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<DIV>Hi List,</DIV>
<DIV>A recent college purchase of 6 Yamaha U5 uprights has added
advantageously to the stock in our college. I hadn't seen this
model before and it is a very good and serious studio
piano. The touch is firm, the middle pedal is a sostenuto, there
is also a lever operated 'muffler' rail. It also has the feature
I have always felt should be on all serious uprights, i.e. a large
music desk which is part of the top panel which pulls forward allowing more
tonal clarity and volume from the piano. However, to the subject
in hand. This model has agraffes for all the middle tenor/ treble
section and pressure bars for the top two treble sections. Does anyone
know the re-thinking on Yamaha's part for this change in an upright model?
Whilst I find the tuning marginally easier, there does not appear to be a
significant tonal difference.</DIV>
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