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<DIV>Don:</DIV>
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<DIV>I agree with you wholeheartedly. I tried to get them to consider a
Kawai EX, but while they listened politely, they didn't do anything. The
Kawai dealer in Plano (just north of Dallas) has an EX there and it is VERY
NICE. Actually, they also have a GS100 that's not bad.</DIV>
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<DIV>The days of having only one brand of excellent piano is long gone
thankfully.</DIV>
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<DIV>dave<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR
***********<BR><BR>On 1/25/01 at 8:03 PM Donald Mannino wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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size=3>Dave,<BR><BR>Boo, Hiss!<BR><BR>Darn, sure wish they would have visited
Pro Piano in New York or come out to California to try some Kawai EX
pianos.<BR><BR>Ah well, we just need to get these pianos out there a little
more so people know about them. We're working on it.<BR><BR>Don
Mannino<BR><BR>At 06:42 PM 1/25/01 -0600, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite type="cite" cite>List:<BR> <BR>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. <BR> <BR>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.<BR> <BR>Does anyone have an idea of
how common CFIIISs are in music schools? I just can't believe that
they are that rare.<BR> <BR>dave<BR><BR>
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