Disklavier

Hello to the group!  I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a great New 
Year!

I have been reading with interest the thread on buying DKVs out of 
state.  I too, believe in supporting the local dealer.  When I bought my 
Disklavier several years ago, I shopped around, got a price, went to my 
local dealer with the information, and he beat the price I gave 
him.  Naturally, I bought my piano locally.  I was pleased with their 
service (for a while) and in general thought I made a good choice.

All that has changed...

The problem is:  My dealer is no longer a Yamaha dealer.  They don't sell, 
service or even want to discuss Disklaviers any longer.  I live in Southern 
Oregon, in Grants Pass, and now the nearest dealer is in Eugene, about 3 
hours away.  Service?  Not a chance.  The local dealer does it no longer, 
and the Eugene store can't afford to send someone on a 6 hours round 
trip.  Rather, I can't afford to pay them for the 6 hour round trip.

What do I do?  Well, I have a fairly good local piano technician who has 
been to some Disklavier training, but other than that, I am out of luck.  I 
have a Mark 2, and would like to upgrade, but that isn't likely, since no 
one local can sell me the upgrade.  My DKV remains in the dark ages, and I 
am learning to live with it.  Most of the Internet uploads are not usable 
for me, since I can't play anything other than ESEQ and MIDI type 0 files 
only, and not intermixed.  I haven't had the time to use my Geibler 
utilities to fix the problem, but I'll get around to it eventually...

Bottom line:  If you have a good local dealer, be thankful, and support 
them if you can.  If not, too bad...  You'll just have to make do (and it 
isn't pretty!).

Best Regards,
Jim Hendershot




Jim Hendershot, WA6VQP
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