<html> Hi Dave,              We have two older CF,s and a Bossy, at our University. I own a CF111 and an SD10 very few artist will play the Steinways with either the Regina or Saskatoon Symphony"s, But rent one of our concert grands. Both conductors recommend to performers that they try all pianos and make a selection. Fairly recently,  Angela Hewitt, a Steinway Artist, chose the CF111 over the Steinway for an all Bach programme. A review in the London Times compared this lady to Glen Gould in abilities. FWIW. University of Calgary has a CF111, and I know Marcel Carey has one at his University in Quebec. A low maintenance and good instrument in the scheme of things. Steinway's for the most part have a poor reputation in this area. Well earned, from their many years of poor service in this area, and poor quality products Early 70's production. Roger  At 06:42 PM 1/25/01 -0600, you wrote: <blockquote type=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 </blockquote> </html>