Upright Damper Felt Source

[David Love]

While the call for a boycott may have been slightly hyperbolic, the point
was not.  While many action parts can be substituted, some can't without a
great deal of trouble.  What you suggest is, in fact, what we are doing;
using other's parts or making up a serial number for the piano.  So what is
accomplished other than aggravation for the technician?  Most gray market
buyers are not consulting with techs before purchasing, and, as I
mentioned, even licensed Yamaha dealers are selling gray market pianos. 
Doesn't sound like the program is working.  The only thing I see is that
Yamaha is missing the opportunity to make some money on the sale of their
parts and is alienating some technicians who might otherwise support them. 


David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 4/30/2004 6:00:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Upright Damper Felt Source
>
> Hey folks...
>
> Really... arent we overstating the problem a bit here ?
>
> While I personally like the quality of Yamaha parts... I certainly 
> wouldnt think twice of useing alternatives in the face of the kinds of 
> problems cited in this thread.  Yamaha is not the only manufacturer in 
> the world to make fine action parts. You should be able to use other 
> high quality parts to meet your needs
>
> Yamaha does what they do for what ever reasons they do, as does evry 
> other major buisness in the world. Boycotting per se will accomplish 
> nothing, and in fact I would suppose that simply accepting their policy 
> in this matter and just as simply getting ahold of alternative parts for 
> whatever pianos are involved would be more then enough of a <<boycott>> 
> anyways.  If the amount of market share involved was enough for Yamaha 
> to worry about... they would adjust their policies accordingly.
>
> Fix the darn things and be happy in life :)
>
> Cheers
> RicB
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