Low end Yamaha and Kawai pianos

[Jenneetah]

At 8:54 PM -0700 9/27/04, David Love wrote:
>Any body familiar with the low end models of Yamaha and Kawai who can
>recommend a favorite model for a person with a reduced budget.  I just
>don't see enough of them to have any service familiarity.

A local private school just bought 2 U1s and 2 T116s, both models 
48". The T116 is supposedly the low-price Thomaston GA version of the 
Japanese U1, but is very well made. These T116s had a sound every bit 
as good as the U1s. If your customer can manage to get a 48" instead 
of a 42" or 44", the T116 is a great deal. (Overlooking of course the 
conglomerated falboard/frontpanel, and the "step-backwards" fastening 
for the muffler rail on the T116.)