<HTML>In a message dated 11/23/= 01 5:07:09 PM Central Standard Time, coello@pianored.com (Iñaki Coello) wr= ites: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I want to ask you about the= Bohemia pianos made in Czech republic, with Renner action and relatively go= od price. Do anybody of you are familiarised with this pianos and can tell m= e anything about them? such a Petrof or similar? there is a piano shop that = is planningto import them massively, and they asked me my opinion, but I nev= er saw one. </BLOCKQUOTE> This is a holiday weekend in the USA so it appears this list is a little= slow.  Your question deserves a good answer.  The brand, Bohemia = is unknown to me and probably to most North Americans.  I don't believe= it is imported here.  Since this list is made up mostly of North Ameri= cans, most of us cannot comment directly about it.  Hopefully, some of = the European contributors will have had some experience with it. What I saw in your question that I feel is most important to you is that= you were asked your opinion and that you already know that you are going to= be asked to work on them and that this will be one of your better opportuni= ties to earn a living as a Piano Technician.  So, first of all, ignore = any comments that are blunt and discouraging, especially those who do not of= fer any supporting information.  These kinds of comments are not intend= ed to help or inform you, they are only intended to keep inflated the ego of= the person writing them. You must give these pianos the benefit of the doubt.  If you want t= o make a living for yourself, you have to be the person who identifies and s= olves the problems, not the one who complains about them.  Minor defect= s are the Piano Technician's job to identify and repair.  Your presenta= tion to the piano dealer should be one that demonstrates that you are intere= sted in the success of the business by doing everything you can to be the *s= olution*, not be just another complainer. If you put diligent effort into making these pianos work, you will be in= a good position to identify the most common defects the pianos have and thu= s allow the manufacturer to better correct them.  If you do nothing but= complain about how bad they are and refuse to work on something you conside= r to be beneath your dignity, you will do no good for yourself, the dealer n= or the manufacturer. Even if the pianos from this manufacturer have had a bad reputation in t= he past, circumstances may be different now.  Politics and economics in= Eastern Europe have changed a lot in recent years.  There was a questi= on similar to yours only a few weeks ago.  Several people spoke favorab= ly of a particular brand of piano while one person chose to use only one pej= orative word.  He ended up having his remark seen as foolish because he= was not aware of current circumstances. I would bet much more in favor of the Bohemia being good and serviceable= pianos than I would in them being hopelessly defective and useless as music= al instruments.  In short, whether these pianos are good or not will be= entirely up to you. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin <A HREF="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l= b r e m m e r . c o m =-</A> </HTML>