[CAUT] New suggestions for practice room pianos - Sauter, etc

[Shelley]

Thought I'd weigh in here.  We have 7 Charles Walters all with Dampp-Chasers
varying in age from 1994 through 2006.  They are great!  The only problem
that I've ever had is with the older pedal systems.  The factory has sent
new parts as needed (free of charge)  but, it is a continuing hassle.  The
rubber grommets that go through the pedal holes and then through which the
short rod goes, does not hold up to practice room usage.  The holes in those
older pedals were a tad too big.  Chews up the rubber.
The newer ones are better, one has a condition where the sharps were not
glued properly and they pop off.  Soon I'll have glued them all back on.
Small American factory with a few holes in their quality control.  But, they
make a very good instrument.

We have bought two new Kohler & Campbell's (built in Samick factory) and I
like them very much so far.  The back rail and keyboard has gone through
some warping changes over the winter.  They have that great slow closing
fallboard!  Sound lovely.

SBA




On 1/23/11 10:22 AM, "Jim Busby" <jim_busby at byu.edu> wrote:

> Yes.
> 
> JB
> ________________________________________
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ed  Sutton
> [ed440 at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 6:36 AM
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] New suggestions for practice room pianos - Sauter, etc
> 
> To be clear, are you talking about Charles Walter vertical pianos?
> Ed S.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Busby<mailto:jim_busby at byu.edu>
> To: caut at ptg.org<mailto:caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 10:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] New suggestions for practice room pianos - Sauter, etc
> 
> David,
> 
> FWIW we thought they would be a wonderful choice too. All the specs seemed
> good. We bought two. For some reason they went out of tune far more frequently
> than the P22s and the UST7s. Go figure. We traded out rooms, tried different
> technicians, put them where other pianos had been very stable, all to no
> avail. I finally got rid of both of them. One is 10 years old and the other a
> bit older. Maybe the newer ones are better. It drove us all crazy because we
> liked the sound and tuning was not difficult. The dang things just didn¹t like
> us!
> 
> Jim Busby
> 
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David
> Love
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 6:21 PM
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] New suggestions for practice room pianos - Sauter, etc
> 
> I wish the Charles Walter company would make a ³school² piano, stripped down
> finishes and such at a competitive price‹maybe they do.  That¹s a very durable
> upright piano with a good warm sound and a hammer density that makes sense for
> a practice room.
> 
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com