Disklavier

Cordogans Pianoland, aka Chicago Pianos, sells the unit at US$1,600, including mounting brackets and access to their "vault" of 5,000 midi files. That price also includes free shipping within the US, but I don't know what they'd charge to ship to Oz, or if they ship internationally. 

I've spoken to their Disklavier guy, Rick, on the phone, and he seems knowledgeable and nice, but I haven't bought anything from them. Yet. 

http://www.chicagopianos.com/yamaha_disklavier.html

I've been on the fence about the DKC-850 since first hearing about it a couple of years ago. I'm just not sure it's worth the price to me. I would have bought that one on eBay if I could have paid a couple hundred below list, but I was outbid. In the end it went for more than US list price, not including shipping, and without the brackets. 

One of these days, maybe. 

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "kenmortgages" <ken.batten@...> wrote:
> Today's question - I want to upgrade to a DKC-850.  In Australia they are imported from Japan by the local distributors for about AUD3,000 which is quite outrageous.  Can anyone recommend a reputable US Yamaha dealer I can approach to purchase one?
>