<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>uprights</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16705" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>this is just my opinion but I would stay away from the K52.  I have a few customers  that have new K52s and my experience has not been  vary pleasant  with the pianos.  Like a lot of S&S uprights of the past, these most definitely have rendering issues and can be somewhat difficult to tune.  I have also found some of these pianos to be vary faulty, not just in the treble but in the tenor as well.  They have perhaps the most booming bass of any upright piano that I have dealt with though...  One of my customers can not find happiness with her K52, the lower 2 tenor dampers seem to bleed regardless of the regulation.  I will be replacing the felts in the next week or so.  The Boston seems to be a good product, you get a lot for the money.  They seem to be vary playable and are easy to tune and service.  You absolutely won't get the bass response of a K52 though.  All and all, I would recommend a Boston over a K52 any day.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shawn Brock, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.shawnbrock.com">www.shawnbrock.com</A></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ilvey@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">David Ilvedson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 02, 2008 3:24 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] uprights</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P>List,</P> <P> </P> <P>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?   </P> <P> </P> <P>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, CA 94044<BR></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>