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<div style="CLEAR: both">Patrick,</div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">The reason I assumed it was made by Nordiska is that there was a Nordiska logo on the inside of the case, on the right side near where the fallboard slips in.</div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">I've seen Hallet-Davises by at least three different manufacturers, including this one, others made by Pearl River, and yet another made by a factory I'm uncertain of.</div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Yes, I'm glad the dealer is willing to take it back. I hope the manufacturer bails HIM out. It's a far smaller hit to them than it would be to him from a financial standpoint. And from an ethical standpoint, it would show a willingness to back up a product. If they for some reason choose to NOT make good on their warranty, it wouldn't look too good.</div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Thanks for the info,</div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl</div>
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From: jpdraine@gmail.com<br>
To: ilvey@sbcglobal.net; pianotech@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 7:35 PM<br>
Subject: Re: Re: this property is condemned...what would you have done?<br>
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<div class=AOLPlainTextBody id=AOLMsgPart_0_b683be72-8df2-4f9e-a12a-667cf690976b>> Original message <br>
> From: <A href="mailto:piannaman%40aol.com">piannaman@aol.com</A> <br>
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> David, <br>
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> It's a Hallet-Davis, one of the Nordiska-made uprights. <br>
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FYI, I think this statement is semi-incorrect. I believe the <br>
Hallet-Davis is made by the Beijing Piano Co. as one of their several <br>
stencil pianos. <br>
According to Joe Swenson, tech rep at Geneva International, the <br>
Nordiska is made in a seperate manufacturing facility on the Beijing <br>
Piano "campus", and recently benefitting from lots of input from <br>
Geneva International in the area of quality control, improved scale <br>
design, etc. <br>
It's a very good thing your dealer friend is doing right by the <br>
customer, and I hope the manufacturer will be interested in fixing the <br>
quality control problems in the factory, not the customer's home. <br>
Patrick Draine <br>
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