New Sohmer pianos(made by Samick)

[Roger Jolly]

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Hi Dave,
               I don't think they are the old Sohmer scales, but I will do 
some checking.
    You are not nut's, we have made some large steps forward in the last 
year, and just a few small steps backwards thankfully.  But we are moving 
forward, with better things yet to come.

A lot of my input thus far has been about getting back to some basics, and 
executing it well.  The factory culture is a changing.
We are using mainly Renner and Abel hammers in our Grands and it is sure 
paying off in the area of tone quality and the ease of voicing.   The 
graphite has gone from Samick action centres, that I can take some credit 
for.  However Renner hammer shanks and wips will still have a light coat of 
graphite.

Thank's for the compliment. It's nice to get feed back, positive or negative.

Regards Roger




At 12:26 AM 9/5/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Am I nuts?  These pianos actually seem to be pretty good.
>
>I have tuned a Sohmer grand piano, which I believe is 6 ' 1", and a Sohmer 
>console.  I don't know if the scale designs are the same ones used in the 
>American made Sohmer pianos.  I have not thoroughly examined them, but the 
>factory prep on these is pretty meticulous.  My first impression is that 
>these Korean-made instruments seem quite a bit better than their 
>Chinese-made brethren.  In fact, they seem like the nicest Korean 
>manufactured pianos I've seen.  They were easier to tune than practically 
>any new piano I've tuned recently.  The hammers are not made of 
>concrete.  The actions are well-regulated and function quite the way they 
>should.
>
>Mr. Jolly, have you been involved in this endeavor?  If so, good job.
>
>Anybody else had any experience with these pianos?
>
>Dave Stahl

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