Gray Market Pianos

[Isaac OLEG]

Hello,

Yes but I can buy parts as hammer assembly or others with any regular
Yamaha number, that does not seem to be a problem if you know what
part to ask for. I did not do that for gray market pianos actually,
but it appears that I needed parts without knowing the piano number,
and I was able to receive them whith another piano serial number.

For grand Yamaha's I was surprised to hear a very nice job done by the
French hammer - refelter - Desfougeres. Good shape, plenty of felt; a
little tension but a pleasing sound in the end (the treble need to be
well lacquered). As the cost is a little less than new heads (and you
don't have to unglue/glue ... that seem a cheap but sometime valuable
option.

The problem lies in the unevenness of the results for these kind of
jobs, but some hammers also are not very even in quality .

Greetings


Isaac OLEG

Entretien et reparation de pianos.

PianoTech
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
> part de David Love
> Envoye : mercredi 16 avril 2003 02:45
> A : Pianotech
> Objet : Re: Gray Market Pianos
>
>
> I am aware of that problem and that was one reason I wondered what
> obligation a Yamaha dealer has about selling a like piano
> for which one
> would not be able to buy parts.
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Z! Reinhardt <diskladame@provide.net>
> > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>; <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
> > Date: 4/15/2003 5:21:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: Gray Market Pianos
> >
> > You might have "fun" [read: trouble] getting parts for
> these pianos.
> Yamaha
> > likes to know the serial number of any piano you're
> working on regardless
> of
> > its age when you're ordering parts for it.  I've also seen written
> > statements that they will not supply parts to any grey
> market pianos
> > regardless who pays for them.  You might want to check the website
> > www.YAMAHA.com.
> >
> > Z! Reinhardt  RPT
> > Ann Arbor  MI
> > diskladame@provide.net
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 4:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: Gray Market Pianos
> >
> >
> > : I'm not sure if they are being represented as non-gray
> market, but they
> > are
> > : not disclosing what they are or the potential downsides
> of them.  This
> > : particular piano has pin block problems.
> > :
> > : David Love
> > : davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
> > :
> > :
> >
> >
>
>
>
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