[pianotech] Made in America? (was tools rush in)

[Ryan Sowers]

I remember years ago buying a quintessential "American" product for my son:
The Tonka truck! When I was a kid, they were all metal construction. We used
to load my dump truck (it had really dumping action, mind you!) with as many
rocks as we could fit in it and send it hurtling down a steep, rocky hill in
my neighborhood. What a thrill! It was practically indestructible!

The one I bought for my son in the mid 90's said "Made in America" but the
chassis was plastic. Upon close inspection the bottom of the chassis said in
small raised print, stamped into the black plastic: made in #####. The
country of origin was unreadable and was simply a melted smear, like they
took a hot tool and removed it. Hmmm, I wonder what it said??

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 5:37 AM, Paul T Williams <
pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote:

> Sad, but true.  Vise-Grip just closed it's US plant here in Nebraska to
> outsource production to China as well.
>
> Paul
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>  From: Jack Reisland <reislandj001 at hawaii.rr.com>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: 08/11/2009 09:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tools rush in...
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> Unfortunately, you will be hard pressed to find any tools that aren't
> made in China, even if they are sold by American (or German) brand
> name companies.
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> Jack R.
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> On Aug 11, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Greg Newell wrote:
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> > Couldn't agree more!!!!
> >
> > Greg Newell
> > Greg's Piano Forté
> > www.gregspianoforte.com
> > 216-226-3791 (office)
> > 216-470-8634 (mobile)
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org<pianotech-bounces at ptg.org>]
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> > On Behalf
> > Of Jon Page
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:05 PM
> > To: pianotech at ptg.org
> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tools rush in...
> >
> > Buy American
> > --
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jon Page
> >
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-- 
Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net
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