Hi, Thanks for another interesting post. One comment I would make regarding the choice of piano is that adding a player system to an entry level piano may throw up problems of durability. In the uk, some of the schools have gone for various chineese models and they have not proved to last too well, mainly issues with centres and regulation but they have required considerably more maintenance than the english made Danemans which went in to the schools in the 1970's. Trouble is, because the traditional names are being badged on the chineese pianos, it is hard to determine whether some of these are better than others. On 6 Dec 2004 at 12:13, Art Goldberg wrote: > > > > > > From: Art Goldberg [mailto:artgold@...] > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 12:12 PM > To: 'msull@...' > Subject: RE: [disklavier] Basic guidance > > > Michael, > > We just went through this and it is infinitely confusing. It becomes a function of what you want to > spend and what your priorities are. This is what I learned. > > * Disklavier is only available on Yamaha. I thought the Yamaha pianos were very expensive > for what you get and if price is of importance to you there are better alternatives. > * Lots of the more moderately priced pianos are now made in China, almost all the brands > made on the same line. The Chinese have bought up many American sounding names > from now defunct companies and make pianos with those brand names. So you will see > pianos from Hallet & Davis, Rogers & Court, etc, all of which look very similar with minor > differences. By the way, the Kawai or Yamaha dealers will try to disparage the Chinese > pianos but I would have to tell you that I thought the quality of the pianos was excellent for > the money and many of the part are German or American manufacture, in some instances > better than the parts in the Japanese pianos. We selected a Hallet and Davis because we > liked the styling of the legs on one model that they have. > * The two choices that we saw for adding an automated playing device to any of these piano > with Pianomation and Piano Disk. After bouncing back and forth between the two, we > finally decided on the Pianomation system. I thought that the solenoids that operate the > keys were better and more importantly, you could adjust the play volume with greater > control on that system. Thus far, we have been very pleased with the Pianomation system. > We bought the most basic playback unit with the exception of upgrading so that we could > wireless link to a standard CD player that we keep remote instead of loading disks at the > piano. > > > I don™t pretend that any of this is the definitive word on the units or the pianos but I hope that > having spent two months on the process and learning a lot along the way, that the thoughts will > make your task easier. > > Art > > > > From: Michael Sullivan [mailto:msull@...] > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 7:36 AM > To: disklavier@... > Subject: [disklavier] Basic guidance > > > Can anyone direct me to a source of basic infromation needed in purchasing a baby grand with > player, for someone who knows nothing about them? I'm not sure I even know the meaningful > differences between Disklavier and anything else, or whether the newer technology will matter to > someone who wants to have a piano that plays itself & allows the kids to take lessons & me to fool > around. Thanks. > > > > Michael A. Sullivan > > > > > > To Post a message to the group, send it to: disklavier@... > > To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and moderator, send > it to: > disklavier-owner@... > > To reach our group's web site go to: > http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier > > Todd's family web site was completely updated 012/22/03. It contains some fun > disklavier content and links to midi sites among many other things, The url is: > http://MuncyFamily.com > > THINKING OF LEAVING THE GROUP? > If you are thinking of unsubcribing because you are getting too much mail, go > the the web site and change your email delivery option instead. That will fix > the problem, while maintaining your access to the group. 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Re: FW: [disklavier] Basic guidance
2004-12-06 by Keith Barrett