<html> Terry, Merril's Music was not a dealer of new Yamaha pianos. Yamaha uses the letter in the serial number to indicate design revisions, so you just leave it off when you check the age in the atlas. Don Mannino At 09:16 PM 1/31/01 -0800, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hi list, Can anyone please confirm for me the manufacture date of the following  Yamaha U3? The serial# is: H 2084987. My atlas indicates about 1979, but no letter "H" is indicated anywhere; only "T" or "U". The owner's SWEAR that they bought it BRAND NEW about 3 years ago from "Merril's Music", which, they tell me, is no longer in business. The piano surely appears new, and the bench is padded, as all the current Yam Verts are now, and I assume Yamaha was not making that kind of bench 20+ years ago...or were they? The owner's claim it has never really been played, and indeed, by all appearances, looks quite new. Please help asap! thanks! Terry Peterson Associate Member PTG Los Angeles, CA _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com/" eudora="autourl">http://explorer.msn.com</a> </blockquote></html>