QUERY:YAMAHA GRANDS BUILT FOR JAPANESE MARKET

[Avery Todd]

John,

    Check out the link below from one of many discussions on this subject.
The archives would also have a lot of replies.

Avery

At 10:50 PM 06/26/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a customer who has just purchased a 30 yr. old Yamaha G2 that was
>originally manufactured for the Japanese market.  She was told by one
>"expert" to stay away from these pianos.  According to this expert, the
>wood is dried to a different % EMC for the Japanese market then those
>pianos made for the American market and that a piano which was made for
>the Japanese climate will have problems here in the USA (I wonder which
>part of the USA he was referring to, Florida or Arizona).  I would
>appreciate any input/experience on this subject.
>Thanks,
>
>John Gunderson, Associate member, North Jersey Chapter

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:12:17 EDT
Subject: Grey Market Pianos

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