This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment > Can anyone tell me, appoximately, how many acoustic pianos Yamaha = produces=20 > for the world market each year? And, is it true that Steinway takes = nearly=20 a=20 >=20 > whole year to build just ONE D? thanks! Will be interested in the Yamaha data myself, but can help w/the = Steinway.=20 Steinway grands take roughly 11 months to get through the whole = process and=20 out the door. That includes a couple of months for the rim to cure = before=20 being spread apart for the pinblock/cornice to be inserted. They build = about=20 2,000/year in NY, and I think a similar # in Hamburg, but I'm less = sure of=20 that. Bob Davis And Bob should know, having just spent a week at S&S NY slaving over a = hot back action in the Damper Class (Hi Bob!). I think the Yammies make about 500K/year for worldwide consumption! = That may have come down a little but that is the number I recall being = given at the last class I took from Yamaha. Phil Romano Myrtle Beach, SC ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a5/9a/27/ff/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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