Robert: Yamaha made P22s in Michigan and Georgia. When they had the two plants the Michigan pianos serial number started with a "U" and the Georgia ones started with "T". Sometime after the shuttered the Michigan plant they stopped using the letters. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/8/2003 at 8:46 AM Robert Goodale wrote: >I mentioned this topic to a friend/sales person who is VERY knowledgeable >on >piano history, (no kidding, he is a walking encyclopedia of brands, makers, >locations, who, when, etc). His thoughts pretty much paralleled mine but >he >said he would look into it further. In short the consensus is that the >P202 >was the P22 version that was for a short time built in the old everett >factory before Yamaha shut it down. I've seen quite a few of these and >they >generally seem inferior to the P22. The plate castings are rougher, less >accurate machining, cruder glue joints, etc. Other than that they look >exactly like P22s. > >The P2 I'm not 100% certain on. From memory it seems like they were nearly >identical to the P22 but with a slightly different case style?? Not sure >but I would be very interested in learning all of this myself. I know that >there was a transition period going on during which Yamaha moved the P22 >manufacturing operations to America. Some say "Made in Japan", others say >"Assembled in USA", and then there are the Thomaston pianos made >exclusively >in the USA. Confusing isn't it. > >Rob Goodale, RPT >Las Vegas, NV > > >> The most recent P202 I have in my files was made in 1982, and I was under >the >> impression they haven't been manufactured for a long time. P2s are in >the >> Ancott directory until around 1997. When were the P202s discontinued, or >are >> they still being made? Haven't the P22s all been made in Thomaston for a >number >> of years already? > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________
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