The blinkin' automatic spell-checker at work here... Andrew Anderson On Aug 27, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Andrew Anderson wrote: > Definately Hauling over Suzuki. Suzuki is not a contendor for > institutional use (flimsily built to very loose quality standards). > Hauling has some advantages over Yamaha and if you are prepared to > voice hard hammers can sound better. I had a school choose a Wendl > (upgraded Hauling) over a U1 of the same size. I had extensively > voiced it and it did sound much better, the winner though is that U1 > keybeds move a lot with the weather and the piano is rarely in good > regulation whereas the Hauling have a very solid aluminum frame > keybed mounted to the plate. They don't go out of regulation for > the weather. They have had this piano for some time now and I still > get compliments and grateful thanks when I meet faculty regarding it. > > If they want the best bang for the buck over the long term they > should get Sauter or a similar solid tier-one piano. With the Euro > weak this is the best time to drive a hard bargain. > > YMMV, > Andrew Anderson, Artisan Piano > > > On Aug 27, 2010, at 8:37 AM, Aaron Bousel wrote: > >> Our department (UMass Amherst) is in the process of taking bids on >> some new verticals. They've received bids for Yamaha, Hailun, >> Suzuki and Sauter. I just received the following in an email from >> the department chair: >> >> ================ >> "What I need is any specific reasons why Hailin or Suzuki are not >> at the Yamaha level. Everyone so far agrees we need to go w/ the >> Yamahas, but I need specific reasons why the Suzuki or Hailin's >> don't work---poor tone, action is known for too request repairs, >> or??? " >> ================ >> >> This is a state school and they may be required to go with the >> lowest bid unless they can show good cause not to. The models in >> question are: >> Hailun HU 116 vs. Yamaha P22 >> Suzuki AU8 vs. Hailun HU5, vs. Yamaha U1 >> >> This is the first time since I've been here that we're buying >> pianos and also the first time the department chair has actually >> consulted me on a piano issue. >> >> Have any of you had any direct experience with these pianos and can >> answer his questions? Beyond siting Yamaha's reputation and track >> record (and the fact that we have some 40 year old verticals that >> are still in service) I'm not sure how to respond to his request. >> As you can see from his email, this is not a matter of deciding >> which piano they want, but of justifying the extra expense to the >> higher ups. >> >> thanks for you help, >> Aaron >> >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> Aaron Bousel >> Registered Piano Technician, Piano Technicians Guild >> abousel at comcast.net >> (413) 253-3846 (voice & fax) >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100827/27bdf4a2/attachment.htm>
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