Yamaha's idiotic policies

[Richard Brekne]

100 yen is approximately 1 US dollar, or said another way, a Yen is the 
same as a Penny.  Many of the parts and supplies Watanabe sells are 
Yamaha parts. Tho the bredth of their piano supplies is a bit limited... 
still many of the things one wants to get ahold of are available through 
them.

Cheers
RicB

Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/9/2005 4:39:46 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
> Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no writes:
>   Ric
>   I was just strolling thru the Watanabe site. Looks like the tools 
> commonly called Yamaha tools /parts to me. Does any on know how to 
> convert Yen to US dollars. ie. What is 100 yen worth?
>  I'll probably order some stuff if the price is right.
>   Dale
>
>     Dean May wrote:
>
>     >Tell us Richard, you have the Japanese connections, can we buy
>     directly from
>     >Japan?
>     >
>     >Dean
>     >
>     > 
>     >
>     I doubt it. But there are two Japanese suppliers in Hamamatsu and
>     they
>     sell a good deal of supplies made by Yamaha. I posted a link to
>     Watanabe
>     just the other day.  I forget the name of the other supplier, but
>     it the
>     larger supply house..... and a bit more pricy.
>
>     Personally, I dont really see the problem. There are plenty enough
>     alternative parts suppliers out there, and more then one source is
>     for
>     high quality stuff that is compatble in every sense of the word with
>     just about every piano.  In anycase... what differences there are
>     do not
>     strike me as worth loosing even an eyeblink of sleep about.
>
>     Cheers
>     RicB
>
>