[CAUT] New Upright Pianos

[Elwood Doss]

I don't know about Steinway uprights, but a church was shopping for a 7'
grand and looked at Boston and Kawai.  They were told by the Kawai
dealer that Boston Grands and Kawai grands come off the same assembly
line.  The name "Boston" and associated with "Steinway" made them about
8 to 9 thousand dollars more.  They went with the kawai 7'9" grand, I
think was the size.
Joy!
Elwood

Elwood Doss, Jr., M.M.E., RPT
Piano Technician/Technical Director
Department of Music
145 Fine Arts Building
The University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, TN  38238
731/881-1852
FAX: 731/881-7415
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-----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