WDMcM,
I respectfully disagree with U. I have visited several piano dealers in this regard. The last one, Artistic Pianos, offered me a Harlett, Davis & Co 6 feet grand. It is MSRP'd for $12,500. the owner offered it to me for $7995 + 10 years warranty and free delivery. I inquired about the sound board, strings and hammer action. As it turned out that these parts were all imported from Germany and some other European countries. The owner told me that Yamaha, Kawai, Petroff, and even Bosondorfer import some parts too. Yamaha and Kawai are assembled in Indonisia. These days you are paying for the name. You would never know who the actual manufactur is. Take for example Sony TVs. Open the TV up and you'll find out that most of the electronic parts are samsung. SUSUKI and Harlet, Davis & CO are assembled at factories in China one block away from each other. Their is one advantage of the suzuki grand over the Harlet, Davis. 1- it is 2" longer, and 2- supported by Costco with and excellent return policy.
Go ahead spend $22k on a yamaha Grand or Kawai. I don't even likemy neighbour kawai sound att all. It always sound doll and empty.

Now I want to thank you all for your $0.02.
I hope I make the right decision.

Tony