[CAUT] comparisons

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Greetings all, 
    I have been asked to make some recommendations for school practise room 
pianos.  Here at Vanderbilt, we have been using quite a few Yamaha U-3 pianos, 
with good results.  They were purchased some years ago when they had the true 
sostenuto pedals on them.  Now, the only Yamaha uprights with the sos. are too 
expensively priced for us to purchse, so I am considering the others.     
    Our dealer here has suggested the P-22 as the workhorse piano for 
practise rooms, though I certainly would prefer a larger piano.  I  am unfamiliar 
with the T-121 pianos( $ 6,495), but it was offered as an alternative to the U-1, 
( $7,495).  
      The Kawai dealer has proposed the K-25 or the K-3 pianos.  I know 
nothing about them, though I have some idea that the K-60 would be a better piano.  
It certainly weighs more, which means something.  

     I figure that other CAUT's might have seen some  of these models in 
action for some time and could give me an idea of how durable they might be.  

On list or off, would anybody care to make some recommendations among these 
models, based on how they hold up?  

Thanks, 
Ed Foote RPT 
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html