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

[Mike Spalding]

Alan,

Glad you asked.  I didn't agree with the "worse than ..." comment, but 
thought perhaps I had too small a sampling to be statistically significant.
Petrof #1 is about 25 years old, has had a DC system for the last 8 
years, is well cared for and played regularly.  I tune and replace DC 
pads once a year, tuning is quick easy and stable.  Petrof #2 belongs to 
a church, is not well cared for, and always needs a pitch raise, even 
with the DC, because they let it run dry, leave it unplugged, etc.  Not 
hard to tune, but stability suffers from their climactic abuse.  Petrof 
#3 I've only tuned once, belongs to a Bistro, rendering was jumpy in the 
agraffes, but it came around OK.

Mike

reggaepass at aol.com wrote:
> Al and List,
>
> Do you find Petrof uprights of various vintages all have the tuning 
> problem that's "worse than the Steinway K"?  I have only one Petrof 
> upright in my care.  It's about ten years old or so, and tunes very 
> nicely. 
>
> Alan Eder
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AlliedPianoCraft <AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com>
> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 4:54 am
> Subject: Re: Petrof 7'-0" Versus Kawai RX-6 (7'-0")
>
> (snip) 
> > 
> > For pianos in their price range however... I'd say the Czechs and 
> Slovaks > are putting out the most satisfactory instruments on the 
> planet. Always > kind of figured that if Steinway wanted to start 
> selling medium priced > instruments they should of found some kind of 
> marriage between themselves > and Petrof instead of getting into bed 
> with Kawaii. 
> > 
> > Cheers 
> > RicB 
>  
> Ric, I agree. It's a well made piano and underpriced. All the custo 
> mers I have that own one, love it. I have no problem with any of the 
> grand pianos. The uprights are another story. Well made, but 
> impossible to tune. To me, it's worse than the Steinway K to tune 
>  
> Al Guecia  
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