Question???

[Richard Brekne]

You must remember that Technicians see pianos from a rather different perspective
then piano players. We have to work on them, get them to perform well, and our
comparisons are neccesarilly based on our experiences with that work. Often
enough an absolutely garbage piano from a technical point of view can have a very
pleasing sound and feel indeed to a particular player, or even to many players.
The two view points are not entirely compatible...

Xmen959697@AOL.COM wrote:

> Hello,
>
>       I am not a piano tech, but rather a curious piano player.  I read in
> one of your archives from 1996 that the "Horugel" piano is just like the name
> sounds, horrible.  I have been playing on a Horugel piano since 1984 and I
> love it. I happen to know some history behind the name.  One of the replies
> to the post that I read said that the Horugel pianos where an early import
> from Korea, that is only partly true.  Maybe the pianos that were "Horrible"
> that were a name for the Samick company were, but the name originated in
> Germany. Then the founder of the company moved to Japan. Eventually the
> company moved to Korea, where perhaps quality was lost due to mass
> production.  Why is it that the Horugel piano that I have is different then
> others that seem to be so bad?
>
> I would just like to hear some opinions on this.
> Thanks
>
> Mike Hoeruegel
> Bellingham Washington
>
> BTW: Hoeruegel is the Americanized version of Horugel, so perhaps I am a
> little biased that the company was founded by a relative.

--
Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway