<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I imagine the Florida environment would = be more forgiving for gray market pianos with humidity = levels closer to the Japanese climate.  I would not recommend them under = any circumstances anywhere else though.  I'm sure there are many on = this list who can tell tales.  The list archives are full of stories.  A = dealer here got a couple about two years ago.  In the desert climate they self destructed on the showroom floor as you = watched!  With in a week the board had more cracks than you could count = and with in two weeks some were 1/8" wide or better.  I don't know what they = did with them, they weren't sellable.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>I had a client that just recently sold a <EM><U>VERY</U></EM> NICE 1985 Yamy C3 for $9,000 - she advertised a couple times and = that was the highest bid. I just inspected three Yamy C5s about 20 years old = (grey market) for a guy in NY. OK shape. Looked good. Flat boards & = minimal to no downbearing in killer octave areas. Asking $9,000.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I helped my son's piano teacher buy a used grey market 1983 G5 = about a year ago. She paid $7,500 for it. The piano is virtually = indistinguishable from new. Very, very nice piano. No defects. Good board, no killer = octave, she loves the action, looks like new, etc.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Seems to me the prices you are looking at may be a bit = steep.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <DIV>Tampa, Florida</DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- <DIV>From: <<A = href="mailto:A440A@aol.com">A440A@aol.com</A>></DIV> <DIV>To: <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></DIV> <DIV>Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 6:47 PM</DIV> <DIV>Subject: Used Yamahas</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>> Greetings, <BR>>    Just finished = looking at a slew of used Yamaha C-3 grands.  Priced about <BR>> = $19,000.  They were all 10 years old and the actions were in pretty good = <BR>> shape.  All the boards showed a little bridge roll and just = barely enough <BR>> crown to measure.  <BR>>    One  eight = year old C-7 was in nice shape, priced at $24,000. <BR>>    = All pianos are ebony and all the pinblocks felt good.   <BR>>     These all seem about 15% too high, but I may be out = of the loop as far as <BR>> what things are selling for in this = brand.  Anybody got thoughts or recent <BR>> experience as to what the = market for them really is? <BR>> Thanks,<BR>> <BR>> Ed Foote RPT = <BR>> <A = href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/">www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/</A><B= R>> <A = href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html">www.uk-= piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html</A><BR>>  <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> = pianotech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>