>What are your opinions on using Yamaha in place of Steinway grands for >practice rooms? > >Is the cost savings worth it in the final analysis? > > >John Minor >University of Illinois Hi John, In addition to our Steinway inventory, we have several older Yamaha C3 grands in various practice rooms around the school. In general, they have held up very well, in spite of very heavy use. We have replaced hammers, shanks & flanges in most of them by now but all their other parts are original and still in very good condition. I think that they lack the tonal qualities of a Steinway, but they are very good, dependable pianos in their own right and the students play them all the time. I highly recommend them. If money were no object (fat chance of that ever happening), I would have all Steinways. However, Yamaha grands are an acceptable substitute, in my opinion. Regards, Tom Tom Seay The University of Texas at Austin t.seay@mail.utexas.edu
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