Grey market Yamahas

[José Fernando]

Hi list

Here in Europe happens the same!!
I think the problem is that this pianos are made for the japanese humidity
(wich is very very high: i had the experiencde!!) and when they came to
other contryes with diferent humidities sometime the sounboard break... but
the main problem is that most of the shops who sell this kind of pianos dont
do the regulation that it should be done  like, for example, the screws ,
wich are to loosed... and the cords some times are broken and most of the
dealers dont fix it selleng the pianos like if ghey were made for it´s
market!!
I´ve a very nice relationship with some japanese technicians from Yamaha and
from other campanys and this pianos are really cheap: most of the times
japanese pay to techinicians to keep the pianos because they dont have
enough space for them: sometimes they sleep under the piano (grand
pianos)... i think this measure is to protect yamaha quality standards...

José Fernando Rocha