Disklavier

"tjako" <tjakovanschi-@...> wrote: 
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/disklavier/?start=208
> Hello, disklavier users.
> 
> I was wondering: is there a list with ALL Disklavier sites and
newsgroups?
> I came across these ones but probabily there are more:
> 
> The Disklavier Users Group
> http://klebanov.ne.mediaone.net/dug/ (which contains files for
disklavier
> too!)
> 
> Yamaha :the DUG group
> http://www.yamaha.com
> 
> Egroups disklavier users
> http://www.egroups.com
> (=our disklavier group at eGroups.com)
> 
> are these all or are there others as well?
> 
> regards,
> 
> Tjako van Schie, Dutch pianist & teacher at the Amsterdam Conservatory
> 
Dear Tjako,

The more sites the better, I say.  Other egroup members jump in if I
make a mistake in my descriptions.

The Yamaha DUG is a newsgroup sponsored and hosted by Yamaha. (I
believe that "newsgroup" is the right term.)  In any case, joining it
means all messages to DUG are posted to your email address.  The
discussions on DUG are pretty open-ended and can include any
Disklavier-related topic except the ones mentioned in the welcome email
such as piano shopping and pricing discussions.  DUG is a fantastic
source of answers abut DIsklavier technical issues and for technical
interaction on MIDI files and sequencer software. 

The Klebanov site is the personal web site of Mr. Klebanov, who kindly
volunteered to host an upload site for DUG members to upload Disklavier
recordings they themselves have performed (most or all in ESEQ format),
available for anyone to download.  

The Disklavier egroup was formed by one of the DUG members, Todd Muncy,
to facilitate exchange of informaiton about available MIDI files on the
internet(non-classical files for the most part -with the theory that
classical MIDI sites and MIDIs are abundant, while non-classical MIDI
sites and files are not).  Disklavier egroup memebrs also exchange info
about Disklavier piano prices.  You may notice there is a database that
shows what 30+ members paid for their Disklavier and some related info.
 Soon there will be a rating database for Disklavier-playable
commercial music software on this egroup.  And who knows where we might
go from here?

Other Disklavier-specific sites:

There is a DUG message archive that allows you to access a database of
past DUG messages.  I don't happen to have the URL for that site, but
perhaps one of the other members will oblige.

Also see the Global Jukebox site (http://www.globaljukebox.com/) where
quite a few Disklavier-playable files have been uploaded for anyone to
download and use.  

We used to have one more site called the Well-Tempered Disklavier, but
it was recently shut down by the site owner because he could no longer
spare the time to maintain it.  Someone else may revive it, though. 
The ESEQ files that were originally on that site should be (but may not
be) stored on the egroup vault.  That's something someone in the egroup
may want to remedy if it is legally possible to do so, and if there are
no immediate plans to revive the WTD site as previously constituted. 
There weren't that many files, but they were pretty good files.  I have
them all and would be willing to upload if they are "clean."  Any
comments on this from other members?

Glad to have you in the group, Tjako.  In the next few days I plan to
go get your files from the klebanov site, and I look forward to
listening to them. 

Regards,

Mike McGregor
Double Oak, TX 
USA
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