<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=gb2312 = http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = HTML//EN"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.11"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Date:10:15 = Nov.23  1998</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT><FONT size=2>from: <A href="mailto:lianqii@pub.ln.cninfo.net">lianqii@pub.ln.cninfo.net</A></= FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hello Elian,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Heintzman piano is made by Beijing Heintzman Piano = Co.LTD. It is a smaller piano factory,but the piano is one of the best in = China.China has four large piano factories and many smaller factories.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Heintzman Piano Co. makes both upright and grand = pianos.It was established about ten years ago.The general manger and nearly all the = skilled workers came from Beijing Hsinghai Piano Factory,one of the four largest = piano factories in China.So,even if it has a very short history,it can make = the better pianos in China.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The action of upright piano is made in China.The = soundboard is unusual(you can see it clearly from the back)and it is made by another = piano factory in the northeast of China.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The customer told you the piano costs $2000.00 = .  yes,most Chinese pianos cost $1000 to $2000.In China,It is estimated = that there are more than one million(1,000,000) children are learning piano = playing,few of the Chinese family can afford to buy a Basendofer or a Hamburg = Steinway,as you know,China is a developing country. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Most of the China--making pianos need regulation.I = think there are two reasons for this,one is because the shape--change of = wood.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Another reason is probably because the workers are = not skilled enough.China has a 5,000 years of civilization history,but she has less = than 50 years of piano making history! </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thank you for your interesting in Chinese = piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000000>Baoli </FONT>Liu</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Shenyang Conservatory of Music</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>P.R.China</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV><FONT face=ËÎÌå size=2><B>-----Original = Message-----</B><BR><B>·¢¼þÈË: </B>Elian Degen <<A = href="mailto:degen@telcel.net.ve">degen@telcel.net.ve</A>><BR><B>Ê= Õ¼þÈË: </B>MPT <<A = href="mailto:MPT@talklist.com">MPT@talklist.com</A>>; <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>ÈÕÆ= Ú: </B>1998Äê11ÔÂ22ÈÕ 15:04<BR><B>Ö÷Ìâ: = </B>Heintzman Pianos<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hello List.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I wonder if anyone knows a piano = Heintzman, it is made in Beijing, China by Heintzman Piano Beijing. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>My first appointment today was at a client who = brought one from China. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>It surprised me </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The one I serviced today was an upright piano. = Beautiful hand finished, Very nice touch. Very nice tone. Nice bass high = resemblance to a german piano, good tonal stability, at least it seems in the = first tuning. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>It arrived in its box straight from the factory. = 100cts flat. I had it pulled up to pitch with two rough tunings and a third = tuning to finish. It held pretty nicely. Could not find the action = manufacturer. It looked like an ordinary chinese action, it needed a lot of = adjustments and corrections, I have to come back again to finish them and also to = re-tune. It reminded me of Horugel actions, misaligned jacks, misaligned hammers,  lots of small defects, center pins ok, tuning pins ok.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>For a chinese piano, the first = impression is good, now in the long run I don´t know, Customer says he paid = $ 2000.00 for it !!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>If anybody knows it I would like = opinions</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Elian</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>