<!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>I have been tuning for a fairly large = school district for 20 years and doing a lot of small university work.  = When I started 25 years ago the Yamaha's were kind of the hot thing, and still = are really, so we worked to try to be able to buy the Yamahas without = bidding or working around the bid process to get what we wanted.  I had a call = today from the district about buying Conover-Cable pianos, I am doing some = dealer work there and the pianos are doing fine.  We have some in other = districts, and the pitch stays very stable, the actions seem consistent.  What I = have found with Samick products is that the bass is tubbier, the treble = brighter, but stability is very good.  Is there a time where some tone quality = should be given for stability.  I normally see 35-40c pitch swings = seasonally.  School budgets do not allow for the tunings these need.  I figure = no matter when I tune them they are out of tune at least half of the time.  = Tune in August they are horrible by Christmas, tune in January, they bite the = dust in April.  Just wondering what everyone was recommending and why, = stability, cost, tone, or the dealer's your uncle?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Mosley</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>