<html> Ron, Well, the Kawai K-60 or K-80 of course! :-) The difference is that the K-60 has the usual Japanese institutional squarish cabinet with flip down music rack.  The K-80 has a fancier cabinet with a grand piano style music rack and fallboard, plus it has a real sostenuto pedal.  The muffler rail is activated with a lever under the keybed.  Both have agraffes in the bass and tenor, and (in my opinion any way) sound great.  Good solid tone, reasonably deep bass, clear and clean tone without being harsh or too bright. Don Mannino RPT (Kawai employee) At 02:08 AM 8/8/2002 +0000, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Dear lists- I'm asking on behalf of a customer that will be shopping for an upright to be used in a newer middle school.  Their budget is roughly $10,000.  The music teacher has been told that a 52" upright has the same soundboard area as a 6' grand.  Therefore, she's been thinking about the Boston, Yamaha U3, and Kawai.  It won't get a ton of use, but will be their only 'performance' piano, so musicality, and durability are primary concerns.  Feel free to suggest a shorter instrument, if you have a favorite.  Offlist, if you would prefer. Thanks in advance Ron Koval Chicagoland _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: <a href="http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx" eudora="autourl">http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx</a> </blockquote></html>