Steven The best advice I can give you is the same advice I give all my customers who are in the market for a new piano. As you know, every piano has a different touch, tone, and cabinetry, even within the same brand and model. So I advice my customers to play as many different pianos they want, and pick the one that has the tone, touch and cabinetry they like. When they have found that piano, they should then look at the price tag and see if they can afford it. In your customer's situation, it might take them several weeks before they can play several different brands in places as far away as Dallas or Austin. If they are serious about what they want, it will be well worth it their time and effort. They might wind up with a Yamaha from the store in Midland, but they might also find a Mason, or Estonia, or who knows what, in some other place. With sales as slow as they are, stores are very anxious the make it worth a customer's time and effort, including free delivery to Midland. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician 94-505 Kealakaa Str. Mililani, Oahu, HI 96789 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Steven Hopp <hoppsmusic at hotmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thu, Oct 15, 2009 11:46 am Subject: [pianotech] Yamaha vs. Kawaii Hello list, I have a client who is a student of mine and their son plays quite well. They are ready to make an investement in a small grand. They are planning to spend around $25K. We have a Yamaha dealer in town but no Kawaii dealer close by. So I see a great deal of Yamaha pianos in my tech work but very few (good quality) Kawaii's. I am wondering if those who are experienced with both brands, especially the action and touchweight, where the preferences lie and why you feel that way. With appreciation, Steven Hopp Midland, TX PianoWorks Studio Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now. = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091015/6ce0c832/attachment.htm>
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