Disklavier

Bill Brandom was a gracious host, but made it clear that the pianos 
at NAMM were clearly prototypes -- I don't even think the cables 
underneath the piano were interconnected.  So, although the piano 
portion was clearly working, we didn't power up the electronics or do 
any recording.

One addition: Bill mentioned that the Disklavier Mark IV would have 
32 voices of polyphony, as opposed to 16 voices in the Mark III.  I 
haven't seen this as a big limitation, although I do plan to get an 
XP Mode recording of Frederic Rzewski's "Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues" 
this year (where the whole left arm plays on the keyboard, imitating 
cotton mill machinery).

- John Q.

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Tom Wheeler <tnwheeler@n...> wrote:
> John,
> 
> Thanks for giving us an informative report on the new Mark IV 
disklavier 
> grand pianos.  These are all welcome developments, especially the 
> addition of a HD and the improvements in the hammer sensors.  I 
will be 
> interested to hear if you had any opportunity to sit down at a Mark 
IV 
> and record a selection on it.  If so, how did you feel it's 
playback 
> accuracy compared with your Pro disklavier? 
> 
> Thanks again for the report.
> 
> Tom