Disklavier

Thanks.  I will.

--- "Dr. Hugh Glenn" <drglennis@...> wrote:

> Call Yahama Tech Support: (800) 854-1569. I have
> found the techs very helpful in solving  a variety
> of problems.
>  
>  HG
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Garry Neil <ulcerdoc@...>
> To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 3:09:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [disklavier] Upgrading Disklaviers
> 
>     Carol:
>  
>  I had my Disklavier Mk IV operating system
> upgraded. 
>  Since then a lot of midi I downloaded and that
> played
>  fine are now no longer playing on the piano in
> coustic
>  mode - but only "electronically".  Have you heard
> of
>  this happening before?  Is there a fix?
>  
>  --- Carol Beigel <thecarolb@...> wrote:
>  
>  > I am a piano technician who fell in love with
>  > electronic player pianos when they were first
>  > invented
>  > in the early 1980's.  My first one was a
> Pianocorder
>  > Vorsetzer that used 80 pinball machine solenoids
> and
>  > a
>  > Marantz propriety cassette deck.  You could roll
>  > this
>  > thing up to any piano, connect the pedal rods to
> the
>  > top of of the pedals, and have digitized player
>  > piano
>  > rolls on cassettes play your piano. Yamaha bought
>  > this
>  > company and the Pianocorder became no more.  I
> still
>  > have my Vorsetzer and the library of cassette
> tapes!
>  > 
>  > MIDI was invented in the early 80's, but every
>  > company
>  > had their own version.  Yamaha's version was
> called
>  > ESEQ and that was the software that ran the first
>  > Disklaviers, the Wagon Grand and the MX100A/B.
> The
>  > solenoid technology was better than the old
> pinball
>  > machines, and laser beams broken by shutters were
>  > used
>  > to measure hammer and key travel.
>  > 
>  > It wasn't until about 1986 that a standard was
>  > agreed
>  > upon, and General MIDI came about.  Yamaha came
> out
>  > with the MarkII that could play standard MIDI
> format
>  > 0
>  > files as well as their own ESEQ stuff.
>  > 
>  > Then flash memory was invented.  This made
> software
>  > upgradable by using a floppy disk instead of
> having
>  > to
>  > replace a chip on the motherboard.  The MarkIIXG
> not
>  > only could play standard MIDI files in format 0,
> but
>  > format 1 as well.  The XG MIDI sounds were the
> next
>  > generation of MIDI sounds as pioneered by Yamaha.
> 
>  > They
>  > also had incremental pedaling.
>  > 
>  > Then "pulsating" solenoids were invented and they
>  > appeared on the MarkIII.  Personally, I think one
> of
>  > the greatest musical inventions of the 20th
> century
>  > was
>  > the transposable audio that came with the
> MarkIII. 
>  > You
>  > could play a CD with your piano and adjust the
> pitch
>  > of
>  > someone singing!  The MarkIII could play MIDI 0
> and
>  > 1,
>  > plus digital audio, plus it STILL played the ESEQ
>  > files
>  > that had been invented years earlier.  It's like
>  > having
>  > Microsoft Office still supporting my Commodore 64
> I
>  > bought in 1985!  Also with the MarkIII came the
>  > piano
>  > action special "jacks" that enable silent playing
>  > without affecting the touch on your fingers.
>  > 
>  > With a DSR-1 control box and the DCD1  CD player
>  > (hardware upgrades), you can upgrade any
> Disklavier
>  > to
>  > most of the capabilities of the MarkIII.
>  > 
>  > Now we have the MarkIV that uses different
> solenoids
>  > that were previously only available in the PRO
>  > models,
>  > different operating system (Lynux), uses a PDA
> for a
>  > remote controller, but it STILL plays the old
> ESEQ
>  > floppy disks!  The recordings create twice as
> much
>  > data
>  > as the older systems, so it has a hard drive
> instead
>  > of
>  > a floppy disk.  It can also control the loudness
> and
>  > softness of the piano playing better than any
>  > previous
>  > models. Most of this is hardware, so you would
> have
>  > to
>  > gut your Disklavier electronics and start from
>  > scratch
>  > to upgrade to MarkIV electronics.  This is not
> going
>  > to
>  > happen.
>  > 
>  > We have come a long way from pinball machine
>  > solenoids,
>  > and only the Yamaha Disklavier will give you
> really
>  > good quality recordings.  The QRS Patine system,
> and
>  > the PianoDisc are now incorporating copy
> protection
>  > systems that are a total pain to deal with.  How
>  > would
>  > like to find out your old library of expensive
> music
>  > no
>  > longer plays on the current product??  At least
>  > Yamaha
>  > never did that to you!
>  > 
>  > Carol Beigel
>  > 
>  > 
>  > 
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