[CAUT] Yamaha T118

[Leslie Bartlett]

Wow!  I tuned a school district with about 120 pianos, mostly P22's, P
202's, and P 2's I think.  I loved them  The guy I replaced said I should
expect to replace about 6 strings a semester.  I think I replaced about that
many in ten years..

les bartlett

 

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Nancy
Salmon
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 1:26 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Yamaha T118

 

I agree about the case design on Yamahas; both top & bottom board.
I don't agree about P22's. I have had only trouble: tuning instability, bass
string breakage,  hammer-flange center pins needing recentering and/or
tightening frequently, and generally not holding up well to institutional
wear and tear. I am in Appalachia and many of our public schools are still
coal fired, tough on any instrument, but the P22's fare worse than other
pianos.
In contrast I have 7 P22's at Frostburg State, in a climate controlled
building. Same problems with the P22's. The higher model Yamahas have been
great.
Good luck and judicious decisions, Nancy Salmon RPT

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:28 AM, wbis290 <wbis290 at aol.com> wrote:

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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