This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Roger, what's this I hear about the new Kohler and Campbells switching = their production sites from Korea to Indonesia? Sigh, just when things were starting to improve. Kevin. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Roger Jolly=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:25 PM Subject: Re: New Sohmer pianos(made by Samick) Hi Dave, I don't think they are the old Sohmer scales, but I will = do some checking.=20 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. =20 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.=20 Mr. Jolly, have you been involved in this endeavor? If so, good = job. =20 Anybody else had any experience with these pianos?=20 Dave Stahl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/5b/b5/c6/7a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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