This is typical of the first generation products that come from Korea and China. I retired from the piano manufacturing business. When the Koreans first got into the business, the products were pure crap. There was an opportunity for them to make a lot of money because Japanese piano prices had gone through the roof. (which is how the Japanese stole the business from the U.S. manufacturers). I traveled to Korea many times in an attempt to get the owners of the factories to understand that their products had to be of a much higher quality if they wanted to have success in the USA. Some listened and some didn’t. The ones that listened finally produced acceptable products but never quite achieved the same level of quality of the Japanese pianos. Then, as prices got higher and higher, along came the Chinese. Their first attempt at making a piano for the U.S. market was far worse than what the Koreans had produced in their first attempt. But, the Chinese learn very quickly and it didn’t take long for them to equal what the Koreans were producing………..so the Korean companies starting building piano factories in Indonesia to combat the lower prices offered by the Chinese. Today, the highest, sales volume piano that is being sold by the majority of dealers may not have a Korean, Chinese or Indonesian name above the keys, but most are manufactured in China and Indonesia. I suspect that although this car is presently not very good, that within two to three years (at the most), it will be much better and capture a large amount of sales volume in the USA.
