At 06:56 AM 1/6/2005 -0600, you wrote: >This may sound simplistic, but has anyone approached Yamaha suggesting >that they become a generic piano parts supplier. It seems like they are >always looking for new avenues for business expansion, I am. >Jim >James Grebe Well...... someone will need to step up to the plate. If you haven't heard, Gibson, in their infinite wisdom, has shut down the Pratt-Win plant in Juarez. That plant produced a HUGE amount of parts of all types (not just Baldwin) for suppliers. There are already shortages. I suspect that we'll eventually see Oriental and Czech parts, IF..... big IF.... the tooling-up costs can be worked-out. Gibson made it difficult to purchase any of the machinery. Even so, the days of relatively inexpensive S2 parts and brass-rail butts and damper levers and flanges and.... well..... the list is almost endless..... anyway, those days are over. Bank on it, and budget for it when estimating. In some cases, when estimating, it will be a real good idea to check on parts availability before giving the customer the bid. Regards, Guy
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