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there is a lot of confusion about where a lot of Boston pianos do actually come from, but the Wiki is still slightly out of date. Currently the Boston 118 is made in Indonesia (presumably in Kawai's Indonesian factory) whilst all the rest of the uprights and grands are built by Kawai in Japan. Well...

PianoGuy wrote: How S&S have the neck to charge that kind of dough for a piece of old Guangzhou-tech beats me. Even their Kawai based offerings were better value than this. PianoGuy - I have just seen on Wikipedia the following: "Boston pianos are designed by Steinway using Steinway patents...

Thanks for your advice PianoGuy.

About 5900 GBP for the Boston UP118 polished walnut. So what would be better with a budget such as this available? Something even better than a 121 Perzina, Wendl & Lung, Brodmann, or Pearl River UP118T? Or is this a price where nothing is worth having and you have to go either cheaper (as you h...

Presumably then Pearl River sourced pianos are lacking in quality somewhere when priced at the Boston upright level of the market? Where do the Boston uprights fall down?

What other pianos in the Boston upright 118 price range do acheive the quality one should expect for that sort of money?

I am considering the Boston UP118E or the Boston UP131E new. Have seen these at Stuart Jones pianos in Newtown, Wales. But I don't have much experience. Any advice? Have people had good service/ advice from here in the past?