<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER= -LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none"> I have looked all over their Website and I don't think I found a= ny notice that their pianos are made in China...doesn't that seem a bit= strange? David Ilvedson <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5p= x; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message From: Nichols <NICHO@ZIANET.COM> To: Pianotech <= PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> Received: 10/2/2005 8:49:15 AM Subject: Re: Ch= inese Pianos ANNOUNCEMENT Joe, et al,     Let me take this oppo= rtunity to make an announcement concerning one of the companies current= ly producing pianos in China. If you will visit <A href="http= ://wymanpiano.com/care.html">http://wyman= piano.com/care.html</A> , at the bottom of the page concerning care for= the new Wyman Piano, is this statement: "Wyman Piano Com= pany recognizes that to best protect your investment, use the services = of a Registered Piano Technician (RPT) member of the Piano Technicians = Guild. <A href="http://www.ptg.org/" eudora="autourl">www.ptg.org</= A>" I understand that this statement will also be added to the n= ext printing of warranty cards. A hearty "Thanks" to the folks at Wyman= Piano Company. Tim Lasky and George Benson. This is a very good= start, people. I, for one, truly appreciate the support that our organ= ization has received from manufacturers from around the world. = Regards, Guy Nichols, RPT Trade Relations Committee, Piano Techni= cians Guild = At 05:03 PM 9/28/2005 -0700, you wrote: = <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">All, I doubt that this will= do one whit of good, but I've gotta say it anyway. I completely REFUSE= to work on Chinese Pianos. The Chinese are inundating our society with= all sorts of "cheap" products. The Corporate types are buying into it.= Hence, OUR work force is hard pressed to compete on any level. For tho= se clients that own Chinese Pianos, I simply refer them elsewhere. I kn= ow that a large majority of technicians refuse to work on Square Grands= , why not the Chinese pianos? I consider a Square Grand ten times easie= r to cope with than the Chinese POS's. I refuse to be a party to underm= ining my own economy. If every technician would do the same, a lot of t= hose Chinese PSO's (actually it's a compliment to call them such, IMO.)= , would wind up in the land fill, where they belong....or, better yet, = send them back to China and let their people contend with them.<= BR>End of Rant. Thanks for letting me.<G= > Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squar= es R I</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>