>At 02:22 PM 5/6/96 -0600, you wrote: >>>Our church is considering buying a Baldwin upright Concert Vertical model >>>6000 >>>for use in the sanctuary. Does anyone have information on the reliability of >>>service or suitability of this piano? We are planning to spend about $6300 >>>on >>>the piano. Thanks for any advice. Judy Greenhill >>> >> >> >>>May I strongly recommend that you try the new Boston Vertical..... They >>make about 4 models, and one of them is made in this country. It retails for >>about >>$5300.00 and it is something special.. but then so are their other >>verticals, as are also the grands..... Anyhow I see that your E- Mail >>address is BYU... and I know that the LDS church uses Kawai UST-7's a lot in >>out part of the US and I really like them.. The Boston is made at the Kawai >>Factory and sence you already have a connection with Kawai, I think it would >>be a good idea for you to check the line out. I'm impressed, amd that's NOT >>easy to do. I'm certainly Not Impressed with any Baldwin I've seen >>lately.... By the way...................... How's that search for that >>Senior Technician going.... Just Asking.......... Thanks....... Tom Cobble >>RPT..... >> >>I agree with Tom Cobble, I too tune about 75 Kawai pianos for the LDS Church. >Most are UST-7's the rest are KG-2's. I tune them every 6 months and have >had no trouble at all on any of these pianos. > >Leonard Childs, RPT I would recommend that you take a look at the Yamaha line. The quality and workmanship on the Yamaha is much better than the Baldwin. Kawaii makes a decent piano as well but many feel the Yamaha to be superior. The Baldwin 6000 is a 52" vertical piano, the compareable Yamaha would be the U3 The UST-7 model Kawaii that was suggested above is a 46" upright. The Yamaha model of the same size is the P22 and is a fantastic piano. Another model to consider would be the 48" Yamaha U1, this would fall right in the middle of the 2 sizes. Glenn Grafton Grafton Piano & Organ Co. Souderton PA 1(800)272-5980
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