Yamaha Model Question

[David M. Porritt]

Robert:

Yamaha made P22s in Michigan and Georgia.  When they had the two
plants the Michigan pianos serial number started with a "U" and the
Georgia ones started with "T".  Sometime after the shuttered the
Michigan plant they stopped using the letters.

dave
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On 5/8/2003 at 8:46 AM Robert Goodale wrote:

>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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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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