Jenks

[Brian Henselman]

Well, if it had 2 pedals, then it's gonna be quite a bit older.  Probably
from the 1960's to mid 1980's.  I agree that these "gray-market" pianos are
problematic, in that even the USA-market Japanese pianos (3 pedal grands)
from this era were also problematic.  Both Yamaha, and Kawai have continued
to improve the quality of their products, and I believe that these
improvements also carry over to their new "Japanese Market" pianos also.

I'm just trying to say that not EVERY graymarket piano is trash.  I'm
actually pretty fond of several of the newer (10 years old or newer) ones
that have "migrated" to the USA.  These aren't 2 pedal jobs like you
mentioned, however, because the newer Japanese market pianos have been 3
pedal for a while now.

Cheers,
Brian Henselman

-----Original Message-----
From: AMeyer2988@AOL.COM <AMeyer2988@AOL.COM>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Friday, September 17, 1999 8:52 PM
Subject: Jenks


>I read some of the comments made about the container Yamaha pianos. Then
read
>the "sort of" add on the back of the Journal. Today I had to do a complete
>file of hammers and regulation on a G2 with the two pedals. After doing the
>job I proceded to visit another music store in town and came across another
>grand that was bigger than the other but didn't notice the model. I'm not
>sure I want anymore. Thaaanks
>
>
>Alan Meyer
>Assoc. Member
>Las Vegas
>