Disklavier

I have a DC-3 with the silent option, and just wanted to let you know that
the following description is very correct. As a matter of fact when I first
got it, I put on the headphones and turned on the silent feature. For some
reason, the piano continued to play acoustically (not silent). Only after me
been puzzled for a while I realized that the sound from the headphones was
so real that I did not even realize that the piano was actually silent all
this time.

Steve.

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	SSanders@... [mailto:SSanders@...]
		Sent:	Thursday, January 27, 2000 11:59 AM
		To:	disklavier@egroups.com
		Subject:	[disklavier] Re: Evaluating options

		In a message dated 1/27/2000 3:47:16 AM Pacific Standard
Time, 
		mfontana@... writes:

		<< As for the Pro option,
		 I have yet to see a Disklavier Pro in person.  A prominent
Yamaha dealer 
		 shooed me away when I asked about it, saying that those
models are never
		 displayed in stores and that "customers who truly require a
Pro series
		 unit already know they need it so there is no need for a
demo".  Well! >>

		Funny, I got a similar response at one of the local dealers
near me. The 
		dealer said he would never stock one of them. This in a city
of 750,000. He 
		also questioned why I would want one. Oh, well -- some just
don't get it. I 
		would definitely want to try out a Pro and compare it's
abilities with my 
		current Disklavier (DC6 Mk II) before I would ever agree to
trade up and 
		plunk down the serious chunk of change needed. 

		I am also really attracted to the new Silent System feature
on the newer 
		Disklavier lines. Here's the blurb from the Yamaha website
for those of you 
		not familiar with this feature: 

		"Built-in Silent System Offers Privacy and Aids Multi-Track
Recording 
		The proprietary Yamaha Grand Silent System adds a versatile
new dimension to 
		the DC6PRO. With the touch of a button, you can prevent the
hammers from 
		striking the strings, while generating real-time digital
piano reproduction 
		through headphones. Using 30 megabytes of memory, the
digital piano even 
		recreates the harmonic resonance that results from
incremental use of the 
		sustain pedal."

		The sampled grand sound sounded quite good to me on
headphones when I tried 
		it on one of the upright models. The idea of being able to
practice on my 
		Yamaha grand in the middle of the night without waking
others, yet still 
		having the acoustic piano touch response, is extremely
appealing to me. 

		If I was buying new, or if there truly was a trade-in option
that didn't 
		require as much cash as I've figured I would need to throw
at it, I would buy 
		a Disklavier Grand Pro with the Silent System. But until I
hit the lottery, 
		it's probably not in my future. I can dream, though.

	
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