I don't have a disklavier but hope to own one someday when I win the lottery. However, I bet it would not be too hard to hack into the computer and change the software. It would be a lot easier if Yamaha would simply open-source everything, which would allow hobbyists to improve it to their hearts' content. But it could probably still be done by a clever hacker. I think the real reason you haven't seen a lot of this already is that the barrier to entry is so high. Low-end commodity computer peripherals get hacked liked crazy and before you know there are hundreds of sites where you can download firmware upgrades and new features, but disklaviers are so expensive that they aren't ever going to get any attention.
On Nov 9, 2006, at 1:56 AM, Ian Woof wrote:
Bill,
I echo wholeheartedly Tom’s comments both in terms of appreciating your participation in this message board and the requests for enhancements that Tom made. Unfortunately though, your comments highlight a further issue, in that, I have been following two Disklavier message boards in which you participate and it is now clear that Yamaha has been receiving this features feedback for approaching two years and are either failing to act at all or quickly enough.