Our department (UMass Amherst) is in the process of taking bids on some new verticals. They've received bids for Yamaha, Hailun, Suzuki and Sauter. I just received the following in an email from the department chair: ================ "What I need is any specific reasons why Hailin or Suzuki are not at the Yamaha level. Everyone so far agrees we need to go w/ the Yamahas, but I need specific reasons why the Suzuki or Hailin's don't work---poor tone, action is known for too request repairs, or??? " ================ This is a state school and they may be required to go with the lowest bid unless they can show good cause not to. The models in question are: Hailun HU 116 vs. Yamaha P22 Suzuki AU8 vs. Hailun HU5, vs. Yamaha U1 This is the first time since I've been here that we're buying pianos and also the first time the department chair has actually consulted me on a piano issue. Have any of you had any direct experience with these pianos and can answer his questions? Beyond siting Yamaha's reputation and track record (and the fact that we have some 40 year old verticals that are still in service) I'm not sure how to respond to his request. As you can see from his email, this is not a matter of deciding which piano they want, but of justifying the extra expense to the higher ups. thanks for you help, Aaron ------------------------------------------ Aaron Bousel Registered Piano Technician, Piano Technicians Guild abousel at comcast.net (413) 253-3846 (voice & fax) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100827/629ea359/attachment.htm>
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