<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV><STRONG>The gray market pianos should be treated with caution.  I'= ve seen some with new pinblocks, that weren't too bad. I've seen some that w= ere mostly original, 35 years old and may have come out of a school where th= ey were played to death. The pinblocks were very iffy on  some of these= . Also, they showed up with no hammer filing (that was badly needed), and so= ld by dealers that don't offer such 'advanced' service. Further, Yamaha is o= n the warpath against these and you can't get beans from them without a seri= al #, and they check every time. I'm not saying they're wrong, that's just t= he way they're doing this. I don't think the grays are that good of a deal a= nyway, half the price and almost totally used up.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Michael </STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Chicago</STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>