<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR>> Can anyone tell me, = appoximately, how many acoustic pianos Yamaha produces <BR>>  for the world = market each year? And, is it true that Steinway takes nearly <BR>a <BR>> <BR>>  whole year to build just ONE D? thanks!<BR><BR>Will be interested in the Yamaha data myself, but can help w/the Steinway. <BR>Steinway grands take roughly 11 months to get through the whole = process and <BR>out the door. That includes a couple of months for the rim to = cure before <BR>being spread apart for the pinblock/cornice to be inserted. = They build about <BR>2,000/year in NY, and I think a similar # in Hamburg, = but I'm less sure of <BR>that.<BR>Bob Davis</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And Bob should know, having just = spent a week at S&S NY slaving over a hot back action in the Damper Class (Hi Bob!).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think the Yammies make about = 500K/year for worldwide consumption! That may have come down a little but that is = the number I recall being given at the last class I took from = Yamaha.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Romano</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Myrtle Beach, SC</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>