<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Is that light years as in not heavy, or light = years as in 186,000 miles / second? Kidding of course, as I agree with your = observation. Virus free (as in computer). Tom Driscoll</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com" title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 05, 2001 = 6:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Yamaha U1</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>WOW is right. I am constantly blown away by 20 and 30 year old = Yamahas that play, sound and tune like a well made piano that has five light = years of wear.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, = Florida<BR><A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:bholden@wave.co.nz" = title=bholden@wave.co.nz>BH</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 04, = 2001 10:26 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Yamaha U1</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wow!  Thanks Terry.  A = nice piano nevertheless.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian</FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- = </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com" title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 05, = 2001 3:18 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Yamaha = U1</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Below is what I just copied from the Yamaha web site for = pianos made in Japan. All Yamaha pianos taller than 45 inches were made in = Japan. The month-year is indicated to the left, and the serial number is = indicated to the right. It looks to me as though your ten year old piano was manufactured in late 1964. Try more like 37 years old!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <TABLE bgColor=#cfcfcf border=0 cellPadding=3 = cellSpacing=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=middle>Jun-64</TD> <TD align=middle>329000</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV> <TABLE bgColor=#cfcfcf border=0 cellPadding=3 = cellSpacing=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=middle>Jan-65</TD> <TD align=middle>368000</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, = Florida<BR><A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- = </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:bholden@wave.co.nz" = title=bholden@wave.co.nz>BH</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" = title=pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech Forum</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February = 04, 2001 8:37 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Yamaha U1</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've just tuned a very nice = Yamaha U1.  My customer bought it second-hand from a music store = and was told it was only 10 years old.  It has a mid 1970s = look about it, making it more like 25!  The serial number is = 347146 which doesn't show in my atlas.  Can anyone = help?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian Holden </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:bholden@wave.co.nz">bholden@wave.co.nz</A>  = </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY><= /HTML>