Chinese P3?

[Paul Graeber]

Hello, list

As I understand it, to satisfy Taiwan's import-export laws and help a very
large unemployment problem, the components are shipped from Japan and
assembled in the "factory" in Taiwan. They are not supposed to leave the
country. The ones I have worked on looked just like your description.

P.S.  To the best of knowledge, imported Yamaha pianos with a "T" in front
of the serial number come from the facility in Taiwan.

Thomaston production...with a "T" are all from the U.S.

The Yamaha pianos I have worked on that arrived from Europe, all were made
in Japan.

On the WEB, Yamaha.com (US) does not provide any information about
International production. Yamaha Japan talks about the new XG format.
A better bet is Yamaha UK. At least they have an updated list of serial
numbers, and the UK Yamaha production!




At 08:40 AM 2/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Yesterday I tuned a Yamaha P3 for a Chinese family who just moved here from
>Taiwan, and brought their piano with them. This piano, to put it bluntly,
>looks terrible. The hammer moldings are brown, the damper rod is bent, keys
>are warped, tuning pin torque is not uniform, to name just a few of the
>problems. Even the finish is not what have seen on other P3's.
>
>The lady told me the piano was tuned and inspected just before they left
>Taiwan, but the problems I saw were not "moving" damage. Most of the problems
>are just bad manufacturing. I have seen some mainland China pianos, mostly
>from the Pearl River Factory, and this piano could fit right in.
>
>Does anyone know if Yamaha has a manufacturing plant in Taiwan, or mainland
>China? The serial number started with a T.
>
>Willem Blees  RPT
>St. Louis
>
>



  Paul Graeber
  pgraeber@1connect.com
  San Jose, California


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