Chinese Pianos

[baoli liu]

Ric,you really have some experince with Nordiska
pianos.

By the way,what do you mean by" tofu belly",is it
Norwegian english?

Baoli Liu,rpt

--- Ric Brekne <ricbrek@broadpark.no> wrote:

> I sure as heck do.
> 
> The japanese pianos worked. They sounded tubby as
> hell, but they worked 
> and were dependable.  The majority of instruments
> coming out of China, 
> Indonesia, Russia, and Malaysia just plain dont
> work.  I was in a store 
> a while back whilst a so called Nordiska was
> unpacked.  It had been 
> sitting on the floor for a few hours and litterally
> exploded.  We were 
> drinking coffee chit chatting and heard this huge
> KaBooonggg...  (yes I 
> remember the horse) Upon investigation we found that
> the entire left 
> hand lower corner of the soundboard had popped loose
> and cracked 
> severely.  Great stuff.  Actions that simply dont
> function and can not 
> be made to function, Tuning pins that break off
> because they are too 
> cheaply made in too tight a fit, pinblocks
> splitting, pedals that fall 
> off... just about every bizarre event you can
> imagine.
> 
> I never ever saw either Kawaii or Yamaha instruments
> do any of these 
> kinds of things. For that matter not Young Changs or
> Samicks either... 
> tho I have experienced a much hyppiger quantity of
> dead Koreans 
> soundboards then Japanese after 10 years or so of
> use.
> 
> Understand me correctly tho... Give the Chinese a
> few years experience 
> under their tofu bellies... and they will get it
> right.  Or right 
> enough.    But for now... I remain unimpressed...
> big time.
> 
> Cheers
> RicB



		
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