<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1578" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Jesse,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Seems to me that you get what you pay for. The costs for proper set-up are typically passed on to the dealer but, more often than not, land in the lap of the owner who then refuses to do the work, then the tech has to get back to the dealer...in other words, the squeaky wheel gets the grease...and the dealer and the manufacturer save money. Of the five dealers here (pop. 250,000), I know of only one who does any set-up! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Bruce Gibson</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Saskatoon, SK</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Canada</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com href="mailto:PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com">PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 01, 2007 8:49 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Korean and Chinese pianos</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Has anyone noticed that all pianos built in Korea and China, although some are quite decent, need a good voicing? Webers, Knabes, Wurlitzers, Kohler & Campbells,etc.are never voiced at the factory. The hammers are never mated to the strings, causing that annoying buzz on many notes, mostly in the middle section.</DIV> <DIV>And the dealers are too "inexpensive" to hire a qualified technician to finish the job that the factory neglected. Frustrating!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jesse Gitnik</DIV> <DIV>NYC</DIV> <DIV>Tech. since 1980</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>