Boston verticals reply

[pianoman]

Hi All,
I will chime in on this also. I have tuned 1 Boston 45" and it played like
a bear.  Tuning pins were jumpy, tone was not musical.  I tuned 1 48"
Boston with jumpy pins and 1 52" Boston, same problem.  The case for the
45" Boston was sloppily made and veneered and was made by Kimball.  Reports
I have heard said that warranty veneer problems have not been taken care of
at a large university here.
Bottom line for me, and this is my opinion,  you are better off with the
Kawai rather than Boston, and better than that would be Yamaha U-1's.
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth
pianoman@inlink.com
"I'm on my way towards the mighty light of knowledge".

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> From: Keith McGavern <kam544@ionet.net>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Boston verticals
> Date: Friday, February 27, 1998 5:43 PM
> 
> Ed Tomlinson <ETomlinCF3@aol.com> posted:
> >My preference is Yamaha.  I would consider a U1 Yamaha.  The Boston is a
> >Kawai.  Improved with what features????...
> 
> Ed, Ed.  Naturally, your preference would be a Yamaha.  But are the other
> comments really necessary?
> 
> The Bostons I've experienced may be manufactured by the Kawai group, but
> they are definitely *not* Kawais' in personality.
> 
> Keith A. McGavern
> kam544@ionet.net
> Registered Piano Technician
> Oklahoma Chapter 731
> Piano Technicians Guild
> USA
>