Disklavier

If you own a DKV, I contend that, having paid big bucks, you're 
privileged to call it anything you'd like. Your choice might depend upon 
whether you drink tah-may-toe juice or tah-mah-toe juice. My personal 
theory is that the name derives from the German "Klavier" (translated 
piano(forte)) which is pronounced KLAH-vee-air, so I believe it should 
be pronounced dis-klah-vee-air.

Re your question about converting another piano to a Pro, in my 
innocence I once posed the question of such an upgrade kit to a (now 
former) employee who was head of Yamaha's Service Department at Buena 
Park.  He told me (approximately) that Yamaha does not market such a 
kit, but that I could always purchase a Pro and cannibalize the parts to 
upgrade my Mark II.  Smart guy!

Carl Youngblood wrote:
> A few questions.
> 
> 1) I hear some folks say dis-kla-VEER when pronouncing it and others say dis-CLAY-
> vee-er.  Which is right?
> 
> 
> 2) A frustration I've had lately is that I want all the additional precision that the Pro 
> models offer but I don't want to pay the exorbitant price.  I'm fine with a baby grand 
> but I want all the recording sensitivity that the pro-models have.
> 
> So I was thinking, why not retrofit a baby grand with the pro disklavier functionality?  
> Is this worth it?  Is the high cost of the pro models more a function of the disklavier 
> part or the actual piano hardware?  It seems like the disklavier stuff shouldn't be much 
> more expensive at the low end than at the high end.  In fact, I suspect that much of 
> what you're paying for is the intellectual property and not the physical electronics and 
> hardware that are required.  Am I totally off base or is this actually a good idea?
> 
> Thanks,
> Carl
> 
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Robert Welcyng
Anchorage, Alaska