QUERY:YAMAHA GRANDS BUILT FOR JAPANESE MARKET

[Farrell]

What exactly is the state of parts availablity for grey-market Japanese
pianos. I see Schaff is now selling Yamaha parts. Is this only for North
American Yamahas? Are action/keyboard/whateverelse parts different on the
North American VS Japan market pianos?

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <Maxpiano@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: QUERY:YAMAHA GRANDS BUILT FOR JAPANESE MARKET


> I service a couple of Yamaha grands that were sold by a dealer whom I know
> trades in gray market pianos.  My biggest problem is not with the quality
of
> the pianos but the disreputable quality (read: character) of the dealer.
I
> was contacted before the purchase and advised extreme caution for reasons
> that have been aired on this thread.   The customers elected to go ahead
> anyway.  So far, no problems.
>
> My question is, when our humidity ranges from 70% (or even 80% plus) in
> summer to 30% with the heat on, how is the wood helped to acclimate itself
to
> this range just by controlling the moisture content in the drying kiln?
> Knight used to post notice in their pianos that they were "manufactured
for
> the American climate."  Just what IS the "American climate?"
>
> Bill Maxim
> South Carolina