Disklavier

Ken,

In answer to your question about midi sites for the disklavier, I 
highly reccomend www.perfessorbill.com for ragtime & that era.  He is 
a great pianist, all his music is free, & there is lots of it.  Also 
look at www.spencerserolls.com , he transcribes reproducing piano 
rolls to midi.  The few free samples are outstanding.  You have to 
purchase the rest.

My disklavier has the DSR-1 controller & there is an optional setting 
that lets the disklavier play the piano parts no matter what midi 
track the parts are on.  The default setting only looks for piano 
parts in tracks 1 & 2.  Other controllers may have a similar setting.

In your quest for a piano course, my personal favorite is the David 
Sudnow Course.  He teaches you to play by ear using full, lush, adult 
arrangements of standards right from the start, and after the first 
couple of pre-arranged tunes you start arranging your own.  He has 
the track record to prove his method works.  For about $65.00 you 
can't beat the price. 

He is at www.sudnow.com

Good Luck....Greg