<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>From what I've been told, the Japanese are not legally allowed to keep any luxury items more than 12 years. So they are REQUIRED to sell their pianos, and so naturally keep them tip-top, to get top yen (although they are an extremely culturally neat-and-clean people, to begin with). </span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Euphonious Thumpe<br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Piano Boutique <pianoboutique@comcast.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 24, 2012 9:17 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [pianotech] Yamaha U-1 Studeo Upright<br> </font> </div> <br> <div id="yiv135400575"> <style></style> <div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Remanufactured ranks right up there with rebuilt.   In this case it seams to be cleaning up the piano for resale.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Japanese keep their pianos like new.   They seldom by used, but discard and replace with new.   Where houses take them in; clean up the regulation, hammers and finish and then send them to the market in America where there are bargain hunters.   I get them for about $2,000 and $200 to get delivered.   Sell for $4,000 with another $200 for delivery.   They usually are in great shape with nothing but a complementary tuning that is a breeze.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">There you have it, $2,400 down and $1,600 take home with a short stop out of the day:  I can live with that.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">William</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div> </div> <blockquote style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;" dir="ltr"> <div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">---- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228); font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From:</b> <a title="ajoyfulsound@gmail.com" href="mailto:ajoyfulsound@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true" original_target="mailto:ajoyfulsound@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:ajoyfulsound@gmail.com">Laura Olsen</a> </div> <div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true" original_target="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> </div> <div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 22, 2012 3:04 PM</div> <div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Yamaha U-1 Studeo Upright</div> <div><br></div> <div>What does remanufactured mean in this case?</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div>Signed,</div> <div>The Girl who kicked the hornet's nest</div> <div><br>On Aug 22, 2012, at 7:23 AM, Terry Farrell <<a href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true" original_target="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com" ymailto="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div> <div></div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div>Of course it's not a bad price. Being that it is remanufactured, it is very likely much better than new. How can you beat that? <div><br></div> <div>Terry Farrell</div> <div><br> <div> <div>On Aug 21, 2012, at 9:22 PM, <a href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true" original_target="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com" ymailto="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="yiv135400575Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type="cite"> <div> <div>$4000 isn't a bad price, considering that a new one is almost twice as much</div> <div><br></div> <div>Wim</div> <div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div> <div><br>On Aug 21, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Terry Farrell <<a href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true" original_target="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com" ymailto="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div> <div></div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div><base>Remanufactured for resale for $4K?  That's silly. What planet is this occurring on? <div><br></div> <div>Terry Farrell</div> <div><br> <div> <div>On Aug 21, 2012, at 7:40 PM, Piano Boutique wrote:</div><br class="yiv135400575Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type="cite"><span style="font:/normal Helvetica; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" class="yiv135400575Apple-style-span"> <div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">The U-1 has many models.   I can order the U-1-H and it has toes on the front legs and is a sturdy studio piano.   They are remanufactured for resale in America for $4,000.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">William</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <blockquote style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;" dir="ltr"> <div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message -----</div> <div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228);"><b>From:</b><span class="yiv135400575Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="georgebartlett@nf.aibn.com" href="mailto:georgebartlett@nf.aibn.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true" original_target="mailto:georgebartlett@nf.aibn.com" ymailto="mailto:georgebartlett@nf.aibn.com">George Bartlett</a></div> <div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b><span class="yiv135400575Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true" original_target="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a></div> <div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b><span class="yiv135400575Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:32 AM</div> <div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b><span class="yiv135400575Apple-converted-space"> </span>[pianotech] Yamaha U-1 Studeo Upright</div> <div><br></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">HI,</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">I'm looking for info on the Yamaha U-1 Studeo Upright.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">I've heard that they Are great pianos any comments or concerns on these instruments.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">George</font></div></blockquote></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></div> </div><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>