Disklavier

You heard absolutely wrong!  The Yamaha Disklavier is
NEVER installed anywhere but a factory.  However, both
PianoDisc and QRS Pianomation systems can be installed
into just about any piano.  However, neither one of
them has a Record system that is as nice as Yamaha's.

You can have a Yamaha Disklavier technician install
hardware upgrades (printed circuit boards) to equip
some models with extra memory, ensemble sounds, Smart
Key and PianoSmart.  There is no hardware upgrade from
a regular DKV to a Pro.  The Pro systems are entirely
different.  It would be like replacing parts in your
Cadillac to make it a Mercedes.

BTW, my computer has trouble with your digitally signed
posts.  My computer says they have been tampered with
and will not respond to them unless I get a digital ID.
Anyway you could turn off this feature when posting to
the group?  Thanks!

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Youngblood" <carl@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Piano vs disklavier cost
ratio


The reason I asked this is because I heard others
saying that you can
have a Yamaha-certified technician add disklavier
functionality to a
piano after you've already purchased it.  If this is
the case, why
couldn't you buy a cheaper piano but add the better
disklavier
technology to it?

My argument is:  IF the piano itself constitutes the
majority of the
cost, THEN buying a cheaper piano and retrofitting it
with the better
disklavier technology would give you a great compromise
between price
and quality.  Especially for someone like myself who
doesn't care as
much about how big the piano is (as long as it's not an
upright) but
does care a lot about getting the best sensitivity out
of my
disklavier.