<html> Dave, Boo, Hiss! Darn, sure wish they would have visited Pro Piano in New York or come out to California to try some Kawai EX pianos. Ah well, we just need to get these pianos out there a little more so people know about them.  We're working on it. Don Mannino At 06:42 PM 1/25/01 -0600, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>List:   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.    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.   Does anyone have an idea of how common CFIIISs are in music schools?  I just can't believe that they are that rare.   dave <hr> David M. Porritt <a href="mailto:dporritt@swbell.net">dporritt@swbell.net</a> Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 <hr> </blockquote></html>