[CAUT] New Upright Pianos

[David Porritt]

Barbara:

The last I knew Steinway only had three upwrong models the 1098, the K and
in Hamburg the V.  I've been told that the V is a nice piano but I've never
seen one.  The other two, not so much!  They might indeed last longer
particularly if no one played them because they sound bad but I think it was
Ron N. who made the comment that this was like being sure you'd live to 120
if all you ate was rice cakes.

If you read between-the-lines well you might detect that I'm not a big fan
of Steinway vertical pianos.  Go for the U3.

dp

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David M. Porritt, RPT
dporritt at smu.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Barbara Richmond
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 8:31 AM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] New Upright Pianos

Greetings all:

While we're on the subject, a friend asked me to compare Yamaha U-3s with 
Steinway URs.  Uh, I don't even know what a Steinway UR is, just that I 
usually try to avoid Steinway uprights in general (but maybe they've 
improved lately!).  The argument against the Yamahas (given by the Steinway 
dealer) is the Steinways will last a lot longer.   These pianos would be 
used in a university, but I'm not sure if they are for practice rooms or 
studios.  Anyway, I think it's hard to beat Yamaha in consistency and I 
wonder (and what I would be concerned about is) what the condition the 
Steinway hammers are in regarding lacquering--and then there are those 
center pin bushings...

Thanks,

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois