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. I am a bit confused with some of the finer points of your last post. Do I assume that the purpose of a cd connection is to play backing tracks e.t.c? I am looking for a player system only and I do not need to have the means of other instruments or backing. I would like to be able to record and reproduce my piano performances as well as downloading piano files from the net. I am confused with all the technology side of it but I do have a knowledge of pianos so, perhaps someone could explain about all this wireless control and c d interface. Can I get a basic system without all this that just plays and records piano? > > * 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