Can you answer this in one word?

Openwood · Post by **Openwood** » 25 Feb 2007, 23:12

Right, I'm still dithering over a new piano for my school music room. It's come down to:

A) Yamaha YUS1-Silent 121cm
B) Kemble Conservatoire Silent

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I just dunno - what would Jesus do? Sorry, I meant what would YOU do? In a word, Kemble or Yamaha?

Cheers now!

PianoGuy · Post by **PianoGuy** » 25 Feb 2007, 23:24

They're so dang similar it makes no odds.

I like the beefed up casework of the Cons. which may make it more suitable for a school, but I like the respect that the Yamaha badge has with school kids!

I think that you should try both and buy the one you prefer. Don't buy either if you've not played either! .... And buy from the dealer who'll give you best service, not a faceless webby trader.

fumbler · Post by **fumbler** » 26 Feb 2007, 10:48

Kemaha? Yamble?

I should think that the music students (surely 'school kids' are not going to be allowed to reduce these fine examples to matchwood) would be extremely fortunate to play either.

Remember that it's the school's piano, not yours, so that the ability to take a daily pounding might be more important than nuances of tone. And any differences in the silent electronics interfaces, etc (of which I know nothing).

Stop worrying, both are fine. Perhaps cost will swing it in the end?

Rgds.

Openwood · Post by **Openwood** » 26 Feb 2007, 16:00

Thanks for the replies, it's reassuring to know that people find them both to be good pianos. It will be used for practise and accompanying up to A-Level standard so it does need to be good. I'm in the channel islands and it isn't always possible to find the money to fly across to the mainland to try different dealers. I'm hoping to get across to Chris Venables to try out the Yamahas and should be able to get to see a Kemble on the same trip. I just know I'm going to end up buying a C3 for myself the moment I walk into Venables' lair, so things could get mighty expensive!!

PianoGuy · Post by **PianoGuy** » 26 Feb 2007, 20:42

Just buy the actual one you like when you play it, NOT SIMPLY ANOTHER ONE "JUST LIKE IT" and you won't go too far wrong.

Make a note of the serial number of the one you've chosen, and kick up merry hell if the one you get is even one digit different.

Good luck.

PG

Openwood · Post by **Openwood** » 27 Feb 2007, 00:49

Thank you PG. I've been quoted 4,226 for a
YUS1-Silent 121cm custom upright in polished ebony (excluding VAT and delivery but I won't pay VAT anyway as I'm based in the Channel Islands).

Does that sound like a good price? It's the lowest I've been quoted so far.

PianoGuy · Post by **PianoGuy** » 27 Feb 2007, 08:54

Openwood wrote:
Does that sound like a good price? It's the lowest I've been quoted so far.

It's a ridiculously low price as I'm sure you are aware.

It represents good value only if it applies to (as I've said countless times before) a piano you've seen in the flesh, tried, and approved. It could be false economy if it applies to one that's ordered in for you and supplied untried, or dug out from a warehouse and purportedly made to sound "just like the one" you tried in the showroom. Yamaha preparation "out of the box" is not what it once was.

At that price the dealer's making just a few quid on it, so why should he strive to get it perfect for you?

Blah... blah...

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