PianoTech Archive

  • 1.  Vietnamese pianos

    Posted 05-06-2006 19:16 
    From "Jack Houweling" <JackHouweling@dccnet.com>

I saw this today and found it interesting and would like to share it with you all.

      Jack Houweling



     
            
     
     
     








First made-in-Vietnam piano released 

The first Apollo brand piano manufactured by Japan-invested Toyo-APT Piano Vietnam Ltd. Co. in Ho Chi Minh City has been released.

An Apollo piano made in Vietnam will be sold at US $3,400 as compared to US $3,900 for a similar one imported from Japan, said Seiichi Anzai, Deputy Director of the company.

The Toyo-APT company, which is one of the leading piano manufacturers in Japan, built its factory at the Tan Binh Industrial Zone of Ho Chi Minh City in 2005, with a primary focus on repairing old pianos.

This year, the company has focused on training technicians and making new pianos. With three Japanese engineers and nearly 30 Vietnamese technicians, it expects to make 100 pianos by the end of the year.

Seiichi Anzai said Vietnam had a lot of skillful technicians for piano maintenance but that the supply was not sufficient. He stressed the need for a factory and facilities to produce standard pianos with the hallmarks of craftsmanship, rather than mass-produced ones.

He appreciated the demand for pianos and potentials of maintenance services in Vietnam and in Ho Chi Minh City as the locals' living conditions have improved. 

The building of such a factory and the training of skillful technicians will pave the way for a new industry - the piano industry - in Vietnam, he said. (VNA)


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  • 2.  Vietnamese pianos

    Posted 05-08-2006 16:14 
    From "PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L." <patrick@pianospianissimo.com>

I just hope that Toyo's "made in Vietnam" pianos are better that their
"repaired in Vietnam"....

I saw one of those last year at their booth in the Frankfurt MusikMesse.
The pins had been taken out for cleaning, with about 20 of them replaced
by nickel-plated ones (the rest were blue/black ones). A few strings were
also replaced. Action had been cleaned and BADLY regulated...

It was very very weird to see that (specially since they had it in a
separate booth inside their booth) as TOYO does usually a good job on
their repaired pianos.


Patrick


>        I saw this today and found it interesting and would like to share
> it with you all.
>
>       Jack Houweling

> First made-in-Vietnam piano released
>
> The first Apollo brand piano manufactured by Japan-invested Toyo-APT Piano
> Vietnam Ltd. Co. in Ho Chi Minh City has been released.
>
> An Apollo piano made in Vietnam will be sold at US $3,400 as compared to
> US $3,900 for a similar one imported from Japan, said Seiichi Anzai,
> Deputy Director of the company.
>
> The Toyo-APT company, which is one of the leading piano manufacturers in
> Japan, built its factory at the Tan Binh Industrial Zone of Ho Chi Minh
> City in 2005, with a primary focus on repairing old pianos.
>
> This year, the company has focused on training technicians and making new
> pianos. With three Japanese engineers and nearly 30 Vietnamese
> technicians, it expects to make 100 pianos by the end of the year.
>
> Seiichi Anzai said Vietnam had a lot of skillful technicians for piano
> maintenance but that the supply was not sufficient. He stressed the need
> for a factory and facilities to produce standard pianos with the hallmarks
> of craftsmanship, rather than mass-produced ones.
>
> He appreciated the demand for pianos and potentials of maintenance
> services in Vietnam and in Ho Chi Minh City as the locals' living
> conditions have improved.
>
> The building of such a factory and the training of skillful technicians
> will pave the way for a new industry - the piano industry - in Vietnam, he
> said. (VNA)
>
>
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>


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