Do you know of Chinese-made high-end instruments? By this I mean an accordion comparable in specs to something like a Pigini Sirius and the like. I searched for "Chinese converter accordion" and variants without success.
Thanks,
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Stephen Hawkins post_id=56329 time=1521585652 user_id=1440 said:xocd,
I imagine that the Chinese are more interested in production volume than with time consuming high-end instruments. They will have identified their markets, and will pitch their products accordingly.
I have no idea what percentage of the market demands high-end instruments, but I will wager that the Chinese do.
How many of us, on this site, need a high-end accordion? How many of us can afford one? We do have some professional or semi-professional musicians on here, but I imagine that the majority are happy enough with the instruments they have.
This is where the Chinese come into their own, providing affordable instruments for people to play in mundane, run of the mill venues. They will, at least for now, leave the low-volume, high-end market for others; concentrating their efforts on churning out cheap but half way decent machines for the mass market.
Kind Regards,
Stephen.
xocd post_id=56326 time=1521575995 user_id=2246 said:I spent some time in youtube and was able to find the video below where the description claims that the player is using a Parrot 185 free bass accordion (MIII bass).
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What I heard is that the Chinese products are basically making it unworthwhile to restore mass manufactured violins around the end of 19th century from the Saxonia/Bohemia region and often with a vignette declaring them as Stradivarius, Guernerius, Steiner and a number of other famous makers. Assuming they havent taken too much damage, putting them into good playing order by a good Western luthier tends to be about €1000, and you get Chinese new violins of similar quality by masters having learnt in the Old World (ok, that term sounds seriously conceited in relation to China).TomBR post_id=56341 time=1521631202 user_id=323 said:I think its fair to say that Chinese instruments are not generally held in high regard on this site!
It depends on what you mean by high end but I suspect its only a matter of time.
The violin family world has been revolutionised by Chinese made instruments. There are better quality violins now available at affordable prices than there have ever been. A friend who runs a violin shop said hes just been amazed by whats around. Hes talking about violins in the £1000 to £2000 range. Some time ago I read an article by Joseph Curtin, an American violin maker who currently charges $48,000 for a new instrument (he knows what hes talking about!) He was very impressed by a Chinese violin factory he visited. Almost no machinery, everything was done by hand in the most traditional Italian way - the difference was that each worker did one thing, over and over again, quickly and beautifully!
Frankly, they have enough of a trade surplus already, so theyd likely just keep them for themselves. If you compare the quality of mid-range green tea in Hongkong tea shops (priced only a bit above the cheap ones over here) with that of high-priced tea over here, its sort of irritating.debra post_id=56342 time=1521631678 user_id=605 said:I do not doubt that high quality Chinese accordions are coming, sooner or later. I was a bit surprised to see a supposedly Chinese PA without chin switches and with MIII. They really should introduce chin switches and convertor if they want to start exporting high-end accordions.
Yes, exactly.Geronimo post_id=56343 time=1521633570 user_id=2623 said:What I heard is that the Chinese products are basically making it unworthwhile to restore mass manufactured violins around the end of 19th century from the Saxonia/Bohemia region and often with a vignette declaring them as Stradivarius, Guernerius, Steiner and a number of other famous makers. Assuming they havent taken too much damage, putting them into good playing order by a good Western luthier tends to be about €1000, and you get Chinese new violins of similar quality by masters having learnt in the Old World (ok, that term sounds seriously conceited in relation to China).