<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Question about the age and origin of a Yamaha</title></head><body> <div>At 11:49 AM -0500 6/17/04, Heather Hulett wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>... I went to the Yamaha site, typed in the serial number, and they said they had no such number, therefore it must be a gray market piano.</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Does anyone have any advise on who might be right? The serial number is 1210637 and the dealer said the model was P2, ...</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Dear Heather,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Just for the record with no offense intended, the response at the Yamaha site doesn't actually say "they had no such number". It says,</div> <div><br></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><b>Serial Number</b></font><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF"><b> 1210637</b></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><b> does NOT appear to be built for the North American market.<br> For additional information call (800) 854-1569</b></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">http://www.yamaha.com/pianoserials/index.asp</font></div > <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">The Pierce Piano Atlas, 10th Edition, does date the piano in 1971.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Sincerely,</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Keith</font></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div>Keith McGavern<br> Registered Piano Technician<br> Oklahoma Chapter 731<br> Piano Technicians Guild<br> USA<br> </div> </body> </html>