Yamaha "Gray Market"

[J Patrick Draine]

On Jan 4, 2004, at 5:36 AM, N&B Brickman wrote:

> Folks,
> 	I could use a little information.  I am in the Washington, D.C.,
> area and have a set of customers that have purchased from the Yamaha or
> Kawai used "Gray Market" and have been enjoying their pianos for many
> years.  I notice no problems when I service them, and yet the recent
> posts make them sound inferior.  What specifically am I missing about
> the "seasoning" that is done for the North American market?

Perhaps the aspect of "seasoning" that occurs which the average piano 
in more northern climes often endures, shoved up against a hot air vent 
or baseboard heat. And periods of time (currently diminishing in my 
neighborhood due to global warming) when the outside temperatures are 
10 above or 10 below zero Farenheit, which really superdries the air 
throughout our customers' homes.

Patrick