<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>The only "citation" I can make is that I heard it from someone whose authority on such matters seemed impeccable, and I can not now remember who it was. Sorry. (Or what constitutes a "luxury item".)<br /><br />Thumpe</div></td></tr></table>            <div id="_origMsg_">
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                                        <td valign="top" style="font:inherit;"><div dir="ltr"><div style="">Can you provide a citation for this Japanese law you&#39;ve mentioned on a few occasions? I&#39;m unable to find anything.</div><div><br></div>I wonder if I get a reward for reporting my customer, who had her childhood ~1980 Kawai Professional Upright imported to the US only 2-1/2 years ago, to Japanese authorities. <br>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Paul Bruesch</div><div class="gmail_extra">Stillwater, MN<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Euphonious Thumpe <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">lclgcnp@yahoo.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit;"><div>Japan has a law that says no luxury item can be kept for more than 12 years, methinks. Hence, the supply of export pianos. (Keeps their economy going, too!) Plus, they are a very clean people, as a rule, so the stuff they get rid of tends to be in good condition.<br>
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