grey market pianos

[Cameron Jacobi]

--- JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 9/19/2000 10:53:59 AM, Cameron
> wrote:
> 
> <<Forgive my ignorance, but what someone please tell
> me
> what a grey market piano is?  Is it a piano made by
> no-one-knows-who, in a factory in no-one
> knows-where,
> who illegally put Yamaha's name on the instrument?
> >>
> 
> A "grey market" anything is an item that was bult
> for sale in one area but is 
> exported to an area that was not originally intended
> to be a sales 
> destination.
> In this particular usage "grey market Yamahas", it
> describes those pianos 
> which were made for sale and use in their domestic
> markets, i.e. Japan, etc.
>  Yamaha uses a different materials moisture content
> for their domestic 
> production than they use for 'some of' their export
> models.
> Jim Bryant (FL) 

Thank you, Jim.  Now, is Yamaha aware of and/or in
control of where these are pianos are being sold, or
is this operation completely out of their hands or
control, or is that another grey area?--I'm just
curious.    


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