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<DIV>The archives have bunches on the different wood drying the Yamaha =
factory
does for various export destinations. Supposidly they dry to three =
degrees: for
dry climate (U.S.), for moderate (Europe), and for moist climate (Asia). =
The
theory is that if a piano made for the Japan market is brought to =
Arizona in the
winter, it will dry out beyond the point it was intended and potentially =
have
structural/soundboard/pinblock, etc. problems.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I searched the archives and found nothing on parts (I know it has =
been
covered). What are any differences in parts between Asian and North =
American
Yamahas? Are action or damper system parts different? Is a wippen (or =
any other
part) from a US C3 different from an Asian part?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A =
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:tomtuner@mediaone.net" =
title=tomtuner@mediaone.net>Tom
Driscoll</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 18, =
2000 11:39
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> grey market =
pianos</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>fellow techs, It was with interest =
that I read
Yamahas warnings about the grey market pianos being imported to the =
United
States . (PTJ) I have the utmost respect for =
Yamaha
products, and have always had cooperation and support from all the =
tech reps
, but I just cant find any differences with these pianos from =
the models
Ive been servicing for years. Are their comments possibly a =
reaction to
market loss from the dealers? Years ago ,in response to a question =
about
contruction of yamaha pianos for our varied climate i.e.
phoenix vs. houston, I was told that yamahas were =
constructed
to accept all climates , any way ,any =
comments? <
Thanks Tom Driscoll ></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>