Disklavier

Good afternoon, everyone.

In a message dated 3/30/02 8:14:02 PM, Tom writes:

<< PianoBench,

I have been following the anticipated release of the PianoSmart 
technology (firmware upgrade for Mark III models) quite closely and find 
it an exciting development that will add greatly to the capabilities of 
my DC3A.  It is my understanding based on conversations with my local 
Yamaha dealer (who first told me about PianoSmart when he returned from 
the NAMM show) that Yamaha will make recorded (on floppy disk) piano 
arrangements for a variety of commercially available CD's.  It would be 
nice to know in advance of the release of the PianoSmart floppy disk 
software what some of these CD's will be so that I might purchase the 
CD's. .  Are you aware of any list that Yamaha has made available of 
commercial CD's for which Yamaha will supply the piano arrangements as 
floppy disks?>>

I am pleased to report that I was able to get a TENTATIVE list from Cathy 
Macbride, Software Manager at Yamaha in the US. Please keep in mind that this 
list is tentative. I don't have any info as to how long it will take for 
these titles to be assigned, recorded, and produced.

I have pasted it below.

<<A second question is based on the fact that that Yamaha recently 
released a firmware upgrade for the Mark III disklavier.  Do you know 
what features this firmware upgrade contained or addressed? 
 Specifically do you know whether this firmware (dated March 12, 2002) 
contains the necessary upgrade to enable PianoSmart or will another 
firmware upgrade be necessary to enable PianoSmart? >>

I have been told that the recent flash rom upgrade (which is freely available 
as a download from Yamaha.com) involves tweaks for a few odd issues that 
Yamaha Piano Service has not actually seen in the US. Therefore, there does 
not seem to be a compelling reason to install this update.

I have also been told that Yamaha is hoping to have a new release of the 
flash rom to support PianoSmart sometime in June.

Regards,
PianoBench
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Bryan White:  Dreams of Christmas
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Diana Krall (orchestral CD
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Dire Straights
Dirty Dancing
Disney's Greatest Volume One
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Doc Severinson
Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You
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Don Henley - Actual Miles - Henley's Greatest
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Donna Summer - Greatest Hits - Endless Summer
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Donny Hathaway - A Collection
Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute
Doobie Brothers, The: The New Best
Doobie Brothers:  China Grove
Downtown - The Greatest Hits of Petula Clark
Dr. Zhivago
Dream Girls: Orig. Bw'y Rec.
Duke Ellington
Eagles - Hotel California
Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975
Eartha Kitt:  Miss Kitt To You
Eddie Rabbit:  From the Heart - The Last Recordings
Ella Fitzgerald:  The Best Of the Songbook Sessions
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Eric Clapton - Unplugged
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Evita
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Fifth Dimension - Greatest Hits on Earth
Fleetwood Mac - "Rumors"
Fleetwood Mac - "The Dance"
Flower Drum Song
Footloose: Orig. Bw'y Rec.
Foreigner - Mr. Moonlight
Frank Sinatra - "Duets"
Frank Sinatra - Christmas
Frank Sinatra - Hello Young Lovers
Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra - Only the Lonely
Frank Sinatra:  Super Hits
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Garth Brooks - "Ropin' the Wind"
Garth Brooks - Beyond the Season
Garth Brooks - Christmas Interpretations
Garth Brooks - No Fences
Gary Burton, Christian McBride & Russell Malone "For Hamp, Red, Bags and Cal"
George Benson
George M: Orig. Cast Rec.
George Michael - Title TBD
George Strait:  Latest Greatest Straitest Hits
Gigi
Glenn Miller
Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits
Gloria Estefan:  Mi Tierra
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
God Bless America: For the benefit of the Twin Towers Fund (Mariah Carey, 
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God Bless the USA: 25 Patriotic Favorites performed by Official Military Bands
Gordon Lightfoot Complete Greatest Hits
Grammy Nominees 2002: Record of the years, song of the year, etc.
Grease (Film Version)
Guys and Dolls: New Braodway Cast Recording
Gypsy Kings - Mosaique
Hank Williams Jr.:  Almeria Club Recordings
Harry Potter
Henry Mancini Greatest Hits
Herb Alpert - Best of Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert - Definitive Hits
Herb Ellis - "Gravy Waltz"
Hey, Hey We're The Monkees
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Hootie and the Blowfish: Cracked Rearview
Horn, Shirley: Here's to Life
I Am Sam
Imbruglia, Natalie: White Lilies Island
Indigo Girls: Retrospective
Into the Woods: :London Cast Rec
Jack Jones Greatest Hits
Jackson, Janet: All For You
James Brown - Live at the Apollo
James Taylor - Greatest Hits
James Taylor - Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Janet Jackson - Design of a Decade -86-96
Jefferson Airplane - Journey
Jekyl and Hyde: Orig. Cast Rec.
Jesus Christ Superstar: Sountrack - 25th Anniversary
Jewel:  Chasing Down the Dawn
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Jim Croce - Photographs and Memories
Jimmy Buffet - Christmas Island
Jimmy Buffet - Songs You Know By Heart
Jimmy Webb
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John Coltrane - The Very Best Of John Coltrane
John Denver - Greatest Hits
John Michael Montgomery:  Brand New Me
John Williams - Movie Themes
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Joni Mitchell - For the Roses
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Journey - Greatest Hits (1988)
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Julio Iglesias: My Life - The Greatest Hits
Kate Bush:  The Kick Inside
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Kathleen Battle - Grace
KC and the Sunshine Band - 25th Anniversary Edition
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Kenny G - Miracles (Christmas)
Kenny G. "Breathless"
Kenny Loggins - More Songs from Pooh Corner
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Kenny Rogers
Kiss Me Kate: Orig. Bw'y Cast Rec.
Kris Kristofferson - All Time Greatest Hits
La Belle, Patti: Greatest Hits
La Belle, Patti: Greatest Love Songs
La Boheme Highlights
La Traviata Highlights
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Larry Carlton - Collection
LeAnne Rimes - Blue
Led Zeppelin IV
Lee Ritenour
Lennox, Annie: Medussa
Lenny Kravitz - Greatest Hits
Leroy Anderson
Lilitth Fair: Celebration of Women In Music
Linda Eder - "Gold"
Linda Ronstadt and Nelson Riddle - "What's New"
Linda Ronstadt:  Greatest Hits
Little Night Music, A: Vocal Selections
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Lorrie Morgan:  To Get To You
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Luis Miguel - Romance
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Lyle Lovett - Anthology Vol. 1 - Cowboy Man
Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Millinium Collection
Madame Butterfly
Madonna - Immaculate Collection
Madonna's Greatest Hits - Volume 1
Madonna's Greatest Hits - Volume 2
Man of La Mancha: Vocal Sel. From Bw'y Show
Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas Album
Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas in the Aire
Mannheim Steamroller:  Christmas Extroadinaire
Mariah Carey - Greatest Hits
Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas
Mariah Carey - Ones
Mark Anthony (English)
Mark Anthony (Spanish)
Marley, Bob: Best of the Legend
Martina McBride:  Evolution
Martina McBride:  White Christmas
Marty Stuart:  TBD
Marvin Gaye -"What's Goin' On"
Mary Poppins - Walt Disney Soundtrack
Matchbox 20: Yourself of Someone Like You
McNight, Brian: Super Hero
Mel Torme: 16 Most Requested Songs
Melissa Etheridge - Yes I Am
Melissa Manchester
Mellencamp, John: The Best I Could Do
Merry Little Christmas - Linda Ronstadt
Michael Bolton - Greatest Hits 1985-1995
Michael Jackson - "Thriller"
Michael W. Smith - The First Decade
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Morissette, Alanis: Under Rug Swept
Mormon Tabernacle Choir: Super Hits-Vol. 1
Moulin Rouge: From the motion picture
MTV: The First 1000 years
My Fair Lady
Nancy Wilson - Spotlight on Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderly
Nat King Cole - "Unforgettable"
Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
Natalie Cole - "Unforgettable"
Neil Diamond - 12 Greatest Hits
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night
Neil Diamond - Millenium Collection
Neil Diamond - The Christmas Album
Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer
Neil Diamond - Timeless
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Nelson, Willie: The Great Divide
No Doubt - Return of Saturn
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Oh Brother, Where Art Thou
Oklahoma
Olivia Newton-John: "Magic"
Pam Tillis:  Superhits Series
Pam Tillis:  Thunder and Roses
Pat Benetar - True Love (Blues)
Patsy Cline - The Patsy Cline Story
Patty Loveless:  Mountain Soul
Paul Desmond - The Paul Desmond Quartet w/ Jim Hall
Paul Simon - Graceland
Pavarotti
Perry Como - Christmas
Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
Peter, Paul and Mary
Phantom of the Opera Highlights:  Original London Cast
Phill Collins - No Jacket Required
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd: Echoes - Best of Pink Floyd
Playin' With My Friends -Tony Bennett
Pocahontas - Disney Soundtrack
Point of Grace - The Whole Truth
Porgy and Bess - Ost
Pure 80's: Greatest Hits from the '80s
Pure Love: 18 timeless love songs
Queen
Radiohead - "Kid A"
Raffi In Concert with the Rise and Shine Band
Ragtime:  Orig. Cast Rec.
Rent: Orig. Cast Rec.
Richard Elliot (Smooth Jazz)
Ricky Martin (USA 1999)
Riverdance
Robert Cray
Roberta Flack - Softly With These Songs - The Best of Roberta Flack
Rocky Horror Picture Show/Highlights
Rod Stewart - Voice - Very Best Of Rod Stewart
Rolling Stones - "Let It Bleed"
Rolling Stones - "Sticky Fingers"
Rolling Stones - Some Girls (Remastered)
Rolling Stones, The: Big Hits
Romanza - Andrea Bocelli
Rosemary Clooney
Sade - Diamond Life
Sade - Love Deluxe
Sade - Lover's Rock
Santana - Supernatural
Sarah Brightman - Eden
Sarah Vaughan's Finest Hour
Saturday Night Fever - The Original Movie Soundtrack
Seals and Croft
Sergio Mendez - Greatest Hits of Brasil '66
Sesame Street Platinum Favorites - Sesame Street
Sesame Street: Platinum 2
Shakira:  Donde estan los Ladrones
Shania Twain - Come On Over (cover with red blouse - not the International 
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SheDaisy - The Whole Shebang
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club 
Shirley Bassey - Greatest Hits
Simon & Garfunkel - The Best of - Digitally Remastered
Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
Smashing Pumpkins
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles Ultimate Collection
Smooth Jazz: Awards Collection
Sound of Music - Soundtrack (Original Recording Remastered)
South Pacific: Film version
Springsteen, Bruce: Born in the USA
Springsteen, Bruce: Greatest Hits
Stan Getz
Stan Getz - "Getz/Gilberto"
Stan Getz - Bossa Nova (Jazz Masters 53)
Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba
Staple Singers
Steely Dan - Decade of Steely Dan
Steve Miller - Fly Like an Eagle/Greatest Hits 74-78
Steven Curtis Chapman - Greatest Hits (1997 release)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble "Texas Flood"
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
Stevie Wonder's Greatest Hits - Vol. 2  
Stewart, Rod: Unplugged
Sting - "Fields of Gold" - The Best Of Sting 1984-1994
Sting - "Nothing Like the Sun"
Streisand, Barbra: The Essential Barbra Streisand
Sumi Jo - Only Love
Supremes - The Ultimate Collection
Sweeney Todd: Orig. Cast Rec
Synchronicity - The Police
Tanya Tucker:  20 Greatest Hits
Tears for Fears
Television's Greatest Hits: Vol. 6
Television's Greatest Hits: Vol. 7
The Association
The Best of Chet Baker Sings
The Best of Miss Peggy Lee
The Best of the Cowsills
The Best of the Moody Blues
The Best of the Stylistics
The Corrs
The Doors
The Glory of Gershwin - all-star recording
The Graduate - Soundtrack
The Judds
The Lion King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Little Mermaid
The Music Man (Movie?)
The Pretenders:  Get Close
The Singers Unlimited - Christmas
The Three Tenors Christmas
The Very Best of Judy Collins
The Very Best of Perry Como
The Very Best of Phoebe Snow
The Who
Third Eye Blind: Blue
Three Penny Opera: Soundtrack
Tim McGraw - Greatest Hits
Tina Turner - Private Dancer
Titanic (Soundtrack) / O.S.T.
Tom Jones - Universal Masters Collection
Tom Petty - Greatest Hits
Tom Scott
Tony Bennett - The Beat Of My Heart
Tony Bennett:  All Time Greatest Hits
Toots Theilmans - The Brazil Project 
Toto (Pop)
Trisha Yearwood - Songbook - A Collection of Hits
U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2 - The Joshua Tree
U2: The Best of 1980-1990
Ultimate Collection:  Brenda Russell
Vanessa Williams - Greatest Hits the First ten Years
Vanessa Williams:  Star Bright
Very Best of Glen Campbell
Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years
Vic Damone: 16 Most Requested Songs
Vince Gill
Wayne Newton
We Got Us:  Steve & Eydie Sing the Golden Hits
Weather Report - Black Market
Wes Montgomery - "Tequila"
Wes Montgomery - Greatest Hits
West Side Story: Film Original Soundtrack
White, Barry: Best of
Whitney Houston - "Whitney Houston"
Willie Nelson - 16 Biggest Hits
Wings - Greatest Hits
Wiz, The Orig. Cast Rec.
Yolanda Adams - Experience