<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Well hey there Gordon.... I will be the first to admit I have sort of a love / hate affair with Petrof. I keep thinking what a downright beautifull instrument they could make if they would just stop being sloppy in some key areas.  The soundboard / plate / scale part seems to work really well actually. In fact they are the only piano that seems to have a similiar carry power to that of the Steinways.... not quite the same... but they do cut through noise quite well indeed. But if you start looking closely you find all kinds of interesting stuff....tho word has it they are improving and in general cleaning up their act quite a bit these past couple years. Actaully... it seems that much of the criticism I hear directed at NY Steinways goes along the same lines.... too much sloppyness. But I would have a hard time understanding they could compare to some of the stuff I routinely see that has come off the Petrof lines through the years. Still,,,, I have said it more then once... I like the sound of a Petrof.  They are in general the most underated cheap piano around. RicB gordon stelter wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Fair is fair: the Petrof I played was brand new, in excellent regulation and perfectly tuned. !!GLORIOUS!! The "B's" are in University practice rooms, 5 years old. But I played them when brand new and they weren't so hot then, either! Question: WHAT, specifically, can one expect to do to a new Noo Yawk Steinway to upgrade it from "status symbol" to "musical instrument". I am really curious.      Thump --- Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> wrote: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"></a> </blockquote> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A>  </html>