Disklavier

Good evening, everyone.

On Dec 10, 2005, at 3:29 PM, Ken wrote:

> Besides the obvious difference in appearance, can anyone explain  
> difference between IV and
> II?  Is it true the IV will allow much lower volume during playback?

The Disklavier is designed for amazingly accurate playback. However,  
lots of people want to be able turn the volume of the piano way down  
and talk over it.

The first model that really made this possible was the Pro (of Mark  
IIXG vintage). Following that, the non-Pro Mark III had the ability  
to become much more quiet than previous non-Pro models. However, at  
lowest volumes, the hammers no longer hit the strings and instead you  
hear the piano sample coming out of the tone generator (although the  
keys still move, I believe).

With the Mark IV non-Pro, you get similar, whisper quiet acoustic  
playback at the lowest volume levels, similar to what is available  
with the Pro.

Regards,
PianoBench