Dear Steve, Thanks for the info. I was worried,although I didn't say so in my original roadtest, that they were made somewhere else since they did not have the Georgia decal inder the lid. One thing you may pass on to the people in charge is that the nylon/plastic fallboard brackets are not going to hold up. They are much too pliable as the first one I tuned had already come off the bar. Perhaps making them of plastic covered metal would help. As I state in my brochures about Yamaha, "Tuning a Yamaha is the closest thing there is to recreational tuning." Thanks, James Grebe pianoman@inlink.com ---------- > From: Steve Pearson <SPearson@yamaha.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Roadtest Yamaha M450TC #218401 -Reply > Date: Monday, September 15, 1997 2:16 PM > > The M450 pianos are most definitely not made in China or anwhere west > of the Mississippi. They are manufactured at YMM in Thomaston GA, in > reply to the market which demands ever more affordable pianos, without > compromising quality in the essentials. The action and back are the same > as the M500 series, but the case is simplified to allow cost reduction > without sacrificing the important stuff. As far as China and Yamaha,are > concerned, there are no plans to import any chinese-made Yamahas , > which are made for the chinese domestic market ONLY, at this time. > Steve, > Yamaha > > >>> <arnold1@mindspring.com> 09/15/97 10:48am >>> > I have heard rumors for a couple years now that Yamaha is going to start > importing some pianos from China. Leroy Edwards told me at a regional > convention in 1995 that they were not, but I keep hearing it. Might this be > one of them? Just wondring. > > > Arnold Schmidt, Raleigh, NC, arnold1@mindspring.com > > `[1;30;47mNet-Tamer V 1.05.1 - Test Drive > >
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