<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>List</DIV> <DI=
V> </DIV> <DIV> My Dad sold Yamahas and a few =
;Eternas (made by yamaha at the time) as far back as the late 60's a=
nd it was a short keyboard minerature upright. Not a bad ax!</DIV> <DIV>&=
nbsp;</DIV> <DIV> Dale Erwin </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUO=
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Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4=
e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Howard F Jackson</DIV> <=
DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 28, 2001 1:22=
PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org</D=
IV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Eterna Piano</DIV=
> <DIV> </DIV>The Eterna is listed in the 10th edition of Pierce Atl=
as and only Yamaha<BR>is listed after the name with no other info.<BR><BR=
>H.Jackson<BR><BR>On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 14:52:06 -0500 Newton Hunt <nhun=
t@optonline.net><BR>writes:<BR>> DOes anyone know of, had experienc=
e with or have information about a<BR>> piano called Eterna. It =
is an exact copy of a Yamaha U1. So much<BR>> so<BR>> that I =
can not tell the difference except for the hammer heels.<BR>> Keys,<BR=
>> plate, action and hammers are the same as Yamaha.<BR>><BR>> U=
nfortunately the dealer put a plate saying "yamaha" to cover the<BR>> =
original name. My concern is that it is a "gray market" piano<BR>&g=
t; brought<BR>> here from Japan or other similar places but is not mak=
e for this<BR>> climate. The tuning pins are on the loose side a=
nd could be looser<BR>> by<BR>> spring time.<BR>><BR>> It nee=
ds regulation but the hammers have been files (fairly well)<BR>> but<B=
R>> otherwise it is a good piano.<BR>><BR>> Any information woul=
d be appreciated since I have to make a<BR>> recommendation tot he cus=
tomer about buying the instrument. She<BR>> plays<BR>> clarin=
et but needs a piano for her studio.<BR>><BR>> It is not listed in =
my 7th Pierce.<BR>><BR>> Thank you.<BR>><BR>> &nbs=
p;  =
; Newton<BR>> &nb=
sp; NJ<BR>><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>=
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