gray market

[Michelle Smith]

A newbie tech here.  I'm really interested in this topic.  Did the customer
buy the piano as new or used?  If it was sold as used, what is the main
problem with selling these pianos except that they were built for a higher
humidity level?  

Thanks for the info!

Michelle Smith
Smith Piano Service
Bastrop, Texas



-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of J Pengelly
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 11:53 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: gray market

I just discovered that a Yamaha G3 that I have to give an appraisal on  is 
very likely a gray market piano.What I know at this point is that they 
bought it from a Vancouver dealer 14 years ago for 7k.Assuming that it is 
still holding up what might you think is a fair value? I'm also assuming   
that the clients don't realise the truth. Any suggestions on approaching 
them?
Much appreciated.

John Pengelly
The Tuning Fork