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Re: [disklavier] MX100B Purchase Advice Sought
2004-01-04 by PianoBench@aol.com
In a message dated 1/4/04 12:35:29 PM, Victor writes:
I do not play the paino
myself but my daughters were going to take lessons and I wanted a piano to
play by itself if they gave up on lessons. They are still taking lessons
and I have been happy with my Mx100A for the past 5 years. I bought it
used for $5000 from someone in my area moving to Japan so I got a very
good price. I have not had any problems with it. The only limitation is
that I can playback only Pianosoft disks and converted midi files but
since there is no tone geneerator it is piano only. I am sure I could add
a DSR1 to expand the capabilities but I am pleased with what disks I have
to playback and even to record my daughters' playing so they can hear
problems in their lessons or save them for posterity.
As a piano teacher, I would like to add an unsolicited comment.
In my experience, I have found MIDI disk accompaniments to be--by far--the best technology-based tool in my teaching arsenal. MIDI disks are available for nearly all beginning to early intermediate level teaching books from the major publishers, such as Alfred, Hal Leonard, FJH, Warner Bros., et cetera, and these disks work quite nicely with the DSR1.
I don't know if these disks apply to your daughters' situation, but I thought I would mention them.
Regards,
PianoBench