This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Patrick, I live in France, and we have to face the problem of grey market pianos = like in the US. Every week some importers receive some containers full of "pianos" that = are case-polished and sent in some shops that distribute them saying = they are "as new". I think Yamaha has the same method for distributing replacement parts = for their pianos, but I don't know if it is only restricted to yamaha = models specially made for france. I think you can buy a yamaha previously sold in Germany and ask for = parts at yamaha, and there is no problem. Maybe andre can talk a bit more about it. I know he has good = relationships with yamaha-europe. Bye, Quentin Patrick Draine wrote: "Grey market pianos is the reason. I'm guessing Europe isn't flooding with container loads of used=3D20 Japanese market pianos? Or, if it's as much a phenomenon in Europe = as=3D20 it is becoming here, there may be Common Market/EU regulations = which=3D20 restrict Yamaha from restraining their sales of repair parts. I'm = just=3D20=3D guessing -- anyone know for sure? Patrick Draine" ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/33/cf/e5/ff/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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