Yamaha GH-1

[Fred Sturm]

Jeff,
	I'm sure you know a lot more about it than I. Sorry to be a spreader of 
misinformation. I always found it strange that any piano manufacturer would 
make an inferior instrument that was so nearly equivalent as GH-1 was to 
G-1. Seemed like they had to cost nearly the same to make, and the one is 
so obviously inferior to the other. But that, apparently, was the point. 
I'm glad GH-1 is history (except for all those out there amongst our 
customers. And, hey, like Roger Jolly would say, it just means more work is 
available - get out the re-scaling overalls, and charge an arm and a leg 
<g>).
Regards,
Fred

--On Tuesday, May 20, 2003 1:48 PM -0400 Jeff Tanner 
<jtanner@mozart.music.sc.edu> wrote:

> Hi Fred,
> Yes, you're right that the G series and the C series were simultaneous for
> quite a long time, but I don't think that was so for the 5'3 and the 5'8".
> I was doing a little contract work for a Yamaha dealer in 1995 when the C1
> and C2 were introduced as new models, replacing the G1 and G2.  I was told
> there were some changes, but if there were they were slight.  The GH1 had
> already been on the market alongside the G1 as a less expensive option.  I
> had never heard of a C1 or C2 prior to that time, but then, I never
> understood why the model numbers had started with C3.  I always understood
> that the Conservatory designation only applies to model numbers C3 and
> above, and that the C1 and C2 weren't actually considered members of the
> Conservatory series when they were introduced ("Conservatory" is not
> stamped on the plate of the C1 and C2, unless that's changed in the last 8
> years).  I've gotten lost in the model numbers since then.   I remember
> that the G3 and C3 were both available simultaneously, though I can only
> recall servicing a couple of G3's and they were built in the 1970s, so I
> don't know when they were phased out.
>
> This is one of the things which frustrates me about Yamaha.  There are at
> least 3 quality levels (now perhaps 4 with the Indonesian model) with so
> many crossover sizes and confusing model number changes, you really have
> to know the history and the model lines inside out to know what quality
> level of instrument you're getting when you buy a piano with Yamaha on the
> fallboard.
>
> Along those lines, has anybody ever seen an S4 or an S6?  Does Yamaha
> still make them?
> Jeff
>
>> I'm no expert on Yamaha history, but I believe the G series and the C
>> series were simultaneous. I always thought of it as "G" for general use,
>> "C" for "Conservatory". I'm pretty sure GH-1 was a fairly recent (last 20
>> years) introduction, while G-1 was around from at least the time Yamaha
>> made it to the US (late 60's, early 70's). My notion is that G-1 was
>> dropped when GH-1 was introduced. Could be wrong.
>> Regards,
>> Fred
>
>
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