> there was a "concept" piano (i am trying to remember the name and find the link before i finish this e-mail) that had three hydraulic electric lifts for the lid to do just this. > Well, we do all own pianos that play themselves so we don't have to bother playing them! Why should we have to lift the lids? :-) Sam www.keyboardcollective.com (212) 684-3304 > On Feb 19, 2014, at 7:33 PM, Spencer Chase <lists@...> wrote: > > the truth is even funnier. there was a "concept" piano (i am trying to remember the name and find the link before i finish this e-mail) that had three hydraulic electric lifts for the lid to do just this. i don't think they ever built any other than the proto. > >> On 2/19/2014 4:18 PM, Fred Brown RPT wrote: >> >> Hi Mark, >> >> Great sense of humor. LOL >> >> Fred >> >> >> >> From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Fontana >> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 4:20 PM >> To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com >> Subject: Re: [disklavier] DKV volume >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 02/18/2014 12:26 PM, George Frederick Litterst wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Ideally, controller 7 would reposition the lid of your piano. That way, it would change the volume of sound without changing the timbre. Obviously, that is not practical. >> >> >> Are you sure? Yamaha could be missing out on an opportunity here. If Proportional Lid Angle(tm) is implemented for the E4 Disklavier on MIDI controller 7, I can already imagine videos from Craig Knudsen and The Piano Guys making use of this new feature. It would be no more gimmicky than the Talking Piano video or the Mark IV's Key Waves demo. One of the bundled demo files could be ROOM_FAN.MID, which would fully open and close the lid slowly for an hour on those hot summer days. >> >> Mark Fontana > > -- > > Best regards, Spencer Chase > 67550-Bell Springs Rd. > Garberville, CA 95542 Postal service only. > Laytonville, CA 95454 UPS only. > Spencer@spencerserolls.com > http://www.spencerserolls.com > (707) 984-8356 > (425) 791-0309 >
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Re: [disklavier] DKV volume
2014-02-20 by Skanter123