<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why not buy a Kawai RX-2?  It's = the same piano made in the same factory as the Boston and costs less because = it doesn't say "who cares and sons" on it.  (How's that for sarcasm?)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">A local school is buying a new grand piano.  The = music department chair<BR>is weighing the choice of either a Boston GP-193 = or a Yamaha C3 or C5.<BR>For any of you who know these pianos and can give = an unbiased opinion,<BR>which would you recommend?  Are there any = strong or weak points of<BR>either model that we should consider?<BR><BR>You may = want to respond privately.  I have never tuned or worked on a<BR>Boston, = so I'm not very well equipped to help her make the choice on<BR>this without = some input.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Clyde<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>