[CAUT] uprights

[Douglas Wood]

IHMO the Steinway uprights will win out if they're in service long  
enough. Which would you rather play--a 40-year-old and heavily used  
1098 or a 40-year-old heavily used something else? Yes, you'll have  
some tone development to do, and they tune like a new Steinway for a  
couple of years, and the tuning has to be pretty near perfect. But  
then they settle down and behave. And make amazing music.

I'm not sure why you're looking at the K. When I have my musicians  
hat on, I LOVE the K's. When I have my technicians hat on, I have to  
remember the musicians hat being the point. Monster pianos. Tons of  
character. Harder to work on and set up, but when done, about as  
stable and long-lasting as anything I'm familiar with. But why spend  
the extra $ over the 1098?

My vote would be 1098's for the UW here, but then the verticals are  
definitely considered second-class by definition. And likely to be  
neglected and kept for a very long time. I tried to get a couple in  
last year, but the decision went to a new L (one of the last). We  
have over 2 dozen L's and a couple of O's already, and no one could  
get excited about spending money on verticals. Lots of excitement  
about a new grand.

Doug


On Sep 2, 2008, at 12:24 PM, David Ilvedson wrote:

> List,
>
> My school is interested in a large purchase of pianos...10 or  
> more.   They are talking with Steinway.   The Boston would be  
> included in the upright part of the purchase or the K52.   Opinions  
> on the bigger Boston uprights and the K52.   Obviously, you can  
> probably get 2 Bostons for the K52, but is the K52 a decent piano  
> these days?
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA 94044

Doug Wood
School of Music
University of Washington

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