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Is my Yamaha seasoned for destination?
Topic Started: May 4 2011, 07:03 AM (1,256 Views)
Klaus
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HOLY CARP!!!
Reassuring to know that nobody will ever find this thread in this dark and virtually unknown corner of TNCR.

After six years the second thread!
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I found it!
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Klaus
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Ha, two replies already!

Time to get serious: Does it make sense to season a piano for destination, or does it not?
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Make it three.

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Hey, what about using this thread for badmouthing all the others who never check this part of the board?

Who starts?
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Not me. I'm part of the fringe element here.

But since it's just the two of us here having a nice chat, how are things with you? I think I remember that you and Frau Klaus are expecting kleine Klaus #2. Any news on that front?

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Oh, it's actually Klaus #3. He (or she) is supposed to arrive end of August or beginning of September.
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sue
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Hope the pregnancy is going well. She must be exhausted some days.

Don't know if my Yamaha was seasoned for destination, but it's doing just fine. I recall trying to find clear answers about this issue when we bought it, but decided somewhere along the line that it was a bunch of hooey.
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Knowing no one will ever read this I will reply.
I have been in about seven piano factories and I can report that they in most cases did things differently for pianos going different places. I saw different size stapples used in hammers. I saw different mixtures of chemicals sprayed on hammers. I actually saw chemicals used on certain pianos to repel bugs.
Some woods (mostly spruce) spend more or less time in kilns, depending on where that group of piano were going.
I do know that the Chinese piano that I sold towards the end of my career was different then the ones sold to others. But, ours cost a little more.
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So my 'grey market', made in Japan yamaha, would likely have been made differently had it been intended for north america? My thought has always been that it came from a fairly humid place and is now in a fairly humid place, so all is well. Which it is.
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Sue, I see nothing critically different in pianos made for North America. Wouldn't worry about it.
My reason for staying away from Japanese used, used pianos has nothing to do with the seasoning. It's that Grand pianos in Japan overwhelming come from venues other them homes. And get a lifetime of use in a few years. And as any rebuilder (Honest one's) will tell you. Asian piano's do not last for years, and are not good for rebuilding. Top rated pianos are good for 50 to 75 years. Then you rebuild it and start over. Asian piano's, in my opinon, are good for 30 to 50 years. Then buy a new one.
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May 24 2011, 06:18 AM
Sue, I see nothing critically different in pianos made for North America. Wouldn't worry about it.
My reason for staying away from Japanese used, used pianos has nothing to do with the seasoning. It's that Grand pianos in Japan overwhelming come from venues other them homes. And get a lifetime of use in a few years. And as any rebuilder (Honest one's) will tell you. Asian piano's do not last for years, and are not good for rebuilding. Top rated pianos are good for 50 to 75 years. Then you rebuild it and start over. Asian piano's, in my opinon, are good for 30 to 50 years. Then buy a new one.
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