[CAUT] Yamaha T118

[Jim Busby]

I agree Dennis. But I only have 236 of them...

Best,
Jim

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:06 AM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Yamaha T118

Hi Bill-

I'm not exactly sure why, but I like the P22's coming out now (as of last year) better than before.  They seem to cooperate better right out of the box.  Our piano faculty much prefer the faux sostenuto bass sustain over the felt mute strip,  which the P22 has over the U1.  We would not purchase a T118.  I don't like the one piece front either.

take care,

Dennis Johnson
St. Olaf College
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On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Barbara Richmond <piano57 at comcast.net<mailto:piano57 at comcast.net>> wrote:
The case design (including the music rack) of the P22 is a winner in institutions, I think.  The T118 has that funky all-in-one piece front & fallboard which may or may not be an issue.  Otherwise, they both tune up nicely.

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois


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Subject: [CAUT] Yamaha T118
List,

Can you tell me what experiences you have had with Yamaha T118s? We are ready to get at least one new piano and are not sure about P22s or T118s. We have gotten U1s and love them but with the economy the way that it is we have had the budget cuts that many, if not most, have gotten. We have had Steinways and found the U1 to be a better instrument. I have also had experiences with Bostons at another university that I had worked at and was totally unimpressed with them. We do have Boston grands at ONU and nobody likes them. We do have two old Yamaha P2Cs at ONU that are 37 years old and are still going strong even after being used in practice, teaching, and classroom use. I just needed to install new hammers. It is because of this durability that we are going with Yamaha. I know that they are not perfect, but no piano is. Thanks for your help.

God bless

Bill Balmer,RPT
University of Findlay and Ohio Northern University

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