<< what Mr. Campbell said. He said Guangzhou is pretty humid -- roughly like the tropics in S. America. Maybe they don't have the huge climate changes that many places in the U.S. experience. ??? >> I understand that, however, I don't think anyplace can get much more humid that New Orleans, so I still have to wonder what is going on. I dunno, I have wondered how much of the Yamaha "grey market cautions" are based on marketing and how much is really based on the wood. I have several customers with Kawai "Model 500" pianos from wayyyy back, and they haven't fallen apart or anything else that I can ascribe to mis-climate. (I have also seen some obvious grey market pianos that seem to behave just like their more legitimate brethren). I do wonder... Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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