Belarus

[Les Smith]

Hi, Jim.

I believe I did one of these a few years back, for a Russian gentle-
man who brought it with him whem he emmigrated here to the states.
It had an attractive, natural-wood case that resembled an Korean im-
port (You might have been looking at a Young-Chang or Samick) and it
tuned up, played and sounded like --now get this-- a bad Young-Chang!
Obviously the manufacturer had been taking a long, hard look at the
Asian imports. Too bad they didn't look longer at Yamaha, though!

Les Smith
lessmith@buffnet.net

On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, James Grebe wrote:

> Dear list,
> The Belarus is a piano made in the province of Belarus in Russia.  It comes
> in 43" and 44",and 46" sizes.  It has the sole distinction of being , I
> believe, the cheapest ($1,950.00 to $2,110.00) new piano you can buy in
> this country.  They have been imported for a couple of years now.  The
> piano, once I got it up to pitch did not tune badly and it didn"t sound too
> bad.
> Hope this clears this up.  It certainly is not a stencil brand.
>
> James Grebe from St. Louis
> pianoman@inlink.com
>