Disklavier

Thanks Carol.
One thing you mentioned has me concerned.
Why can't the Mark I play standard midi files from floppy?
Can it play midi files in any version from floppy?
I have been downloading like crazy some great midi files from the 
Internet, all the time looking forward to having them play on my 
Disklavier.  Not the case?
Or, are you simply stating that I'll have to go through more trouble 
by first converting format 0 to format 1 or vice versa?

Thanks.




--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <crbrpt@b...> wrote:
> Everything electronic has changed in the last 6 years!  A savings 
of $6000,
> in my opinion,  is not a good value to choose a Mark I over a Mark 
III.  A
> Mark I with added tone generator still needs old style 720k floppy 
disks and
> does not play standard MIDI files from the floppy drive.
> 
> On the other hand, the Mark III has everything; uses HD disks, has 
16 memory
> disks, plays standard MIDI files in both format 0 and format 1, has 
built-in
> audio with speakers, over 600 sounds in the XG  tone generator, CD 
drive,
> Silent system and those solenoids are much more sensitive in 
reproducing
> piano performances.  Also, the Mark III will play Que Time, Smart 
Key and
> PianoSmart.
> 
> No disklavier in piano mode only is quiet enough to play during
> "conversation".  A disklavier will only play as quietly as a real 
piano
> player sitting at the keyboard.  However, the Mark III can be put 
in Silent
> Mode, then the volume turned up.  What you hear is the piano tone 
(and
> Ensemble tones) coming through the speakers as audio, and this is 
infinitely
> controllable like the audio on your stereo system.  If people are 
engaged in
> conversation, no one will notice that the piano sound is really 
coming from
> the speakers mounted underneath the piano and not from  the strings 
because
> the keys are moving.
> 
> It's like the difference between a new Cadillac with OnStar system, 
and an
> older model you have to set the gap in the spark plugs yourself!!
> 
> Carol Beigel
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gewartowski, John" <john.gewartowski@t...>
> To: "Disklavier Users Group (E-mail)" <dug@n...>; "Disklavier
> Yahoo Group (E-mail)" <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 10:03 AM
> Subject: [disklavier] Mark I Not Quiet Enough? Different Solenoids 
Than Mark
> III?
> 
> 
> > I just heard from a Disklavier salesman over the weekend that the 
Mark I
> > (with separate add-on tone generator not included in control unit)
> solenoids
> > are different than those on the latest Mark III.
> >
> > He stated that many people have been unhappy with how quietly 
they could
> > have their Disklaviers play because the solenoids are louder, and 
the
> piano
> > just won't play as quiet as a new Mark III.  Is this anyone's 
experience
> > with the older Disklaviers?  Is the piano too loud to have 
playing in the
> > background for party conversation in the same room (5' 3" C1)?
> >
> > Also, he stated that the older solenoids would never be capable 
of playing
> > the Cue Time music or wiggle themselves as instructional aids 
(Pianosoft
> > Smart) because of the older solenoids.  I thought I could just 
upgrade my
> > control unit in the future to the CD type, because the innards 
are the
> same
> > since the beginning.
> >
> > Has the fiber optics changed at all between a Disklavier produced 
in 1997
> > (Mark I) and the latest Mark III's?
> >
> > Thanks for any information you can shed on the subject.  I tend 
not to
> trust
> > salesmen completely, especially when they're trying to talk me 
out of
> > purchasing a used one for $6,000 less than new.
> >
> > John W. Gewartowski
> > Sr. Product Support Engineer, Product Technical Services
> > Tyco Healthcare Retail Group
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