Disklavier

Robert,

I have visited colleagues overseas who own Disklaviers and who have
PianoSoft libraries comprising many titles not available in North America.
Although I know very little of the background detail, it appears that
separate catalogs were produced for the UK, Japan and North American.  I'm
told that some early PianoSoft disks produced abroad were not overly good,
so perhaps that is why they were never offered here.  In fact, I've heard
some of these disks and don't miss not having them in my collection.
However, there were also a lot a great PianoSoft disks that were produced
abroad and, for some strange reason they are not available here.  If they
were, I'd buy them immediately.

There's a music store in Alsace, France called "musique paul galland" that
sells many PianoSoft disks from the Yamaha France catalogue, including the
disk "Like Someone In Love" by Tommy Flanagan.  I'm not sure if the store
will ship to the USA but you can always inquire.
The main URL for the store is:  http://perso.club-internet.fr/gallandm
The specific store URL for the PianoSoft disks is:
http://perso.club-internet.fr/gallandm/pianosoft.htm

Although I've said this before, I think Yamaha Corporation of America is
missing a tremendous marketing opportunity by not offering these disks in
the USA.  Maybe the issue relates to licensing or royalties,  Then again,
maybe it's just corporate politics at work.


Regards,

Robert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Claire" <robertclaire@...>
To: <dug@...>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 7:10 PM
Subject: Pianosoft disks


> A friend has loaned me a Pianosoft disk from a series called "The Great
> Jazz Piano Series". I know this must be a discontinued series because I
> can't find it available anywhere. The disk is entitled "Like Someone In
> Love" by Tommy Flanagan, who is a fabulous and well-know jazz artist,
> and the number is YPA-1085E. I'm very curious about what the other
> titles in this series were, and if anyone can give me any information
> about it, might know of a source or wish to sell any disk they might
> have, I'd be very happy to hear about it.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Robert Claire
>
> robertclaire@...
>
>