>...Sorry to tell ya, but not only was that U1 made in '64/65, but it is >also a >dreaded Grey Market specimen! > >Terry Peterson Terry, List, I've read many comments for a year or so on what's called Grey Market pianos, and have worked on at least two to date, and witnessed a very nice C5 at our last month's Piano Technicians Guild chapter meeting. Brian, in his post, said, "I've just tuned a very nice Yamaha U1...", so this one must be a pretty decent piano as well. Thus far, the only thing I've found dreaded is some of the negative opinions spoken or posted about them. What exactly am I missing that others seem to profess so freely? Keith McGavern Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA
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