Yamaha Quits Schaff

[Clyde Hollinger]

Friends,

I hope someone from Yamaha responds to this, and if this report is true,
gives us the reasoning behind the change.  Such an action does stir up in
me some pretty negative feelings, but maybe I don't have all the
information I should to reach my conclusions.

Regards,
Clyde

Bill Ballard wrote:

> Dear List.
>
> Has anyone one tried to order Yamaha tools or parts from Schaff
> recently. Apparently, Yamaha will no longer supply anything under its
> brand name, to Schaff. Existing back orders are being honored but no
> further orders are being taken. Yamaha expects to finish out all
> deliveries to Scaff by the end of November.
>
> That's got to hurt Schaff. I could understand if it were just the
> materials (damper felts, front rail punchings, etc.). Yamaha is
> experiencing the same squeeze in retails sales as Steinway did, and
> its first move is to make sure that genuine Yamaha parts are not
> going into gray market pianos. I'll be a little sad that Yamaha
> dampers felts will be no longer available for say a small
> Mason&Hamlin grand. But tools? That's a serious marketing mistake.
> Once in a tool box of course , the brand name tools would be used on
> everything, even old Estey uprights. But the technician who had
> bought them would have developed a brand name loyalty for them.
>
> The times, they are a-changing.
>
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
>
> "Out here on the food chain, you either
>     diet,die, or dine"
>      ...........folksinger Mark Graham
> +++++++++++++++++++++