I mentioned this topic to a friend/sales person who is VERY knowledgeable on piano history, (no kidding, he is a walking encyclopedia of brands, makers, locations, who, when, etc). His thoughts pretty much paralleled mine but he said he would look into it further. In short the consensus is that the P202 was the P22 version that was for a short time built in the old everett factory before Yamaha shut it down. I've seen quite a few of these and they generally seem inferior to the P22. The plate castings are rougher, less accurate machining, cruder glue joints, etc. Other than that they look exactly like P22s. The P2 I'm not 100% certain on. From memory it seems like they were nearly identical to the P22 but with a slightly different case style?? Not sure but I would be very interested in learning all of this myself. I know that there was a transition period going on during which Yamaha moved the P22 manufacturing operations to America. Some say "Made in Japan", others say "Assembled in USA", and then there are the Thomaston pianos made exclusively in the USA. Confusing isn't it. Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV > The most recent P202 I have in my files was made in 1982, and I was under the > impression they haven't been manufactured for a long time. P2s are in the > Ancott directory until around 1997. When were the P202s discontinued, or are > they still being made? Haven't the P22s all been made in Thomaston for a number > of years already?
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