Disklavier

Ron, any dealer knows about this issue, our dealer here in Orlando  
cautioned us on this. Our living room is 50X25 with a single pitch  
cathedral ceiling and the DGC1A is so loud on the low settings it's  
hard to have a conversation in the room. All the way up and the  
neighbors can hear it if our windows are open 400 feet away. Now it  
sounds great, you just have to listen to the performance and not  
expect to be talking at the same time. Forget about the cocktail  
party with the piano in the background, it's going to be in the  
foreground. I would imagine the C2 would be all that much louder. We  
tried the rug thing and treatments on the walls to an extent with no  
noticeable reduction. I think it's going to be very loud for you  
period. Yes using the speakers is a complete waste of time since you  
are just listening to a pair of speakers driven by a synthesizer  
facing the floor, not an acoustic piano. Perhaps you should try the  
DGC1A. If the dealer did not caution you about volume you should call  
them on this for sure, they know about the problem you are having,  
don't let them tell you otherwise.

JI



On Mar 16, 2007, at 10:45 PM, manhattanboy100 wrote:

> after waiting all this time and agonizing between the the DGC1 (5'3")
> and the DC2 (5'8"). So I finally went for the C2 and had it
> delivered to my condo last week and, firstly, I can't believe how
> loud it is. I do have oak floors and only 8 foot ceilings but after
> listening to the C2 for hours in the store never thought it would be
> that loud in my place at the lowest setting (on acoustic). The
> dealer does not think the smaller DGC1 would be any quieter (not
> sure I agree), so I guess I am stuck and will be using the digital
> setting much more frequently than planned which really defeats the
> puropose. I haven't even tried the Disklav yet on the setting where
> other instruments are playing in the background. But... MUCH WORSE,
> the lid on my brand new baby has a blemish on it that was not
> noticeable in the store during the day but is very apparent in my
> home in the evening under the lights. Its about the size of a
> quarter on the top left edge in the very spot where the front lid
> flap comes down onto the main lid in the open position - so its only
> apparent when the full lid is closed, but very noticeable. It will
> not come off with with a damp cloth. The dealer is telling me not to
> worry - they will come look at it and that it will be fixed but I am
> worried about having anything done to a brand new piano after
> reading all the recommendations against applying any polishes or
> other chemicals that can damage the finish. And the thought of
> having it refinished really scares me. The dealer did say that in
> the worse case scenario they can replace the lid from another C2.
> Has anyone heard of doing that? Another dealer I happened to be
> chatting with said you can't do that - that each lid is unique to
> its own piano - i.e. that a lid from one C2 cannot just be put on
> another C2 - that it will not fit perfectly. I guess one other thing
> I could do is put a rubber stopper on the lid over the blemish to
> hide it (would have to put one on the other side as well) as I
> noticed that some grands have rubber stoppers on the lids for the
> front flaps to sit on - but Yamahas do not. Can anyone PLEASE give
> me some advice? I am so upset. New piano maybe? Thanks.
> Ron
>
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