In a message dated 7/22/00 3:38:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time, draine@mediaone.net writes: << Yes, but the Yamaha/Pearl River "joint venture" upright was (is?) being sold in the US through Poppenberg. The folks at this year's Pearl River exhibit dissed the joint venture piano slightly, while extolling the virtues of the main Pearl River line. Truth or sales talk, your guess is as good as mine. I thought that the joint venture pianos had been better prepped than the pianos I saw this year. Patrick >> Of coarse it is, but it says Pearl River not Yamaha on the fallboard. And it is not a "joint Venture" as you discribed. Yamaha has financial interest in the company and is upgrading their quality through improving their tooling and assisting in designs. Ed Tomlinson Cascade Piano Piano Sales/Piano Technician
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