<html> Wayne,     I've prepped some Wyman (Beijing) grands and verticals that were in good shape and appeared to be a very good value. There are design issues, but the plant is responsive. Block/flange fit is easily remedied with shims or epoxy paste. The hammers aren't quarried.     Unfortunately, it wouldn't be accurate to generalize about all Chinese pianos at this point. Unlike 15 years ago, when it was easy to put them all in one quality bracket. Now, from what I've seen at the shows and heard from other techs, there are "good values" and "needs improvement" and "doesn't play well with...... anyone", across the board. Bread and butter for us for decades to come, Say "Che-che", Regards, Guy At 10:22 AM 4/21/2005 -0300, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hello folks,   The store that I work for has been carrying pianos from the Beijing Piano factory for about 7 years. I like to see some feedback from other techs about how they feel about these pianos. We are pleased with the improving quality of these instrument. Yamaha or Steinway they are not but they are good value for entry level consumer. We tried some pianos from Dongbei factory. These piano needed more prepping and had tuning problems.   Wayne Walker Piano Tuner & Technician MUSICSTOP LTD 1005 Dow Rd, New Minas, NS B4N 3R4 Cell 902-221-1540 Fax 902-681-1463 <a href="mailto:wayne.w@musicstop.com">wayne.w@musicstop.com</a> <a href="http://www.musicstop.com/" eudora="autourl">www.musicstop.com</a> <hr> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1084 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try <a href="http://www.spamfighter.com/Product_Info.asp?">SPAMfighter</a> for free now!</blockquote></html>