Bohemia Piano?

[David C. Stanwood]

THANK YOU Larry,

And I might add that the Cocert size Bohemia that my friend (Delores
Stevens, L.A.) performed on was of the highest quality in tone and touch.
They really wanted her written endorsement which implies there looking for
attention.  I trust Delores's judgement and if the quality in their show
peice is like that all their pianos then I would suggest this is a maker to
watch.  I just looked at the catalog.  All the workers wear black and red
patterned uniforms.  So maybe the quality of their production is uniform...
They use Abel hammers, Renner actions, and Kluge keyboards.

David S. Stanwood

>Bohemia was a name owned by Petrof when it was part of the Czech state-owned
>musical instrument enterprise.  With privitization, I believe the name was up
>for grabs.  My latest information is that Rieger-Kloss, a part of the
>state-owned enterprise that was privitized a couple of years ago, has just
>changed its name to "Bohemia Piano Co.", suggesting that Rieger-Kloss now
>owns that brand name.
>
>This and other late-breaking news (as well as U.S. prices for 2,000 piano
>models) can be found in the 1997-98 Annual Supplement to The Piano Book,
>which will go on sale at the Orlando convention, or by mail or via my web
>site the first week in August.  Some of it will also be available free
>on-line at my web site, probably next week (as soon as I have time to convert
>it to HTML and upload it).
>
>Larry Fine
>Brookside Press
>www.tiac.net/users/pianobk