[pianotech] Yamaha Question

[Mark Wisner]

According to legend, it was in the 1960's, after the first pianos exported by Yamaha to the USA performed "less well than expected".

Mark Wisner

-----Original Message-----
>From: John Ross <jrpiano at eastlink.ca>
>Sent: Jan 26, 2011 12:34 PM
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Yamaha Question
>
>Trust me to forget a question mark.
>I think it was sometime in the mid 70's?
>John Ross
>Windsor, Nova Scotia
>On 2011-01-26, at 4:32 PM, John Ross wrote:
>
>> I was wondering what year Yamaha started using wood with a different moisture content, for the North American market.
>> I did query Yamaha Canada about it, but so far, have not had an answer.
>> Funny, because they used to always reply to questions in a timely manner.
>> John Ross
>> Windsor, Nova Scotia
>