In a message dated Thu, 9 May 2002 11:45:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Jon Page <jonpage@attbi.com> writes: >At 07:54 AM 5/9/2002 -0400, you wrote: >>Friends, >> >>This seems like the answer to me (see below). If other manufacturers can >>make pianos in eastern hemisphere countries that have no problems here, >>couldn't Yamaha do the same? And of course some Yamaha pianos are made in >>Japan for the American market and do just fine. Why not make them *all* >>that way? Would it cost significantly more or something? >> >>We already know that there are problems with some American-made pianos of >>certain vintages also -- Teflon bushings and vertigris in Steinways, >>breaking flange cords in Yamaha, hard Corfam in Baldwins, etc. Wouldn't >>it be best on the part of Yamaha just to let piano technicians and >>potential owners know that the gray market Yamahas are likely to be >>problematic and let it at that? Refusing to sell parts for any reason >>that I can think of isn't likely to do any good when it comes to public >>relations. >> >>Regards, >>Clyde >> >>HazenBannister@cs.com wrote: >>>It seems with technology the way it is,you could build a multi-country >>>piano.(Especially Yamaha) > >I don't see a problem with parts for Yamaha pianos since they are available >from other action manufactures: Renner, Abel, Tokiwa to name a few. > >Regards, > >Jon Page, piano technician >Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. >mailto:jonpage@attbi.com >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But Jon, then it would not be a "Genuine Yamaha" anymore!!! David Koelzer DFW
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