[CAUT] comparisons

[Jim Busby]

Ed,

FWIW we have 184 P22s here at BYU. Not only are they a solid
"workhorse", when our 20 year turnover date comes we sell them for more
than other brands of the same vintage. Right now our 1985ish P22s are
going for around $1,800.00 and are still in good shape. Funny thing is,
that is almost what we paid for them in 1985. Good resale value indeed!
And the company is great to deal with. That's why we're still going with
Yamahas, for the time being.

Jim Busby BYU




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Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 5:05 PM
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Subject: [CAUT] comparisons

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