trucdan wrote: "In my opinion, brand new is the best, then a used one but in the original condition, then the last would be a reconditioned one."
ok referring to the "grey market " pianos.in my experience, the dealers told me about grey market, as did yamaha.com website.Yamaha tells you the piano is not made for this country and will not handle any warranty issues or parts for the grey market pianos.if you can not tell any difference between a new piano an one 20+ years old, I wouldn't put much stock in your opinion.
hey costco,go to yamaha.com and read the staement page on grey market pianos.If you need to order a part from yamaha you need to give them the serial # of the piano. From that point they see that the piano was not made fo US destination and will refuse your order."rebuilt" is a term that is loose at best. normaly these brokers get the pianos from asia, shave the hammers to make look new(not replace) restring the piano...doubt it. they just use steel wool to clean off oxidation. take a look at your soundboard..I bet there are shims filling old cracks.....plus the life has been drained from the board. Dead unresonate sound is the result.buying a 25+ year old piano is not the wisest of choices, especially when yamaha is so inexpensive. And the edaler for whom came you a warranty is probably no where near you. Do you think your warranty issues after sale are important for him?? What about tuning pins and pin block. After that age the block has no where near the strength of a new piano. Pins...I bet loose or maybe fatter pins have been inserted. Either way the pianos in Asia have way more use than normal pianos. Most come from schools. Ever seen a University practice room piano??? A piano in a normal home gets an hour or two of use at best....College pianos get up to 12 hours of playing a day. Do the math ....those used grey market pianos are U-S-E-D...so bad that Asia has no use for them. Cheap Americans however are perfect targets for these pianos.and good luck w/ your investment costco, or cystco or whatever your name is. i'm sure your musical skills are on par w/ your savy business sense.
i'm sure your musical skills are on par w/ your savy business sense
Sorry guys if my post created some problem here.
The seller told me that his piano is still under guarantee. But I don't know if the guarantee is transferable? Any one knows about it?
I am not a professional piano player but I've play classical guitar for many years so my ears can tell a difference in sound.
In my opinion, brand new is the best, then a used one but in the original condition, then the last would be a reconditioned one. Any thought?
One thing you should know that Yamaha doesn't sell parts to support gray market piano. I really don't know Where the shops get the parts to rebuild the piano. I once asked the seller where he got the parts and he didn't have the answers. He just told me that it is "after market" parts which they used to rebuild the piano. The question is how good those "after market" parts could be? Truc
what is a "conservatory tuner"?
The reconditioned I've seen around here are not good. Sound is not good and the paint job looks terrible. But I believe that you can come accross some good reconditoned one.
costco.... didnt mean to upset you.....you still are an not a very nice person w/ alot pent up rage. probably from mastubatory abuse driving you to bitter insanity. i sure you are a LONLY individual. ps...in case you had a hard time understanding my post. "*** YOU"...hopefully that should be clear enough for you
"*** YOU"...hopefully that should be clear enough for you
daniel, your tech doesn't know his ass from a tuning fork. He may also have some sort of mentel retardation you are not aware .....what is a "conservatory tuner"? never heard that.....you sir are so stupid you dont deserve a yamaha...try accordian, you putz.
In japan, people rarley have or use air conditioning, and more rare is any sort of heating. Yes if you are in new orleans the humidity is as high as it is in japan, but INDOORS the humidity level is that of the rest of the civilized world that uses AC.
As Daniel have kindly suggested you, I think you should better study hard - not only English skills, but also "Common Sense".