Suzuki Pianos

[J Patrick Draine]

On Oct 3, 2005, at 7:13 PM, David Ilvedson wrote:

> It seems to me a dealer with better quality pianos could make use  
> of something like this for customers to compare with when in the  
> store.   Anyone do that?

You mean have a dreadful "loss leader" priced piano to get them in  
the door, so they could be shown the high quality of the piano they  
were planning on selling in the first place? Reminds me of my  
experience ages ago (1979) when I was a young starving beginning  
tech, doing floor tunings for the Baldwin dealer at the mall. After  
doing my very best to make the loss leader HF Miller ("American  
Aeolian" "Made By American Craftsmen") console sound somewhat less  
awful, the store manager took me aside, and instructed me to detune  
some unisons and octaves so no one would even think of buying it.

Patrick Draine