<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>    I went to the web-site that was = listed for Yamaha in one of the other posts, and read what it said about their = pianos that were made for the Japanese market, it's essentially the same as what I = had originally wrote, so I really don't understand this post from Richard. = Sure, if we get there before the piano is coming unglued or cracking, and if we = can maybe sell them a DC unit (on an upright), or convince them to climate control = the room, we can do them a service. But what about the pianos that we don't = see until they develop real problems?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>    What does this thread have to do = with "tooner/techs who don't have the foggiest idea......"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></FONT><= /DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 07, = 2001 12:42 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Grey Market = etc.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>  <P>"Kevin E. Ramsey" wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <STYLE></STYLE> <FONT size=-1>    Stephen Powell, RPT wrote;</FONT> <FONT size=-1>     As I = understand it, Yamaha dries the wood in their pianos to an EMC appropriate for = the region that it is to be shipped to. For instance, a piano that is = going to be shipped to the Southwest U.S., would probably have about a 4% = moisture content. The problem is when a piano is meant to be used in one = climate, but ends up in another. I used to live near a military installation, ( = Twenty Nine Palms Marine Corp Air Combat Center, CA.), and I would see a = few pianos that had been purchased in Okinawa, Japan, or Guam. They were nearly = new when I saw them, but believe me, they didn't like the desert!</FONT>  <FONT size=-1>Kevin E. Ramsey</FONT> = <BR><FONT size=-1><A = href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></FONT><= /BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Personally, it is my personal type view that the problem is = nothing more then complicated then the public at large, and for that matter a significant amount of tooner / techs havent got the foggiest idea what = a piano really is.  For so very very many a piano is simply something = that has all these black and white keys (preferably all of them) and makes this = kind of noise when you push down on one of them. Oh yeah... sometimes you need = to call some guy.... (are there girls that do this stuff too ???, can you = really make a living at this ???) to come and toone it. <P>If people knew, or cared enough to know, how to take care of an = instrument made largely of wood, then none of this kind of stuff would be a = significant problem. In most cases its easy enough to provide a decent and = appropriate climate for a piano. <BR>  <BR>  <P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>Bergen, Norway <BR><A = href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.u= ib.no</A> <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>