Disklavier

Dear Robert and Winfried,


Thank you so much for your thoughtful answers to my questions about 
MIDI limitations.  Who would have thought that answers would have 
originated from both the "frozen north" and from the tropics.  Lest 
I give offense, I hasten to add that I have not visited either spot, 
and also that I have heard glowing reports about life in both places.

I am quite satisfied with the performance of my Disklavier, but I 
also am aware that (at least the non-pro models) do not capture all 
of the nuances of the original performances, and wanted to know more 
about the limitations. I will try listening at a louder volume and 
see if I detect a difference. (Generally, louder playback gives one 
a different, and usually more favorable, impression of audio 
recordings, so I suppose I will have to guard against that.)

I would like to mention one piano roll piece that contains a great 
number of chords that have many notes - the Duo-Art emulation of "An 
American In Paris."  The chords seem to be struck exactly at the 
same time.

Again, thanks for satisfying my curiosity.  One of the most 
significant new facts that I learned is that the Disklavier 
solenoids are serially activated. So making the inputs parallel 
would not fix everything.  

The Mark III solenoids are supposedly more powerful than those of 
the Mark II.  I wonder if that would make a difference.  (Mine is a 
Mark II.)

Mike McGregor