Our Yamaha loaner program here at Hofstra too ended abruptly, with our local dealer filing chapter 11. The music dept. is in discussions for either buying the loaners or signing on for a Kawai loaner program-with the same dealer no less! I was asked by the chair which pianos would be the best. I like the Yamahas (mostly U1s, GC1s, a C6 and a few C2s) and I suggested they buy them. Can you imagine, a University asking a piano tech for advice?? In all fairness to Kawai, I said I had very little experience or knowledge of their line. I know the (sp?) Sheguru grands are supposed to be wonderful, though I've not played one. If anyone cares to venture an opinion on the Kawais or this dilemma, I would be most appreciative. Don Mannino, are you listening? David Denison, RPT Registered Piano Technician Member Piano Technicians Guild Phone: 516-674-4385 Email: A440 at optonline.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Kent Swafford To: College and University Technicians Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:45 AM Subject: [CAUT] loaner programs I've heard of a number of loaner programs that have ended in the current economic mess. (Loaner programs, meaning, dealers lending new pianos to institutions in exchange for a heavily promoted onsite sale of pianos to the public.) Have others of these programs ended? Do these programs continue as usual in some places? Just curious, Kent -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100301/65ec393e/attachment.htm>
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC