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You can check the serial # on the piano you are considering with the Yamaha website. They will tell you if the piano was "intended" for the U.S. market
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You can check the serial # on the piano you are considering with the Yamaha website. They will tell you if the piano was "intended" for the U.S. market But as you were saying, my experience is not typical for these refurbished instruments. So then it's more a matter of who did the refurbishing, and not the fact that it's grey market, right?
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Ok, now I understand what it means.
I've tried it and the piano plays well. Dynamic ranges and such are all perfect for me. The only thing I'm worried about is if the piano will only by temporarily like that and break down later.
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But as you were saying, my experience is not typical for these refurbished instruments. So then it's more a matter of who did the refurbishing, and not the fact that it's grey market, right? Correct. So, therefore, you handle a purchase of one of these pianos the way you would any other restored instrument.....by hiring a highly expert technician to check out things like tuning pin torque and pinblock integrity, quality of restoration work and let him/her make their recommendation. talk to others who have purchased a similar instrument from this dealer (ask for references). Then you make sure that you can get the maximum warranty available from the dealer. Compare the warranty other dealers and rebuilders are offering on similar, non grey market pianos and insist on that coverage, or walk. Then, most important of all, control the Relative Humidity in the piano's environment from DAY ONE.
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But as you were saying, my experience is not typical for these refurbished instruments. So then it's more a matter of who did the refurbishing, and not the fact that it's grey market, right? Correct. So, therefore, you handle a purchase of one of these pianos the way you would any other restored instrument.....by hiring a highly expert technician to check out things like tuning pin torque and pinblock integrity, quality of restoration work and let him/her make their recommendation. talk to others who have purchased a similar instrument from this dealer (ask for references). Then you make sure that you can get the maximum warranty available from the dealer. Compare the warranty other dealers and rebuilders are offering on similar, non grey market pianos and insist on that coverage, or walk. Then, most important of all, control the Relative Humidity in the piano's environment from DAY ONE. Great advice. Where was PW 10 years ago?? 
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