The Japanese culture tends to think that a piano is worn out after 10 years, just as automobiles are used up after 50,000 miles. That is why the used piano market is not very good in Asia, and so many are exported. With their recent economic down turn, I would expect attitudes to shift. Unless things have changed since I worked at Yamaha, and was in Hamamatsu, there is no such thing as a Yamaha factory rebuilt piano. This is either a scam by importers, or an honest misunderstanding. By the way... any of these so called rebuilds that I ever saw didn't look rebuilt at all. Phil Glenn RPT YCA ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Factory Reconditioned Yamahas ? Author: INTERNET:pianotech@ptg.org at CSERVE Date: 3/11/99 11:32 PM Sender: owner-pianotech@ptg.org Received: from bridget.rudoff.com (bridget.rudoff.com [192.231.139.130]) by hpamgaab.compuserve.com (8.8.8/8.8.8/HP-1.0) with ESMTP id XAA26793 for <Phil_Glenn@yca.CCMAIL.compuserve.com>; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:32:03 -0500 (EST) Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by bridget.rudoff.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA25165 for pianotech-outgoing; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:53:19 -0700 (MST) Received: from raiden.sk.sympatico.ca (raiden.sk.sympatico.ca [142.165.5.180]) by bridget.rudoff.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA25157 for <pianotech@ptg.org>; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:53:10 -0700 (MST) Received: from LOCALNAME (sktnsk01d05170149.sk.sympatico.ca [142.165.122.49]) by raiden.sk.sympatico.ca (8.9.1/8.8.6) with SMTP id VAA19273998 for <pianotech@ptg.org>; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 21:53:06 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.16.19990311210127.3cff23ca@mailhost.sk.sympatico.ca> X-Sender: baldwin@mailhost.sk.sympatico.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (16) Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 21:01:27 To: pianotech@ptg.org From: Roger Jolly <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca> Subject: Re: Factory Reconditioned Yamahas ? In-Reply-To: <199903120002.TAA01947@mailhost.capecod.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-pianotech@ptg.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org Hi Jon, Sounds very suspicious to me, many of the gray market pianos were taken in on trade by factory stores, and sold to wholesalers that specialize to moving used product in bulk. These people concentrate on cosmetics and not function. I am off to the factory on the 20th for two weeks of education, and a complete tour of the facilities, no doubt I will try to obtain the first hand story at the the whole grey market issue. One grey market supplier here in Canada is purchasing, so say reconditioned units, good cosmetic job, hammers reshaped, but the key bushings told another story. Just be carefull, and check with Yamaha USA. Regards Roger At 06:58 PM 3/11/99 -0500, you wrote: >List, >I have been requested to look at a few pianos in a dealer's showroom. The >person hiring me said that one is a 'Factory Reconditioned Yamaha" grand. >I didn't know there was such a thing. Did my client misunderstand or is the >dealer feeding her a line ? > >Promptness counts as I am scheduled to meet her at 1pm tomorrow (3/12). > >It's always usefull to have the low-down when approaching situations like >this. > >Thanks, what a resource ! And some techs still insist on being computer free. > > > > >Jon Page >Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Roger Jolly Balwin Yamaha Piano Centres. Saskatoon/Regina. Canada.
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