I can't be 100% sure that certain parts, such as the soundboard and case are still treated differently for the US market (I believe that may have been the case in the past, but that for some time now wood for all markets is treated the same)
I was referring specifically to the problem of getting parts for gray market pianos in the US. I based my comments on the fact that I've worked on Disklaviers since they first became available outside Japan (1986), that Service manuals and parts lists are the same for anywhere in the world and that, apart from some electronic parts I mentioned, parts numbers listed in the manuals are the same for all markets , i.e. the parts ARE the same.
athomik
On Aug 31 2007, rondisklavier wrote:
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>I personally own a disklavier so called made for American market (I
>have checked the serial number in YCA website). I am just curious
>whether there is any different between the American market's pianos
>and the non American pianos.
>
>RS
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>--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Kerr"
>wrote:
>>
>> Whom do you believe--a highly, skilled technician, who has devoted
>a near lifetime to the art of servicing Disklaviers every day,--or
>opinionated, arrogant "experts" whose logic relies solely on
>assumption, presumption, and downright guessing for their claimed
>knowledge and expertise?
>>
>> I will go with the former, whom we have all learned to trust
>implicitly for accurate, unequivocal, and above all, practical
>information and advice. It is the height of arrogance to argue and
>speculate about "in the field" experience of such significent depth
>and dimension. We are well aware of the credentials of the former.
>Where and what are the credentails of those with all the opinions?
>>
>> Based upon what I have read here, this is my simple reaction to
>the purchase of gray market pianos: Caveat Emptor! Buy one if you
>wish. Why not let this rest at that?
>>