CAUT SPECIFIC

[C. Mike Swendsen]

At 08:15 PM 2/27/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello all on the list,
>
>I have a request for information, and can think of no better place to find it
>than here.
>
>I have been asked, by "my" school, to  make a recommendation for replacement
>pianos for four  worn out junkers in the practise rooms.  In the past,  we
>have always replaced pianos with the big Yamaha uprights, (they had the
>sostenuto),  but since they are no longer cost-reasonable, I have been asked
>to compare the Boston Uprights.
>     I have seen the Yamaha pianos give many years of trouble free service;
> who has experience with the Boston in high use, school settings?  And if you
>please, what are the specifics?  Is the pinning durable?  Do the hammers wear
>well? Trapwork function well enough to ignore for a year or so at a time?
> Case parts and hardware stay put and not rattle?
>      All of this is really useful information,  I appreciate anybodys
>thoughts on the marque.
>
>Regards,
>Ed Foote
>
>If you want to do something very nice for your school try the  Charles R.
Walter piano.
Mike Swendsen