I don't know but I just tuned a Chinese made Yamaha this week. A continental polished ebony case and the "Chinese" looking plate and insides, although the construction seemed much better than the chinese made pianos I have tuned recently, (like "Brentwood", a real POS IMHO-maybe I better get my flame gear on? :-) This Chinese Yamaha had the brand name "Eterna", and it sounded decent. Hmmmmm... Greg Torres dpitsch wrote: > I just heard today that Yamaha owns the Chinese Piano Manufacturer "Pearl River". > > Any truth to this? > > Barrie Heaton wrote: > > > Hi Ralph, > > > > The Chinese market will be predominantly domestic driven. However, some > > British manufacturers are exporting to Hong Kong and some pianos > > apparently are filtering through to China Bentleys for one. As the > > Chinese relax their import restrictions, I think there will be a market > > for the mid range quality pianos. Europe and the U.S. will have a > > slight advantage as the Chinese look at Japan with suspicion. > > > > Barrie. > > > > In article <19980225.201710.11486.0.rmartin30@juno.com>, ralph m martin > > <rmartin30@juno.com> writes > > >Hi Barrie > > >Thanks for the reply > > >I think you're right about the huge market coming in China. I do think, > > >though, that it will be filled with the lowest priced pianos in the > > >world.....namely Chinese. Surely, no market that we could compete with in > > >the US, nor could Europe either. What do you think? > > > > > > > -- > > > > Barrie Heaton | Be Environmentally Friendly > > URL: http://www.airtime.co.uk/forte/piano.htm | To Your Neighbour > > The UK PIano Page | > > pgp key on request | HAVE YOUR PIANO TUNED
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