Mr. Wisner I hope you are aware that the quote "virtually all calls reporting broken bass strings on P202s originate from institutions" are not my words, but those quoted from another post. Your concern should be directed there, svp. Since it has already been posted and should you care, I would be happy to email it to you and my opinions in full context rather than repeat on this list. Which leads one to wonder why your comments about the P202 not being made for 15 years weren't stated then. Which implies that the Yamaha guarantee is less than 15 years, which is generous enough. Your pet analogy is apropos if the paraphrase "not all pianos are Steinways" is not too much of a stretch. Here I must insert a "Sorry I couldn't resist" comment in part egged on by a "less infamous" subscriber. I am glad (according to your information) Yamaha didn't continue with such a dog. DISCLAIMER that may be more factitious than factual Regarding disclaimers, if the manufacturer won't issue disclaimers, at any time, then technicians must, else who should be consulted about buying pianos of any age? Who does the work on pianos with breaking strings? Another function of this forum as it relates to the music industry. Which brings us to the Yamaha keys being returned because that is Yamaha's desire. If these keys are more than 15 years old, would Yamaha extend the same policy to P202's that don't hold up? Or did _ALL_ ivorite keys turn grey? or as you put it more than 19 pianos. Gwarsh I hope my math is right, so roast me if I am wrong, but 1/10 of one percent of 19,000 = 19 right? Signed Richard Moody independent piano tuner technician ---------- > From: Mark Wisner <MWisner@yamaha.com> > To: pianotech@byu.edu > Subject: Re: Yamaha and breaking strings -Reply -Reply > Date: Thursday, May 15, 1997 6:22 PM > > Mr. Moody, "virtually all calls reporting broken bass strings on P202s > originate from institutions" does not mean all P202s in institutions break > strings. Why, that's like saying "since almost all cats are pets, all pets are > cats". > Since less than 1/10th of one percent of the nineteen thousand P202s > generate warranty claims, I think it can be safely assumed that not all > P202s sold to institutions experience breaking bass strings. > And since the P202 has not been made for 15 years Yamaha doesn't, nor > does it intend to, issue disclaimers as to it's use. >
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