Ed, FWIW we have 184 P22s here at BYU. Not only are they a solid "workhorse", when our 20 year turnover date comes we sell them for more than other brands of the same vintage. Right now our 1985ish P22s are going for around $1,800.00 and are still in good shape. Funny thing is, that is almost what we paid for them in 1985. Good resale value indeed! And the company is great to deal with. That's why we're still going with Yamahas, for the time being. Jim Busby BYU -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of A440A at aol.com Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 5:05 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] comparisons Greetings all, I have been asked to make some recommendations for school practise room pianos. Here at Vanderbilt, we have been using quite a few Yamaha U-3 pianos, with good results. They were purchased some years ago when they had the true sostenuto pedals on them. Now, the only Yamaha uprights with the sos. are too expensively priced for us to purchse, so I am considering the others. Our dealer here has suggested the P-22 as the workhorse piano for practise rooms, though I certainly would prefer a larger piano. I am unfamiliar with the T-121 pianos( $ 6,495), but it was offered as an alternative to the U-1, ( $7,495). The Kawai dealer has proposed the K-25 or the K-3 pianos. I know nothing about them, though I have some idea that the K-60 would be a better piano. It certainly weighs more, which means something. I figure that other CAUT's might have seen some of these models in action for some time and could give me an idea of how durable they might be. On list or off, would anybody care to make some recommendations among these models, based on how they hold up? Thanks, Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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