Petrof 7'-0" Versus Kawai RX-6 (7'-0")

[Shawn Brock]

Bruce:

I'm sure someone has more useful information than me, but here goes...  In my experience I have found the Petrof products to be unreliable at best.  I keep my dealer affiliations minimal, but 4 of the dealers that I have contracted with have had Petrof products at one time or another.  All 4 have dropped Petrof quickly!  The best thing in my opinion about Petroff is the finish.  The scaling is atrocious in most of the instruments that I have dealt with.  I recall having a PTG chapter meeting at a store of one of the Petrof dealers.  The meeting was disrupted many times by the sound of snapping bass strings.  I was told later that the dealer had to send back a shipment of 6 grands because of this problem.  I have a few in town that I service, and feel that they are just not what they should be.  They might not be the worse piano on the market but I would never recommend the purchase of one.  I would stick with the Kawai!
Regards,
Shawn Brock, RPT
www.shawnbrock.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bruce Gibson Piano Technician 
  To: 'Pianotech List' 
  Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 10:59 PM
  Subject: Petrof 7'-0" Versus Kawai RX-6 (7'-0")


  Hello everyone.

   

  Have a client who is shopping for a NEW 7'-0" piano.

   

  Anyone like to comment on a Petrof 7'-0" (not certain of model) versus a Kawai RX-6 (7'-0")?

   

  Cheers,

   

  Bruce Gibson

  Piano Technician

  Saskatoon, Canada

   

   
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