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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.<div><br></div><div>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?</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Doug</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 2, 2008, at 12:24 PM, David Ilvedson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">List,</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">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? </div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">David Ilvedson, RPT<br>Pacifica, CA 94044<br></div></span></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div>Doug Wood</div><div>School of Music</div><div>University of Washington</div></span></span> </div><br></div></body></html>