New Sohmer pianos(made by Samick)

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

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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 
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