Yamaha New Models

[Carl Meyer]

Tony- Mark will hate me for saying this, but all of what you ask doesn't matter much and most doesn't matter at all.  That is, until advertising gets hold of it  Makes great copy.

Hi Mark!!

Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
Santa Clara, California
cmpiano@attbi.com 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Caught" <caute@optusnet.com.au>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: Yamaha New Models


> Hi Mark,
> 
> Question ?
> 
> As we all have been told, Yamaha pianos are made in three different climatic
> controlled environments. (you know, this grey piano thingee)
> 
> As we all know, which one is which is a closely guarded secret.
> 
> what I am curious about is.  Does this climatic thingee only apply to pianos
> made in Japan or to all pianos made by Yamaha.   Example being the pianos
> made in Indonesia and exported to countries around the world in different
> climatic zones.
> 
> Information is our only guide to which Yamaha piano should go where and what
> individual instructions should apply to each different (wet, medium or dry)
> piano when it is moved to a different climatic condition from which it was
> made for.
> 
> OR
> 
> Will Yamaha sell me a piano for Alice Springs Australia (current temp 42C
> humidity 5%) and then change it over when I move to Darwin Australia
> (current temp 33C humidity 85%).
> 
> And lastly
> 
> All the action parts that we get as replacements for Yamaha pianos, are they
> humidity controlled or don't they matter ?
> 
> Just Curious,
> 
> Tony Caught
> Darwin
> Australia
> caute@optusnet.com.au
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Wisner" <MWisner@yamaha.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 8:08 AM
> Subject: Re: Yamaha New Models
> 
> 
> > I also heard from Japanese technicians that Yamaha started to assemble U-1
> > lines in China. They were complaining that they need to spend more time
> for
> > the dealer prep work.
> > Yoshi
> >
> > Nope. All U1 pianos all made in Japan.  So far, anyway.
> >
> > Mark Wisner
> > Piano Service
> > Yamaha Corporation
> > mwisner@yamaha.com
> >
>