<!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 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Clyde I'm on the = staff of the dealership here in Phoenix. I say "the" dealership because we carry, = Steinway, Baldwin, Yamaha, Kawai, Charles Walter, and all the Baldwin Samicks like = Wurlitzer, Chickering, etc. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    So I get to work on = a lot of Yamaha's and Bostons. If I were you, I would go for either the Yamaha's = or a nice Kawai RX-3 or 5. The Boston is a nice piano, but when Steinway = starts telling Kawai how to make a piano, then you get a piano designed by = committee, if you know what I mean. The Boston is a fine piano, but I think that = part of the price is the Steinway "mystic". (sic?)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I have to admit to a = certain fondness for the Yamaha C5, and perhaps someone can answer a question I = have. The C5 seems to have more fundamental in the bass, giving a tone that I = like a lot. This is the smallest piano to have the longer "concert" action in = it, and I think the tone may be due to the hammers in the bass section striking = the strings further out on the string, say, around the 9th partial. Can = anyone refute or confirm this?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Kevin E. = Ramsey</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=cedel@supernet.com href="mailto:cedel@supernet.com">Clyde = Hollinger</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 19, = 2003 4:33 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Boston and Yamaha = opinions wanted</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Friends,<BR><BR>For those of you qualified to make = comparisons on the pianos I am about<BR>to identify:<BR><BR>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><BR>__________________________________= _____________<BR>pianotech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>