reconstruir del piano en Mexico

[Kevin E. Ramsey RPT]

Yes, I have seen the work. The dealership that I work for has sent some
pianos ( a few) down there, and I am not impressed. One that we have has
been restrung and had a new pinblock installed, but the bridges are shot.
They may put on some new action parts, but don't have a clue when it comes
to regulating them. They did this to an old M&H player unit that had the
guts taken out, and it required almost two days just getting it to the point
where it would play.Personally, I never would have spent the money on
rebuilding that piano, but nobody asked me. I just got to clean up the mess.
    I don't know, but if you have a good candidate, and you don't mind doing
alot of finishing up work, it might work out for you, but I really don't see
how it could be that much of a savings, with shipping and all. ( Not to
mention the risk.)
-----Original Message-----
From: robert goodale <rrg@nevada.edu>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 9:26 AM
Subject: reconstruir del piano en Mexico


>I have been asked by a dealer about a company that is apparently
>rebuilding pianos in Mexico.  You send them the piano, and using
>cheap Mexian labor they will completely rebuild the instrument
>and then return it at a "bargain" rate.
>
>Does anyone know about this?  More importantly, what is the
>quality of these rebuilds?  What type of action parts, hammers,
>and felt are they using?  Are they doing soundboards, bridges,
>and pin blocks?
>
>Rob Goodale, RPT
>Las Vegas, NV
>
>