<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 05/09/2002 7:55:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kenneth.gerler@prodigy.net writes:
<BR>
<BR>
<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I have a feeling that the Yamaha "policy" is a Yamaha Corp US policy. There
<BR>"maybe" some minor differences but Yamaha Corp US doesn't want to loose
<BR>income to Yamaha, Japan or Yamaha Europe.
<BR>
<BR>My opinion, flame suit on.
<BR>Ken Gerler
<BR>
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
<BR>Ken,
<BR> I think you're getting close.It's a term called greed.Unfortunately,all kind of innocent consumers get hurt,in the process of keeping new piano sales up.
<BR>Hazen Bannister</FONT></HTML>