Good pianos for schools?

[Michael Magness]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Steven Sandstrom <sandstromsw at hotmail.com>
wrote:

>    Does anyone have any recommendations for pianos that will hold up in a
> school? The local public schools might be getting some new ones. In the past
> 15 years they have bought some Walter studios and some Boston studios. They
> have not held up well in the very dry to very humid conditions in the school
> buildings. Some of the schools have upgraded to geo-thermal systems. I don't
> like these at all. It is just as dry in the winter as before but now you
> have forced air drying things out more. I have always recommended the P22's
> but have not worked on any of the Chinese made ones. I know no piano will do
> very good under these conditions. The school district does a pretty good job
> of taking care of the pianos. Music programs are still important in the
> schools here. Price is always a concern. There are still some of the 40-50
> year old Hamilton pianos that some teachers prefer over the newer stuff. Too
> bad they don't make them like those. Any suggestions will help.
>
>  Thanks,  Steve Sandstrom
>

I couldn't agree more with the sentiments expressed about Dampp-Chasers, I
do have different suggestion for a studio piano though.
IMHO a Kawai UST-9 which has a composite action, styran & graphite, solves
some of those everyday problems, loose flanges, etc. the keys, hammer shanks
and sounding board/back structure are still wood but built every bit as well
as any other piano mentioned.

Mike

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Michael Magness
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