[pianotech] Tools rush in...

[Terry Farrell]

Don't feel so bad. A while back I saw a very large sized beautiful  
colored book detailing the life of the Dali Lama in a book at Costco -  
it was printed in China. Go figure.......

Terry Farrell

On Aug 12, 2009, at 6:02 PM, Elwood Doss wrote:

> Ah, that’s a shame!  I liked Vise-Grip products...until now!  Just  
> don’t buy anything from Walmart.  EVERYTHING in the store has “Made  
> in China” on it (except for a few food items).  It’s a sad state of  
> affairs in which we find ourselves.  My wife purchased the “Made In  
> America” book, since I enjoy watching that show.  The book was “made  
> in China!”  Sad!
>
> Let’s not bash Steinway pianos (excluding Boston and especially  
> Essex) too much...especially since we don’t have US manufactured  
> Baldwin to kick around any more.
>
> Joy!
> Elwood
>
> Elwood Doss, Jr., M.Mus.Ed., RPT
> Piano Technician/Technical Director
> Department of Music
> 358 Clement Hall
> The University of Tennessee at Martin
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> From: Paul T Williams [mailto:pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 7:37 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tools rush in...
>
> Sad, but true.  Vise-Grip just closed it's US plant here in Nebraska  
> to outsource production to China as well.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> 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...
>
>
>
>
> 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.
>
> Jack R.
>
>
> On Aug 11, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Greg Newell wrote:
>
> > Couldn't agree more!!!!
> >
> > Greg Newell
> > Greg's Piano Forté
> > www.gregspianoforte.com
> > 216-226-3791 (office)
> > 216-470-8634 (mobile)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]
> > 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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