Grey Market

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Wed, 07 Feb 2001 22:08:32 +0100



jolly roger wrote:

> Hi Tony,
>
> I purchased 3 grands and stored them for 12 months. All 3 had to be rebuilt
> before they could be sold.
> Trust me it was an expensive lesson.
> In fairness when the pianos arrived, they were obviously maintained by
> competant technicians. but the actions were worn out from heavy use. This I
> expected. The small pressure ridges that were evident on reciept, soon
> turned to significant cracks in winter.
> Again not hearsay but personal experience.
> I have no doubt that these pianos may stand up quite well in the higher
> humidity regions of this continent.
> But I will bet that there is some nasty suprises building up if you live in
> the corn belt.

I am curious Roger... how were these pianos shipped to you ? Were they crated and
preped for the trip as new ones are ?

> In fairness to all I am a Yamaha and Baldwin piano dealer, but I don't
> think my opinion is clouded.

Nahhhh... .not you ...

>
> My brain maybe.

Wellllllll.... grin

> Roger
>

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no




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