Where can I find it?

[Jay/Deb Mercier]

Thanks!        -Jay


>No.  The Julius Bauer piano is no longer being built.  You are correct,
there is
>a new piano being marketed that bears that same name.  But both the company
and
>the piano have been changed.  There is no similarity and no resemblance.
The
>so-called Julius Bauer that is now be 'built' in Korea or China has
absolutely
>no connection with the Julius Bauer of yesterday.
>
>This seems to be a fairly common practice these days.  Actually, it has
been for
>some time now.  When a company cannot produce an exceptional piano of its
own --
>one that it can be proud of in its own right -- it seems to believe that it
is
>acceptable to borrow the name of a piano that was once great and present
their
>all-to-often second-rate product as if it were somehow the same.  Perhaps
they
>believe that by putting a great name on the fall board -- Maybe even
tacking it
>onto the plate, it's easy enough to do these days. -- they can absorb some
of
>that greatness.
>
>It doesn't work, but it does seem to fool a lot of the people a lot of the
>time.  Including some who should know better.  Which is, of course, the
real
>intent.  There are a lot of great names that are still on the market and
now
>coming back into the market that are just that.  Great names and not much
more.
>That doesn't mean that all those great pianos are still around.  They are
here
>in name only.  Sadly.  Perhaps if some of those great pianos really were
still
>around the industry wouldn't be in the doldrums it is in today.  As may be,
the
>practice is certainly legal, but the ethics of it are sometimes
questionable.
>
>Del
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>Jay/Deb Mercier wrote:
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>> What about the 5-8 year-old Julius Bauer I tuned yesterday?  I'm sorry,
Your
>> J. Bauer version and my Julius Bauer version must be different brand
pianos.
>> Anyone know who makes or made the Julius Bauer piano?  I tuned one
>> yesterday, and that piano was in very "new" condition.  About 5-8 years
if
>> age if not less.
>>
>> Jay
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>> >The J. Bauer piano is no longer being manufactured.
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>> >Jay/Deb Mercier wrote:
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>> >> I know that Wurlitzer bought the company out in 1930 and produced the
J.
>> >> Bauer line of piano to around 1938.
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>> >> Who manufactures the J. Bauer pianos today?
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