Is it a grey market?

[Newton Hunt]

The "E" is a model modification of some sort, most likely a scale
change.  The U1s we are all most familiar with are "D"s.  More
important is get it's serial number and talk to Yamaha, they may be
able to tell you.

		Newton

Frank Cahill wrote:
> 
> I recently saw a Yamaha U1 that I was considering for my own. On the
> plate was stamped "U1E".
> 
> What is the "E"? I'd never seen this before. Maybe it's a grey market
> paino.
> 
> The piano was at a Yamaha dealer, and he says that the "E" means that
> there was a slight engineering change and that it was stamped on the
> plate to keep track of that manufacturing run.
> 
> Any thoughts on this?
> --
> 
> Frank Cahill
> Associate Member, Piano Technicians Guild
> Northern Va