<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; FONT: 8pt MS Sans Serif; MARGIN-LEFT: = 2px"> <DIV><FONT size=1>You can check a Yamaha serial at  <A href="http://yamaha.com/pianoserials/index.htm">http://yamaha.com/pianose= rials/index.htm</A>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1>To order a shank call 800 854 1569 (press 1 = and then 2 at the  menu choices) and ordering part number T5290220.  FYI, = we no longer sell round shanks, they are either hex or oval now.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1>The "J" that precedes the serial number indicates its generation within the G2 = series.  (We started out with the G2A then went to G2B etc.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1>Mark Wisner<BR>Yamaha Corporation<BR><A href="mailto:mwisner@yamaha.com">mwisner@yamaha.com</A></FONT><BR><BR>&gt= ;>> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com 07/22/02 11:50AM >>><BR>I need to = replace a broken hammer shank from a 1979 G2. (I have not seen the piano.) Where is = the best place to order one from? Does Yamaha use diffent sizes - or is there = only one size for the G2 (maybe all grands are the same size?)?<BR><BR>The = serial number for this piano is J2890701. What does the "J" stand for?<BR><BR>I = see that the Yamaha web site no longer offers the opportunity to see if a = piano is a grey market. I wonder why they did away with that. I kinda liked it. Or am = I just blind and can't see it?<BR><BR>Thanks.<BR><BR>Terry Farrell<BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>