gray market

[John Ross]

Yamaha Canada, has no problem selling parts for them, if in fact it is a 
'Grey Market' piano.
Why do you think it might be 'Grey Market'?
It is possibly that it had been sold originally in BC, then sold again.
Point being, as long as it has acclimatized there, I can see no problem.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 3:08 PM
Subject: RE: gray market


> John:
>
> Just be candid with them.  Gray market is a pejorative term.  They are
> used pianos.  The only negative I see is if they are in a very dry
> location they should have humidification somehow, and Yamaha US won't
> sell parts for them.  Other after market parts are available and
> appropriate.  As long as the customer knows what they have, there's
> nothing shocking about them.
>
> dave
>
> David M. Porritt
> dporritt at smu.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of J Pengelly
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 11:53 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: gray market
>
> I just discovered that a Yamaha G3 that I have to give an appraisal on
> is
> very likely a gray market piano.What I know at this point is that they
> bought it from a Vancouver dealer 14 years ago for 7k.Assuming that it
> is
> still holding up what might you think is a fair value? I'm also assuming
>
> that the clients don't realise the truth. Any suggestions on approaching
>
> them?
> Much appreciated.
>
> John Pengelly
> The Tuning Fork
>
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