K&Cs v. YC

J Patrick Draine draine@attbi.com
Tue, 23 Jul 2002 17:10:54 -0400


Hello all,
I have a high school music teacher who's in the midst of getting some 
pianos. He made some selections, but lo & behold someone in procurement 
got an "alternate bid" and now he has some pianos that he didn't want, 
which he is "assured" are equivalent.
He wanted the K&C  46.5" upright, but got the YC 46.5". He had tried out 
the K&Cs at a dealer which (sometimes) excels at prep (he liked what he 
heard), the YC is from a dealer which thinks prep means "uncrate" (he 
really dislikes these). He wants to send the YCs back.
Fine's Piano Book (2000-2001 ed) shows the YC as listing for $400 more 
than the K&C. The "good" dealer was selling the K&C for $330 more than 
the YC.
My impression had been that the only real differences between these 
models was the name plate, and the amount of prep work put into them.
Any comments from folks who prep these, etc?
Patrick Draine



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