On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Steven Sandstrom <sandstromsw at hotmail.com> wrote: > Does anyone have any recommendations for pianos that will hold up in a > school? The local public schools might be getting some new ones. In the past > 15 years they have bought some Walter studios and some Boston studios. They > have not held up well in the very dry to very humid conditions in the school > buildings. Some of the schools have upgraded to geo-thermal systems. I don't > like these at all. It is just as dry in the winter as before but now you > have forced air drying things out more. I have always recommended the P22's > but have not worked on any of the Chinese made ones. I know no piano will do > very good under these conditions. The school district does a pretty good job > of taking care of the pianos. Music programs are still important in the > schools here. Price is always a concern. There are still some of the 40-50 > year old Hamilton pianos that some teachers prefer over the newer stuff. Too > bad they don't make them like those. Any suggestions will help. > > Thanks, Steve Sandstrom > I couldn't agree more with the sentiments expressed about Dampp-Chasers, I do have different suggestion for a studio piano though. IMHO a Kawai UST-9 which has a composite action, styran & graphite, solves some of those everyday problems, loose flanges, etc. the keys, hammer shanks and sounding board/back structure are still wood but built every bit as well as any other piano mentioned. Mike -- The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. - Bertrand Russell Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080317/439cc03f/attachment.html
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