Disklavier

Good morning, everyone.

In a message dated 12/23/02 7:25:49 AM, hedoshedo@... writes:

<< Looking to buy an older disklavier for my mother,a 1997 
MX80..upright,,,does not have XG tone generator. saw two options to 
add.. a KMU50 or a DSR1...what would be the best/most economical to 
use?...i want to be able to have it play the same files as my MKII 
baby grand I own....thanks in advance... >>

I strongly encourage you to get it with the DSR1 instead of the KMU50. Both 
units have essentially the same sound set. However, the DSR1 has its own 
control unit that supports Standard MIDI Files as well as high density disks. 
Those two features have been such a standard in the music and computer 
industries for so many years, that I think that your mother may find her 
Disklavier to be crippled without them. If she only purchases 
Yamaha-published software, she may not notice the need for these features 
right away. But sooner or later, I bet she will find the need for them.

Regards,
PianoBench