<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/16/05 8:44:43 PM Pacific Standard Time, jerefryett@hotmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Today I was tuning a new yamaha U1 and I began to wonder if this was a grey <BR>ma= rket piano.  How does one tell?  There was a stamp on it that said "M= ade <BR>in Japan".  And if this is a grey market piano, what should one b= e looking <BR>for in regard to future servicing?<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DI= V> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Jere,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If it's a new piano, it isn't gray market.  Gray market pianos are= second hand, usually imported from Japan.  Sometimes they're in good sh= ape, sometimes not.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>