Should he buy the Young Chang?

[jolly roger]

Hi Jeannie,
                 Longevity of tone and action quality would be the main
concern, YC has improvered but so has Yamaha and Kawai.  Resale value would
be another consideration, the Japanese pianos would win hands down.
YC keysticks tend to be of much inferior quality, and tend to warp.
Service back up the same thing.
The 2 I have serviced had doped hammers, not ideal over the long term.
Roger

At 09:36 PM 3/11/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello list. A potential customer-buyer of a nice grand is considering the
>Yamaha C-5, a Kawai 6'4", or the Young Chang G-208 6'10". He can get the
>larger Young Chang for about the same money than the smaller Yamaha or
>Kawai. I searched the archives and couldn't find any strong objections to
>the Young Chang in the upper price ranges. I told him I'd check the opinions
>of folks on this list so that he is happy with his piano (and my advice). He
>likes the mellower tone of that Young Chang and does not know whether
>voicing would bring the Yamaha or the Kawai hammers to the tone he likes.
>He likes the Young Chang best on the floor, but wants to know if he would
>regret buying it down the road.
>
>Do any of you know of specific problems of of the Young Chang G-208? Does
>the quality of that model compare with the Yamaha or Kawai? Suggestions?
>Warnings?  Suspicions?
>
>Thanks,
>Jeannie Dalton, associate member
>