I've only come across 1 K that I sort of liked.  An older one with the double flange system that I and another very experienced tech rebuilt.  It was at best, "OK" when we finished, but on the whole.  you could do better with something else. pw <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%>"Porritt, David" <dporritt@mail.smu.edu> Sent by: caut-bounces@ptg.org 09/02/2008 04:50 PM <table border> <tr valign=top> <td bgcolor=white> <div align=center>Please respond to College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org></div></table> <td width=59%> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>To</div> <td><ilvey@sbcglobal.net>, "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td>Re: [CAUT] uprights</table> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> </table> I only do one (4 year old) K52 for a teacher and it is substandard to my ear.  One day right after I tuned it I returned to the school and tuned a 243HP that was far nicer.  The tenor is really weak, and the killer octave really killer.  For that kind of money they should be wonderful instruments and they just aren’t.   dp     David M. Porritt, RPT <a href=mailto:dporritt@smu.edu>dporritt@smu.edu</a>   From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Ilvedson Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 2:24 PM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] uprights   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