Yamaha pianos

[Ron Nossaman]

>If the piano is 15 years old and hasn't been abused, it is probably in
>pretty good shape. The combination of extremes of temperature and
>humidity in the Japanese climate, along with the lousy construction of
>Japanese houses, means that Yamaha has had to really do their homework
>in the durability department. The U1 is a real "workhorse" but if it has
>been subject to abuse, then all bets are off.

One, two, three, uh four (maybe), huh (?), bets? I can only wonder. The two
pedal ("gray market")  pianos built for the Japanese market were also built
for the Japanese climate, and aren't expected or observed to do that well
in the average humidity range of the equally average American home. One
might get lucky, but the official Yamaha position is that they don't know
you when it comes to hearing anything at all in the way of crying about how
a piano built for a climate range on the other side of the planet fifteen
years ago doesn't do all that well in this country. When the parent company
starts throwing up hexes, fetishes, wolfsbane sprigs and garlic  clusters
to ward off the gray market imports, it's time to take another look. Give a
day to "gray market" in the archives before calling the movers.

Lousy construction? By who's standards?

Ron N