In a message dated 9/19/2000 10:53:59 AM, Cameron wrote: <<Forgive my ignorance, but what someone please tell me what a grey market piano is? Is it a piano made by no-one-knows-who, in a factory in no-one knows-where, who illegally put Yamaha's name on the instrument? >> A "grey market" anything is an item that was bult for sale in one area but is exported to an area that was not originally intended to be a sales destination. In this particular usage "grey market Yamahas", it describes those pianos which were made for sale and use in their domestic markets, i.e. Japan, etc. Yamaha uses a different materials moisture content for their domestic production than they use for 'some of' their export models. Jim Bryant (FL)
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