Disklavier

Here is another website you can checkout for sound reduction.  It
seems like a really high quality product.  Good luck!!! 
http://www.edwardsstringcovers.com/


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "manhattanboy100" 

<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
>