At 08:46 5/8/2003 -0700, you 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 A quick glance around here reveals: The P2s we have here all have the case style of a split lid - i.e. a piano hinge the entire width of the piano. The P202s had a one piece lid, and the music rack was held in by 4 of those metal cam catches. The P2s and P22s seem to have beefier plates, at least the treble struts are deeper than the P202s. There is a difference in scaling, but I'll let someone else describe that. Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Vox-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076 - People never grow up, they just learn how to act in public. -Bryan White
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