'Grey Market' Yamahas- again

[Carl Root]

JIMRPT@aol.com wrote:
>  There is in fact a very thriving export business in "quality", used, US made
> grands going to Japan, namely S&S and M&H. There is , evidently, a tremendous
> demand for these 'prestige' instruments there.  And yes , there are exporters
> and wholesalers who are making the purchase and export of these "used"
> instruments to Japan  a "significant" portion of their business. I know one
> wholesaler who shipped 9 containers last year and these included grands as
> well as vertical styles.

Very interesting.

I was thinking more in terms of a significant portion of a retail rather
than wholesale business and also in terms of supply to the US market
rather than overseas.

If it doesn't affect me and my clients, who cares.   ;-)

Carl