one piano - but
then the perfect piano
has not yet been made!

Bob Wilson.

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