In a message dated 9/19/2000 9:53:36 AM, Carol wrote: <<"As for grey market Disklaviers - forget it! Because they are not UL approved,............... THe product liability would be enormous if that thing caught fire! ">> The only difference between UL approved and non-UL approved in this case is a bracket and a screw that is installed on "UL Approved" pianos so that a tool of some sort is needed to get at the electrical components. Or so we were told at the Disclavier course at Yamaha. <<"Yamaha of America cannot supply parts.">> Carol there is a vast difference between "cannot" and 'will not'. Let us not confuse a marketing decision with technical capability. <<"I certainly do not know enough Japanese to order parts and manual directly from Japan.">> Yeah, tis a slight problem huh? :-) Jim Bryant (FL)
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