<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE> <P>This is just a short reply to the latest submission on Bostons.  My own experience of them is very negative, in fact, I would go as far as saying that I feel there are design problems with them.</P> <P>I have 4 uprights 3 grands in my college situation and 2 grands and 2 uprights 'on the road'. All of these pianos have tuning stability problems compared with Yamaha and Kawai equivalents. The uprights also have tonal problems as far as any sustained or 'singing tone' is concerned. Tonally, 3 of the uprights I look after remind me of some of the very poor pianos which came from the Eastern bloc in the 80's and 90's with a very dead tone. Part of the tuning stability problem arises from the very 'rubbery' feel of the pin/plank area. There is very little indication of when one has 'set' the pin because there is a sense that both the steel of the pin and the plank are 'soft', even though the pins are 'tight' in the plank. This sounds like contradiction, but I can't find another way of describing it. Having said all this, I can guarrantee that pitch will have dropped after a 6 month period on the domestic pianos.  My comparisons are with the countless Yamahas  which I tune and the growing number of Chinese imports.</P> <P>Paul</P> <P><BR><BR> </P></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Help protect your PC with anti-virus protection when you <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUK/2743??PS=">sign up for MSN 8</a> .</html>