[pianotech] Yamahas Gray Market?

[Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft]

Matthew,

I service several grey market Yamaha grands. While the wood is not 
conditioned for the American climate, and you my have soundboard cracking 
and loose tuning pin problems long term, it's still a Yamaha and I have 
found no short term stability problems with unisons. I have found stability 
problems with any make piano in church climate conditions, if a climate 
control system is not installed.

Al -
High Point, NC

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Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 6:35 PM
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Subject: [pianotech] Yamahas Gray Market?

> Hi all,
>
> I have a client situation (church) with their grand piano not holding it's 
> tune.  It's a G3.  I have tuned it twice in the past several months. 
> After the second time, she said within a week unisons started going out.
>
> After I finished tuning it, and sit down to play pieces, I was able to 
> knock some unisons out fairly easily.  I went back and cleaned up the 
> unisons.  I did this three or four times.
>
> I have heard about a gray market with Yamaha.  Could this be it?  Thoughts 
> anyone?
>
> Matthew
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
>