At 8:54 PM -0700 9/27/04, David Love wrote: >Any body familiar with the low end models of Yamaha and Kawai who can >recommend a favorite model for a person with a reduced budget. I just >don't see enough of them to have any service familiarity. A local private school just bought 2 U1s and 2 T116s, both models 48". The T116 is supposedly the low-price Thomaston GA version of the Japanese U1, but is very well made. These T116s had a sound every bit as good as the U1s. If your customer can manage to get a 48" instead of a 42" or 44", the T116 is a great deal. (Overlooking of course the conglomerated falboard/frontpanel, and the "step-backwards" fastening for the muffler rail on the T116.)
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