Boston verticals reply back

[pianoman]

Hi Ralph,
You would think with all the publicity there would be a lot more out and
would be familiar to us all.
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth
pianoman@inlink.com
"I'm on my way towards the mighty light of knowledge".

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> From: ralph m martin <rmartin30@juno.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Boston verticals reply
> Date: Friday, February 27, 1998 11:16 PM
> 
> Hi Jim
> Don't know anything about the Boston. There are none in my territory.
> Since there is a very active Yamaha dealer here, I tune a load of U1's.
> Pretty hard upright to beat. Easy to tune....... and sound and play very
> nicely.
> 
> Ralph (only one on the list)
> of course, you can call me Harry if you like.
> 
> On Fri, 27 Feb 1998 19:51:40 -0600 "pianoman" <pianoman@inlink.com>
> writes:
> >Hi All,
> >I will chime in on this also. I have tuned 1 Boston 45" and it played 
> >like
> >a bear.  Tuning pins were jumpy, tone was not musical.  I tuned 1 48"
> >Boston with jumpy pins and 1 52" Boston, same problem.  The case for 
> >the
> >45" Boston was sloppily made and veneered and was made by Kimball.  
> >Reports
> >I have heard said that warranty veneer problems have not been taken 
> >care of
> >at a large university here.
> >Bottom line for me, and this is my opinion,  you are better off with 
> >the
> >Kawai rather than Boston, and better than that would be Yamaha U-1's.
> >James Grebe
> >R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth
> >pianoman@inlink.com
> >"I'm on my way towards the mighty light of knowledge".
> >
> >----------
> >> From: Keith McGavern <kam544@ionet.net>
> >> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >> Subject: Re: Boston verticals
> >> Date: Friday, February 27, 1998 5:43 PM
> >> 
> >> Ed Tomlinson <ETomlinCF3@aol.com> posted:
> >> >My preference is Yamaha.  I would consider a U1 Yamaha.  The Boston 
> >is a
> >> >Kawai.  Improved with what features????...
> >> 
> >> Ed, Ed.  Naturally, your preference would be a Yamaha.  But are the 
> >other
> >> comments really necessary?
> >> 
> >> The Bostons I've experienced may be manufactured by the Kawai group, 
> >but
> >> they are definitely *not* Kawais' in personality.
> >> 
> >> Keith A. McGavern
> >> kam544@ionet.net
> >> Registered Piano Technician
> >> Oklahoma Chapter 731
> >> Piano Technicians Guild
> >> USA
> >> 
> >
> 
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