Hallet, Davis & Co. Maker?

[Farrell]

Ya know what really smells fishy to me about this one? The piano owner is a
piano-teaching-studio owner. I tune four pianos for her regularly. She
wanted a nice grand for her recital hall. She was considering several
mid-priced pianos, like Kawai and Yamaha. I warned her about getting a
Korean, Chinese, or Indonesian piano for a institutional setting (I find
they start out bad and go down hill faster than others). I suggested
considering Petrof also - just though she would like to check out a
non-asian mfg.

So she went to the local Petrof dealer. He told me a week or so later that
she bought a piano from him. I talked to her a couple weeks later and she
told me she bought a Petrof. She refers constantly to the piano as her
Petrof. I go to tune in the other day and it was the "Hallet, Davis &
Company, Boston". I just hope like (you know what) that she was not told by
the dealer that the piano was actually a Petrof.

Because of the nature of what I am looking into here (gross deceipt at a
minimum) do we have anyone else with knowledge where a "Hallet, Davis &
Company, Boston" would have been manmfactured within the last year or two?
Phil Ryan suggested it was made by Hyundai. Are we pretty sure on this? The
piano scale is divided into only three sections, and the tail is real wide.
No name on plate.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: Hallet, Davis & Co. Maker?


> Ric,
>
> I agree with you, but I doubt there's much we can do to change things.
Our best
> defense is to stay informed about what's what and hope our clients ask us
before
> they plunk down their money.  Then there's still the problem of the
manufacturers
> who make both entry-level and high quality pianos.  The name can mean
almost
> anything (or nothing).
>
> Regards,
> Clyde
>
> Richard Brekne wrote:
>
> > Yes.... well now personally I am at the point where I think that all
this is
> > getting way out of hand. To the point where things are becomming
directly
> > midleading to both customers and technicians.  These pianos are simply
not what
> > they are repesented to be, and more often then not bear absolutely no
semblance
> > to the origional make. Seems to me to be increasingly uncomfortably
close to a
> > kind of fraud, and I am begginning to think its time to put a stop to
all this
> > nonsense.
> >
> > Lynn Rosenberg wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Terry, I suspect it's an Asian piano.  A lot of those old names
George
> > > Steck for example is Asian.  Y'll probably eventually see Sohmer come
back
> > > and made over seas.  Lynn Rosenberg
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi List. I have a client that bought a new piano at a Petrof dealer.
The
> > > > fallboard says "Hallet, Davis & Co., Boston". It looks and sounds
like an
> > > > asian piano. The model and/or serial number is F 158 No 187. Does
anyone
> > > > know who manufactures this piano and where? Thanks.
> > > >
> >
> > --
> > Richard Brekne
> > RPT, N.P.T.F.
> > Bergen, Norway
> > mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
>
>
>