Tell us Richard, you have the Japanese connections, can we buy directly from Japan? Dean -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Richard Brekne Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 10:05 PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Yamaha's idiotic policies Well... according to the Japanese... the one and only reason that there is a parts supply problem in the US is simply because the US division wants to discourage the whole grey market thing. They <<over there>> dont seem to have any problems, financial or otherwise, suppling parts to folks what want them one way or another. --- so I gotta assume that when it comes down to it... its more a matter of politics then anything else.. I mean, if Yamaha cant make money selling parts when they first put themselves to the task... then who on earth can ...eh ? Cheers RicB PianoTek4u@aol.com wrote: > To the List: > > With regard to Yamaha Corporation's parts policy, I spoke to Dave > Durben of Yamaha at the Februrary, 2004 Tech Conference at the LAX > Hilton and the gist of the conversation was thus: It costs Yamaha > about $20 just to PROCESS an order for parts and, in many instances, > Yamaha takes a loss in the supplying of parts for its instruments. > Consequently, so as not to exacerbate these losses, the piano maker > will only supply parts for those pianos which are in America > legitimately which is why the serial numbers of instruments are > required when ordering. I hope this information may help explain > their policy. > > Respectfully, > > Anthony G. Bajada _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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