Disklavier

Your current P80 MIDI files should play on a DKV just the way they are.  You 
can probably "render" those MIDI files to wave files using your current 
computer.  Pro Audio8 from www.pgmusic.com for $29 will do this.  Make a 
copy of the MIDI files first so you don't prang the originals.  If you want 
to make an audio recording of your MIDI files playing a Disklavier, consult 
the local Yamaha dealers.  They are often very accomodating.  Yamaha Concert 
Services in New York city has a CFIIIS concert Disklavier in their stable 
and might be willing to help you.

I personally, would like to see this happen more often - using Disklavier to 
make audio recordings.  I have a CD of some old Vitaphone music called 
"Kicking Up the Dust" (available from Amazon.com) that was made 
acoustically.  I am just sick that they didn't get Alex Hassan's piano 
playing on a Disklavier as well!  Those of us into Novelty piano playing 
will understand the depth of my dismay after hearing tracks 3 and 4 and 
knowing that I will never by able to play this recording on my DKV!!


Carol Beigel
crbrpt@...





>From: "hardymuse2003" <SaabStory3529898@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [disklavier] New Member...question
>Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 17:11:00 -0000
>
>Hello:
>I'm new to this group, and I really appreciate the postings I've
>read in the past few days.  I have learned a lot about Disklavier.  I
>don't own one yet, but I'm certainly moving in that direction.  I'm a
>composer/improvisor, and having one of these instruments
>would be a tremendous resource for me.  I presently have a
>Bechstein grand made in 1886 and a Yamaha P-80 piano.  The
>grand is literally on it's last legs, and I don't intend to invest any
>more in it...the pinblock has turned to powder, and it needs to be
>completely  rebuilt.
>
>I have many midi files recorded on my Yamaha P-80 stage
>piano.  My immediate goal is to have several of these "rendered"
>on a DKV, preferably a grand, 6 feet or larger.  I have been
>reading with interest about the possibilities of using a laptop
>with a Disklavier.  Would anyone in this group be able to refer me
>to either a studio or an individual somewhere in the northeastern
>USA with a large DKV upon which I might play and record my
>midi files? I'm not looking for a freebie, so I'll make it worthwhile.
>I did send a file to a studio in CA with a C-7 DKV, and they
>promptly returned an audio recording with pretty amazing
>accuracy, but the piano need considerable voicing and
>regulating, and I'm a little nervous about doing this project long
>distance.  Thanks to all the posters, and thanks for reading this
>long message!
>Sincerely,
>Glenn Hardy
>Old Mystic, CT USA
>

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