Terry, At 21:16 01/31/2001 -0800, you wrote: >Can anyone please confirm for me the manufacture date of the following >Yamaha U3? The serial# is: H 2084987. My atlas indicates about 1979, but >no letter "H" is indicated anywhere; only "T" or "U". The info i got from Yamaha a couple years ago says: - taller than 45" - Hamamatsu - less than 45" with 7 digit serial # - Hamamatsu My guess: H = Hamammatsu However, that number would be late 1975... >The owner's SWEAR that they bought it BRAND NEW about 3 years ago from >"Merril's Music", which, they tell me, is no longer in business. Duh... > The piano surely appears new, and the bench is padded, as all the > current Yam Verts are now, and I assume Yamaha was not making that kind > of bench 20+ years ago...or were they? Who's to say the bench and the piano are the same age??? >The owner's claim it has never really been played, and indeed, by all >appearances, looks quite new. >Please help asap! thanks! >Terry Peterson Either the piano was in a time warp or my information is inaccurate... Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician -mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Voice-(319)-387-1204 // Fax (319)-387-1076(Dept.office) Education is the best defense against the media.
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