Because piano manufacturers differ in their descriptions, the best way to communicate your piano size is to provide a make and model number. And remove weird letters from Yamaha serial numbers to get older piano info.When quoting a piano move, the instrument size is extremely important for accurately determining the number of movers and type of equipment needed. They may be intentionally deceitful or just ignorant. But just a warning that when you are buying a piano, don't believe the seller. It's still the best upright piano I've ever played. And the piano will celebrate its 50th birthday next year. So in 1992, I was told this piano was just 5 or so years old. " This piano was manufactured in Hamamatsu, Japan during 1973." It's not grey, it's for US distribution. On this UK site, they mention " Perhaps try it without the letter and see if that matches up with what you already know about the piano."Īh-ha! So I remove the B (which was the real mystery) and now I get a quick message back. Made in Japan, but not for US distribution?
But it sure doesn't have any issues and is as fine an upright as I've ever played.Īs I went over the piano carefully, I found a simple English message on the back-Made in Japan.
This made me think that my piano was a grey market piano. And it has a "B" leading it, and there's no information on any web site saying what that means. The serial number does NOT show up as a piano made for US sales. It made me curious and I started researching. My piano tuner looked at my serial number and sort of went "hmmm" and said nothing else. I was told that it was only a few years old. It was the first significant purchase my wife and I made when we got married. I bought my Yamaha U1 about 30 years ago.
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