<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" text=#000000> <DIV>List:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The decision has been made to purchase a Yamaha CFIIIS for our recital hall.  We have two Steinway "D"s in there and one will be replaced.  Our chairman was told by an unhappy dealer, that we will be one of only 5 music schools that have a Yamaha in their recital hall.  I told him, that those kind of statistics would be very difficult to obtain, and that I have serious doubts about the veracity of that statement.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Our Artist in Residence (a Steinway artist) liked this particular Yamaha very much as did another prominent - and somewhat biased - Steinway artist in New York.  On the strength of these two artists, whom I know and respect, I certainly raised no objections to the Yamaha purchase.  We hadn't found any other pianos that were really special.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Does anyone have an idea of how common CFIIISs are in music schools?  I just can't believe that they are that rare.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave</DIV></BODY></HTML> <BR> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: x-small"> <DIV> <HR> <FONT size=3>David M. <FONT color=#000000 face="Times New Roman">Porritt</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><A href="mailto:dporritt@swbell.net">dporritt@swbell.net</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Meadows School of the Arts</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Southern Methodist University</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Dallas, TX 75275</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> <HR> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>