US made Yamaha upright

[David Ilvedson]

An anomaly?  I haven't found the US Yamahas to be any softer than Japanese Yamahas.  I still prefer Japanese built.  If it was black, how did you like the 1 or 2  coats of black over the Oak veneer?  Tacky looking in my opinion!

David I.



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From: Overs Pianos <sec@overspianos.com.au>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 19:13:02 +1000
Subject: Re: US made Yamaha upright

>Dear all,

>Today I tuned a US-made Yamaha upright for the very first time. I was
>surprised to find that this three year old P22 had quite some sustain
>and a tonal quality that was certainly less hard than the imported
>Japanese Yamaha uprights I have tuned previously. A very pleasant
>surprise indeed.

>Ron O.
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