Many thanks to all who responded to my email. As is often the case on this list, I learned way more than a simple answer to my question. The comments from those who have actually serviced Suzukis were very helpful. The procurement department was not at all interested in what faculty thought of the different pianos, what they needed was objective criteria to justify the additional expense of the Yamahas. The chart in Larry's book helped a lot to show that these pianos were not equivalent. (The bid specified Yamaha P22 or equivalent and Yamaha U1 or equivalent.) This has been my first go 'round with purchasing so the cumulative experience of those who have been here before was great to have. I just received an email from the department chair saying that we'll be getting the Yamahas. thanks, 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/20100830/209bef45/attachment.htm>
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