<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: Petrof Grand.</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE>Eric Frankson wrote:    ". &nbsp= ;I've been told by piano technicians that the Petrof grand is way underpriced, and the increased sales of the pianos verses the Yamaha se= em to point to that ( the choice being, purchase a mass produced machine-made = Asian instrument using the least expensive materials to create a piano of a= certain performance level, or buy a hand-built labor-intensive European <BR= > instrument from a 145 year old company that uses some of the finest woods i= n the world...at the same price point.  Hmmm?).      The mass produced machine made instruments made by Kawai and Yamaha, are be= comming the ones to beat. And as far as 'least expensive materials', being u= sed for them, produceing a 'certin performance level' (what does that mean?)= verses  and the 'finist woods in the world' for the Petrof, it sounds = like  sales pitch PR to me. The half dozen Petrofs I have serviced are = good, but a little rough overall. They need much more prep than the typical = Yamaha. I am greatful that this company is in the market, and they will hope= fully continue to improve their instruments. I am a fan. Dan Reed </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>