In a message dated 9/22/1999 12:11:12 AM, carolb@earthlink.net writes: <<"Or is this just another one of those problems associated with "gray market" pianos.">> Carol; No this isn't "one of those problems" and most of the others aren't either :-) When this piano was made Yamaha and everyone else was using standard cabinet construction procedure for their polyester pianos...that didn't work due to the expansion and contraction that we all love so!! Newer models of Yamaha and Kawai, Young Chang, etc. use a fiber board/synthetic dense underlayment for their poly finishes now and doing so has solved this blistering/cracking problem. The problem can be repaired very simply, but it will happen again in all probability. Jim Bryant (FL)
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