Bohemia pianos

[Leslie Bartlett]

Do folks know about Bohemia pianos?  I was asked to look at one yesterday
for a prospective buyer...   It was nicely regulated, with the exception of
blow distance being a bit less than 1.75, and drop was a bit low.  But what
set me to wondering was the hammers, about a third of them, at least, having
three layers of felt.  The top, soft, like a Schimmel, was maybe 3/16ths of
an inch thick. Below that was something that at least resembled felt, but
was  very very hard. Then there was the little colored layer and core.  The
store manager said they were Abel hammers- so I went to a distant part of
this small store and called Wally Brooks.  He was gone so the lady said
she'd call him, with result that he said the company certainly didn't sell
anything like that in the states.  One filing and the sound would be
compromised.   Keys wobbled like a 35-40 year old Yamaha, and the manager
said that the manufacturer purposely made them loose....   A Steinway, had
been rebuild was sitting next to it, keys being tightly bushed, and solid,
where the Bohemia as I moved keys back and forth seemed to have pillows on
either side, so there was nothing solid at all.  They prospective buyer said
the price was $18,000, taxes and delivery included...

I told the prospective buyer the hammers looked like a "compromise" in
quality, and I wondered, along with the key bushings where else it might be
so compromised.  Anyone know the pianos so I can know whether I was just
crazy or not- that being different than just crazy in general..........
thanks 
les bartlett
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