diff --git a/src/gluonts/core/serde/_base.py b/src/gluonts/core/serde/_base.py
index 6f51e02a70..5432bd8105 100644
--- a/src/gluonts/core/serde/_base.py
+++ b/src/gluonts/core/serde/_base.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def decode(r: Any) -> Any:
     """
 
     # structural recursion over the possible shapes of r
-    if type(r) == dict and "__kind__" in r:
+    if isinstance(r, dict) and "__kind__" in r:
         kind = r["__kind__"]
         cls = cast(Any, locate(r["class"]))
 
@@ -331,10 +331,10 @@ def decode(r: Any) -> Any:
 
         raise ValueError(f"Unknown kind {kind}.")
 
-    if type(r) == dict:
+    if isinstance(r, dict):
         return valmap(decode, r)
 
-    if type(r) == list:
+    if isinstance(r, list):
         return list(map(decode, r))
 
     return r
diff --git a/src/gluonts/torch/model/wavenet/estimator.py b/src/gluonts/torch/model/wavenet/estimator.py
index 504bc0fc4d..87a12a80f5 100644
--- a/src/gluonts/torch/model/wavenet/estimator.py
+++ b/src/gluonts/torch/model/wavenet/estimator.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 
 from gluonts.core.component import validated
-from gluonts.dataset.common import DataEntry, Dataset
+from gluonts.dataset.common import Dataset
 from gluonts.dataset.field_names import FieldName
 from gluonts.dataset.loader import as_stacked_batches
 from gluonts.itertools import Cyclic
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     InstanceSplitter,
     SetField,
     RemoveFields,
-    SimpleTransformation,
+    QuantizeMeanScaled,
     VstackFeatures,
     Identity,
     TestSplitSampler,
@@ -67,70 +67,6 @@
 ]
 
 
-class QuantizeScaled(SimpleTransformation):
-    """Rescale and quantize the target variable.
-    Requires `past_target_field`, and `future_target_field` to be present.
-
-    The mean absolute value of the past_target is used to rescale
-    past_target and future_target. Then the bin_edges are used to quantize
-    the rescaled target.
-
-    The calculated scale is stored in the `scale_field`.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    bin_edges
-        The bin edges for quantization.
-    past_target_field, optional
-        The field name that contains `past_target`,
-        by default "past_target"
-    past_observed_values_field, optional
-        The field name that contains `past_observed_values`,
-        by default "past_observed_values"
-    future_target_field, optional
-        The field name that contains `future_target`,
-        by default "future_target"
-    scale_field, optional
-        The field name where scale will be stored,
-        by default "scale"
-    """
-
-    @validated()
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        bin_edges: List[float],
-        past_target_field: str = "past_target",
-        past_observed_values_field: str = "past_observed_values",
-        future_target_field: str = "future_target",
-        scale_field: str = "scale",
-    ):
-        self.bin_edges = np.array(bin_edges)
-        self.future_target_field = future_target_field
-        self.past_target_field = past_target_field
-        self.past_observed_values_field = past_observed_values_field
-        self.scale_field = scale_field
-
-    def transform(self, data: DataEntry) -> DataEntry:
-        target = data[self.past_target_field]
-        weights = data.get(
-            self.past_observed_values_field, np.ones_like(target)
-        )
-        m = np.sum(np.abs(target) * weights) / np.sum(weights)
-        scale = m if m > 0 else 1.0
-        data[self.future_target_field] = np.digitize(
-            data[self.future_target_field] / scale,
-            bins=self.bin_edges,
-            right=False,
-        )
-        data[self.past_target_field] = np.digitize(
-            data[self.past_target_field] / scale,
-            bins=self.bin_edges,
-            right=False,
-        )
-        data[self.scale_field] = np.array([scale], dtype=np.float32)
-        return data
-
-
 class WaveNetEstimator(PyTorchLightningEstimator):
     @validated()
     def __init__(
@@ -392,7 +328,7 @@ def _create_instance_splitter(self, mode: str):
                 FieldName.FEAT_TIME,
                 FieldName.OBSERVED_VALUES,
             ],
-        ) + QuantizeScaled(bin_edges=self.bin_edges)
+        ) + QuantizeMeanScaled(bin_edges=self.bin_edges)
 
     def create_training_data_loader(
         self,
diff --git a/src/gluonts/torch/model/wavenet/module.py b/src/gluonts/torch/model/wavenet/module.py
index 788b5c453d..a910df3f91 100644
--- a/src/gluonts/torch/model/wavenet/module.py
+++ b/src/gluonts/torch/model/wavenet/module.py
@@ -18,27 +18,7 @@
 
 from gluonts.core.component import validated
 from gluonts.torch.modules.feature import FeatureEmbedder
-
-
-class LookupValues(nn.Module):
-    """Lookup bin values from bin indices.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    bin_values
-        Tensor of bin values with shape (num_bins, ).
-    """
-
-    @validated()
-    def __init__(self, bin_values: torch.Tensor):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.register_buffer("bin_values", bin_values)
-
-    def forward(self, indices: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
-        indices = torch.clamp(indices, 0, self.bin_values.shape[0] - 1)
-        return torch.index_select(
-            self.bin_values, 0, indices.reshape(-1)
-        ).view_as(indices)
+from gluonts.torch.modules.lookup_table import LookupValues
 
 
 class CausalDilatedResidualLayer(nn.Module):
diff --git a/src/gluonts/torch/modules/lookup_table.py b/src/gluonts/torch/modules/lookup_table.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b412f0ba96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gluonts/torch/modules/lookup_table.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# A copy of the License is located at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file is distributed
+# on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either
+# express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+# permissions and limitations under the License.
+
+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+
+from gluonts.core.component import validated
+
+
+class LookupValues(nn.Module):
+    """A lookup table mapping bin indices to values.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    bin_values
+        Tensor of bin values with shape (num_bins, ).
+    """
+
+    @validated()
+    def __init__(self, bin_values: torch.Tensor):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.register_buffer("bin_values", bin_values)
+
+    def forward(self, indices: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        indices = torch.clamp(indices, 0, self.bin_values.shape[0] - 1)
+        return torch.index_select(
+            self.bin_values, 0, indices.reshape(-1)
+        ).view_as(indices)
diff --git a/src/gluonts/transform/__init__.py b/src/gluonts/transform/__init__.py
index 6f9b39bdb8..dddfcbc5bb 100644
--- a/src/gluonts/transform/__init__.py
+++ b/src/gluonts/transform/__init__.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "InstanceSplitter",
     "ListFeatures",
     "MapTransformation",
+    "QuantizeMeanScaled",
     "RemoveFields",
     "RenameFields",
     "SampleTargetDim",
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@
     VstackFeatures,
     cdf_to_gaussian_forward_transform,
     Valmap,
+    QuantizeMeanScaled,
 )
 from .feature import (
     AddAgeFeature,
diff --git a/src/gluonts/transform/convert.py b/src/gluonts/transform/convert.py
index ed4855a2da..156ddcf638 100644
--- a/src/gluonts/transform/convert.py
+++ b/src/gluonts/transform/convert.py
@@ -904,3 +904,67 @@ def flatmap_transform(
         if len(times) > 0 or not self.drop_empty:
             data[self.target_field] = [times, sizes]
             yield data
+
+
+class QuantizeMeanScaled(SimpleTransformation):
+    """Rescale and quantize the target variable.
+    Requires `past_target_field`, and `future_target_field` to be present.
+
+    The mean absolute value of the past_target is used to rescale
+    past_target and future_target. Then the bin_edges are used to quantize
+    the rescaled target.
+
+    The calculated scale is stored in the `scale_field`.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    bin_edges
+        The bin edges for quantization.
+    past_target_field, optional
+        The field name that contains `past_target`,
+        by default "past_target"
+    past_observed_values_field, optional
+        The field name that contains `past_observed_values`,
+        by default "past_observed_values"
+    future_target_field, optional
+        The field name that contains `future_target`,
+        by default "future_target"
+    scale_field, optional
+        The field name where scale will be stored,
+        by default "scale"
+    """
+
+    @validated()
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        bin_edges: List[float],
+        past_target_field: str = "past_target",
+        past_observed_values_field: str = "past_observed_values",
+        future_target_field: str = "future_target",
+        scale_field: str = "scale",
+    ):
+        self.bin_edges = np.array(bin_edges)
+        self.future_target_field = future_target_field
+        self.past_target_field = past_target_field
+        self.past_observed_values_field = past_observed_values_field
+        self.scale_field = scale_field
+
+    def transform(self, data: DataEntry) -> DataEntry:
+        target = data[self.past_target_field]
+        weights = data.get(
+            self.past_observed_values_field, np.ones_like(target)
+        )
+        m = np.sum(np.abs(target) * weights) / np.sum(weights)
+        scale = m if m > 0 else 1.0
+        data[self.future_target_field] = np.digitize(
+            data[self.future_target_field] / scale,
+            bins=self.bin_edges,
+            right=False,
+        )
+        data[self.past_target_field] = np.digitize(
+            data[self.past_target_field] / scale,
+            bins=self.bin_edges,
+            right=False,
+        )
+        data[self.scale_field] = np.array([scale], dtype=np.float32)
+        return data