Hello, Yes but I can buy parts as hammer assembly or others with any regular Yamaha number, that does not seem to be a problem if you know what part to ask for. I did not do that for gray market pianos actually, but it appears that I needed parts without knowing the piano number, and I was able to receive them whith another piano serial number. For grand Yamaha's I was surprised to hear a very nice job done by the French hammer - refelter - Desfougeres. Good shape, plenty of felt; a little tension but a pleasing sound in the end (the treble need to be well lacquered). As the cost is a little less than new heads (and you don't have to unglue/glue ... that seem a cheap but sometime valuable option. The problem lies in the unevenness of the results for these kind of jobs, but some hammers also are not very even in quality . Greetings Isaac OLEG Entretien et reparation de pianos. PianoTech 17 rue de Choisy 94400 VITRY sur SEINE FRANCE tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98 fax : 033 01 47 18 06 90 cell: 06 60 42 58 77 > -----Message d'origine----- > De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la > part de David Love > Envoye : mercredi 16 avril 2003 02:45 > A : Pianotech > Objet : Re: Gray Market Pianos > > > I am aware of that problem and that was one reason I wondered what > obligation a Yamaha dealer has about selling a like piano > for which one > would not be able to buy parts. > > David Love > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Z! Reinhardt <diskladame@provide.net> > > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>; <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> > > Date: 4/15/2003 5:21:02 PM > > Subject: Re: Gray Market Pianos > > > > You might have "fun" [read: trouble] getting parts for > these pianos. > Yamaha > > likes to know the serial number of any piano you're > working on regardless > of > > its age when you're ordering parts for it. I've also seen written > > statements that they will not supply parts to any grey > market pianos > > regardless who pays for them. You might want to check the website > > www.YAMAHA.com. > > > > Z! Reinhardt RPT > > Ann Arbor MI > > diskladame@provide.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> > > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 4:58 PM > > Subject: Re: Gray Market Pianos > > > > > > : I'm not sure if they are being represented as non-gray > market, but they > > are > > : not disclosing what they are or the potential downsides > of them. This > > : particular piano has pin block problems. > > : > > : David Love > > : davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > : > > : > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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