Piano Forte Supply (was: Balance rail felt)

[Piano Forte Supply]

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Hello Rick,

Thanks for the good wishes. 

About the name: my piano tuning/restoration business has been Piano 
Forte for many years.  When I added the supply business, the name Piano 
Forte Supply was a natural.  I would direct anyone looking for 
fortepiano parts to fortepiano.com, although I can supply specialty 
tools and materials for vintage  pianos as well. 

My intention Rick, is to take the best European tools, parts and 
supplies and to make them available to other technicians in North 
America.  Instead of facing barriers such as  language, currency 
exchange, minimum order, shipping delays and high shipping costs, 
technicians can call me toll free, ask questions, receive free felt 
samples, have the order within a few days, and pay with a personal 
check.  It doesn't get much more convenient than that.

Many items I carry are not available anywhere else in North America.  As 
well, I have been able to source special items for clients from 
overseas.  Specialties are my specialty, you might say.

I am working with ten source companies in five countries.  I had my 
training in Germany and as such am very comfortable in the language and 
the culture.  I also have many contacts, some go back many years.  I try 
to buy directly at the source where I can. In my six months of doing 
business, have begun to sell tools and other items to my suppliers in 
Europe.  Also, I work with them to develop new products.  The next time 
you open a European supply catalog and see some items listed as "new",  
the idea or the item itself may have originated here.

Having one foot on each side of the Atlantic, you and I know that there 
are differences in approach and in techniques here and there, and I 
think that technicians are always eager to learn about a "new" way to do 
a job better and more efficiently.  I am trying to introduce the best of 
each world to the other side, and the response I am getting tells me my 
hunch was correct.

End of shameless self-promotion :-X
Jurgen Goering
WWW.PIANOFORTESUPPLY.COM



 >RicB  wrote:

 >I thought personally the name was misleading.  Piano Forte Supply
 >would prompt many to think Historical Instruments.   I eagerly clicked
 >the link looking for a potential piano oriented resource such things and
 >found only materials I can order from Pianotec, Jahn, or the rest of 
them.

 >Good luck with the enterprise tho... :)

 >Cheers
 >RicB

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