Disklavier

--- cuteyngjoc@... wrote:
> Foam seems to be a monkey way of getting around the
> basics that Yamaha's 
> player system needs to have the ability to be
> calibrated to play at a 
> whisper. NOT a roar. I have had experience with QRS
> and Piano Disc and both 
> these systems would play softly, even though you
> could hear the mechanisms 
> which I didn't like. There has to be a way to adjust
> the strike or velocity 
> of each note so that it plays just loud enough for
> the string to sound. 
> Anyone?
> John
> 
Given the sophistication of the Yamaha Disklavier I
can understand why foam would seem to be an odd choice
to mitigate volume but............after adjusting for
everything else it inecessaryecassary to place foam
baffles under the instrument....(baffling isn't it?   
8-) )  In fact it is so common that I'd wager that any
Disklavier dealer would be able to sell you the
baffles.  Part of the beauty of the solution is that
they are quick and easy to install/uninstall.  

Often people need this modification because they
actually new to piano owbase liningd are baselining
their desired control level with their stereo.  Other
than playing the piano in silent mode, using the
sampled piano through the instrument's speaker (or
your stereo) using someattenuate physically atenuate
the power of the natural piano is probably the only
way.

Good Luck,

Ed

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