<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = HTML//EN"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"><!DOCTYPE HTML = PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3509.100"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><STRONG>Hello Baoli </STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 = size=2><STRONG></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>Thank you very much for the information.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT = size=2>As I told you. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>I was surprised of the quality of the = instrument, and how it reacted to our climate, sound is surprisingly good and = most of all the feeling when tuning the piano, tuning pins are firm and have = a good grip, The only weak point I see in it is the action. Have you had = any experience with it on a mid term basis. ?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>Elian</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </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>&Ec= irc;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>&Egrave= ;ÕÆÚ: </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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>