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With Yamaha Hybrid pianos (Silent, Disklavier, GranTouch), parts availability tends to be quite good for years after the model was released. It is only recently that parts are starting to run our for the MX/Wagon Grand Disklaviers and they've been out since 1987. The only slight reservation might be...

According to the serial number, it's definitely from 1977 ( see http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/piano/about/about.html ) and was made in Japan - Kemble didn't start building Yamaha pianos until 1987, US built pianos were never officially imported into Europe and would have a "T" or...

sussexpianos wrote:soon, the only way to learn the trade will be to go abroad.

Just out of interest, has anyone in the UK ever tried the Randy Potter course from the US, and what do you think about it? http://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/ultim ... tml#000005

During the last week, there have been conflicting reports in the Austrian media as to whether Brodmann won the race for Bösendorfer. However, according to http://www.diepresse.com/home/wirtschaft/economist/344464/index.do?from=simarchiv no decison has been made as of 20th November, although Brodmann...

The ideal piano shop should be a place where you are made welcome, treated with respect and not blinding you with science, making sure the piano you have is fully checked over and tuned to concert pitch( excluding older cheaper pianos), delivered by an experiance & insured company, have a free ...

sussexpianos wrote:no, its def. 1963, I checked with my mate Pierce.

That is the correct age. According to a Yamaha website, pianos made in 1963 run from 23xxxx to 29xxxx.
See:
http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product ... about.html

According to my piano atlas Nippon Gakki Co Ltd Hamamatsu city, Japan. Tel Hamamatsu 65-111 Telex 4225-311,312,,313 comes under the name of Yamaha, and the serial number you give says it was built in 1978. Bigears The official company name for Yamaha was Yamaha Organ Manufacturing Works from 1888 u...

This is a common problem since the advent of internet sales. Most dealers have at least one technician they regularly use (even if not employed by them), but those technicians will be of no use if the dealer is at the other end of the country. Yamaha themselves have no piano technicians who go out t...

Hi, sorry for posting on different forums, but here :!: it goes: for anyone who has one of the above: The version 2.00 software (see: http://www.yamaha.com/namm/w2007/press.html?CNTID=545086&CTID= for details) will soon be available for European users. If you are a UK user and you are interested...

the problem i am having is that it only plays the basic piano sound through midi. the piano also has strings, harpsicord, elec piano and vibe etc but when i change the voice to the required sound it still only plays the basic piano sound through midi but if i press the piano`s key the selected soun...

You'll probably find that unless it is due to dust/debris on the sensors, it is the optical parts which are causing the problem. After a while, the LEDs can loose intensity, which confuses the sensors. It looks like one or more LEDs on your piano are gradually fading. There is an engineer called Gar...